The supervisors would keep check of the resources, and the planning done to utilize them and if a certain plan is not being completed accordingly, they would determine reasons behind it and ways to overcome it (Kaiser, 2011). The entire plan should be revised thoroughly so that all the important arrangements are made beforehand (Roper et al
If Uber has to change its operational policy, the company will no longer remain a logistical firm or profitable software. There would be a skyrocketing of operational costs, and the firm would be forced to considerably cut back on the amount of partner-drivers, while providing benefits to all who remain (Shontell, 2015)
Jessica Santillo, Uber spokesperson, states that this decision contradicts the rulings of five states where it was concluded that the drivers are contractors and not employees. Uber also faced many lawsuits which stated that the drivers of the company should have legal protection (Synder, 2015)
(Alba, 2015). The main aim of the app was simply to connect the drivers with the people and if Uber changes the term of independent contractor as employees, then it would become a proper business that would require serious policy changes and which would also contradict with the main aim and objective of the company (Weber & MacMillan,2015)
Further, this would force the company to make sure drivers, as employees, are granted no less than the minimum national wage, and ascertain that they are taking sufficient breaks and abiding by legal norms in case the drivers come up with any complaints regarding the company. UK organization, GMB asserts that drivers, currently, often find that they are suspended or disengaged from their job if they happen to make any complaints regarding unfair treatment towards them by their organization (Woods, 2015)
Liability and the screening of the independent contractors has been an issue as well. There was one story that appeared in the media about a man who rented an AirBnB property for the weekend and broke his neck and was killed after swinging on a tree swing on the property; Uber has also had similar publicity and one Uber driver killed an eight-year-old girl who was crossing the street (Kokalitcheva, 2015)
Republican Jeb Bush made a show of taking an Uber while visiting San Francisco earlier this month. (Kosoff, 2015)" The company's Uber drivers, are similar to employees in several ways, but enjoy the advantages of being independent contractors which has challenged the traditional notions of employment
Those rumors have been discounted by the CEO Travis Kalanick in recent weeks, highlighting that Uber wishes to grow outside of shareholder control for as long as it can, in order to maximize the value of such an IPO. The company has been able to raise money for its operations without IPO -- an estimated $10 billion in the past 18 months (Cutmore, 2016)
Uber, the app-based ride-sharing system, has attracted a lot of attention for its business model. The company has raised successful rounds of both debt and equity financing, to the point where it was eyeing a $50 billion valuation prior to an IPO, making it the world's most highly-capitalized start up (MacMillan & Demos, 2015)
Further, taxis typically have monopolies in their areas, which Uber usually challenges. In a few cases, taxi lobbies have been powerful enough to keep Uber from a city -- Vancouver is one example -- but in most cities Uber has been able to either work around the taxi lobby or otherwise been able to conduct its operations in direct competition with taxis (Young & McQuigge, 2015)