On: Lyft defies predictions by continuing to grow as a rival to Uber

[mrfusion]

I just signed up and got five free rides. That's pretty cool. I was reading in Reddit that lyft treats their employees better?

[win_ini → mrfusion]

Well they moved their whole CS team to Nashville Tennessee which some like a form of punishment. However, apparently Uber has over 15,000 (!) customer service reps...I can't imagine that is a workforce with a pleasant work environment.

What's interesting about these rideshare companies - they have to maintain separate workforces - look up Lyft's jobs page. It talks about exempt/non-exempt "team members". Non-exempt team members get "unlimited vacation" - exempt 15 days (which is still great IMO). It must be interesting for HR to manage the dynamics as the companies get bigger.

[gnopgnip → win_ini]

15 days is great?

[david-given → gnopgnip]

Disturbingly, it actually seems to be.

http://www.bls.gov/news.release/ebs.t05.htm

Average number of paid holidays for employees nationwide: 7.

Meanwhile here I am, living in Switzerland, with a statutory minimum of 20 paid days of holiday a year...