Comment by themafia

5 days ago

You assume that targeting is to find the best worker for the correct pay.

What if it's just to find the most desperate worker for the lowest pay possible?

2 comments

themafia

I’m not assuming anything. It’s a job market. Like all markets they operate on supply and demand.

In your example, so what if they give the job to the most desperate worker instead of a different one at a higher price? Are we supposed to prefer that the desperate worker does not get the job and instead it goes to someone else at a higher rate?

If someone is desperate for a job because they really need work, I’d prefer that a platform help them get matched with jobs. Wouldn’t you? I think you’re so focused on penalizing corporations that you’re missing the obvious.

themafia 5 days ago

Like all markets they can be monopolized. You are assuming quite a bit by presuming that the market works perfectly according to rather basic economic principles.
There are all kinds of reasons someone could be more desperate. Perhaps they have a significant skills gap. Perhaps they don't have citizenship. Perhaps their health care options are artificially limited. You invoke supply and demand but you narrow your focus to a single interface when it's obvious that wouldn't be appropriate.
It's not about "penalizing corporations" it's about "being honest about their motives." Unlike many on HN I refuse to handwave away this thorny and uncomfortable process.