Just when you thought bird could not get any worse of sink any lower
#LongLA https://onezero.medium.com/amp/p/3fa34fb4a0f?__twitter_impression=true
Bird Is Quietly Luring Contract Workers Into Debt Through a New Scooter Scheme

One Bird Charger estimates that he took on $40,000 in scooter debt

https://onezero.medium.com/amp/p/3fa34fb4a0f?__twitter_impression=true
Bird’s wildly short ride
Bird 🐦 Brain 🐦 🐦
#LongLA
https://www.theverge.com/2020/4/23/21231802/bird-electric-scooter-company-workplace-culture-layoffs
Bird’s leadership was described in various interviews as “bros with personality problems,” “doofuses,” “creepy,” “very into nepotism,” “not sound decision makers,” and “a bunch of frat boys
Bird’s wildly short ride

Over a dozen former employees tell The Verge about major problems plaguing the electric scooter company.

https://www.theverge.com/2020/4/23/21231802/bird-electric-scooter-company-workplace-culture-layoffs
But the CEO of Bird Scooters for rich off gig economy workers backs with the help of his VCs. He pulled $44 Million out of Bird for himself before or even turned a profit back in 2018. Wonder how his investors let him do that #LongLA #BirdScooters https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.vanityfair.com/news/2018/06/electric-scooter-king-travis-vanderzanden-selling-bird-shares/amp
Why Is the Electric-Scooter King Selling His Shares?

Nine months after the launch of Bird, its C.E.O. is cashing out.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.vanityfair.com/news/2018/06/electric-scooter-king-travis-vanderzanden-selling-bird-shares/amp
https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1262391029547896835?s=19
The Gig Economy Is White People Discovering Servants https://link.medium.com/kKOFiJAnSbb 
The Gig Economy Is White People Discovering Servants

The Uber of X already exists. It’s called servants

https://link.medium.com/kKOFiJAnSbb
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