Chinese delivery workers face exploitation amid speed, efficiency
Chinese food delivery drivers are facing hardships and exploitation amid an algorithmic regime that favours speed and efficiency over all else.
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Chinese food delivery drivers are facing hardships and exploitation amid an algorithmic regime that favours speed and efficiency over all else.
Meituan said its revenue rose to 49.52 billion yuan ($7.78 billion) in the final three months of 2021.
China’s largest on-demand services provider, with more than 5 million delivery couriers, saw revenue slow for the third consecutive quarter.
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Systemic burdens facing rural migrants, combined with the tech sector’s exploitative tendencies, resulted in shocking working conditions for China’s couriers. Now the workers are pushing back.