Being an independent contractor does not mean being independent of rules
WWE wrestlers are independent contractors yet are instructed to perform certain moves and even deliberately lose matches
WWE wrestlers are independent contractors yet are instructed to perform certain moves and even deliberately lose matches
Surely it at least means being independent from some of the rules that you have to follow if you have a full time job, or why do it? If it doesn't at least mean setting your own price, then what in the world is the point?
Imagine you are freelancing on a software project but you can't ever make any good money because, strangely, the price you're allowed to charge is set by Stackoverflow and not you. Seems kind of presumptuous of them to decide that for me, no?
I don't understand why so many people in tech will bend over backwards to not notice the most obvious, basic nature of the economic arrangement between these firms and the people who do all the work. Just look at this stuff straight on. It's obvious what it is. Imagine yourself as a worker instead of a boss for once.
There is an Upton Sinclair quotation that fits.
There's the John Oliver's video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8UQ4O7UiDs
And also a journal article in response to the video
Which concludes,
"But in the end, the totality of the evidence is overwhelmingly in favor of wrestlers being more accurately classified as employees."