4 ways you might be unintentionally abusing your work perks

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Meta employees react to 'Grubgate' firings over misuse of $25 meal credits

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Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg

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Delivering food on an e-bike or moped is a deadly endeavor in New York City

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A delivery person rides a bicycle on the Upper West Side during a snow storm on February 2, 2021 in New York City.
A delivery person rides a bicycle on the Upper West Side during a snow storm on February 2, 2021 in New York City.

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Many drivers for Uber, Lyft, and DoorDash are earning well below minimum wage, even with tips, a new paper finds

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Uber and Lyft drivers were found to make less than minimum wage in five major metro areas.

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Uber, Doordash, and other gig workers in Seattle may be about to face a pay reckoning

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Gig delivery workers in Seattle could get paid at a lower rate under proposed changes to the city's new pay law.

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Gig workers face a savings crisis for retirement

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Some gig workers struggle to save for retirement.

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Gig worker pay on delivery apps like Uber Eats and DoorDash fell up to 15% last year

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Gig workers made less money on apps like Instacart and Uber Eats last year, a new study shows.

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The average Uber and Uber Eats driver saw their earnings decline over 15% in 2023, per Gridwise

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Some Uber and Uber Eats drivers say it's become harder to make money over the past year.

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New Google Feature Will Wait on Hold for You

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Google’s testing a new feature called “Talk to a Live Representative” that will contact businesses for you, navigate their phone trees, wait on hold, and then call you when a real human being is ready to chat. It could solve one of the more frustrating parts of dealing with corporations, and it brings us one step…

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You might be paying twice as much by ordering takeout food on DoorDash or Postmates, new study says

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Ordering fast food for delivery can be expensive.

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