"Yle heard from Wolt couriers paying hundreds of euros per month for the privilege, interviewing 18 people working as couriers for the company. When asked how much they paid in "rent" for account access, the answers varied widely: €900, €850, €600, €550 and €450 were among the sums cited. The account rent is often paid in cash"
things are not looking good when we have people "paying" to work such undesirable jobs
https://yle.fi/a/74-20206726
Posted by RegularNarwhal9350
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Wtf you have to pay to work?
This is widely known among immigrant community. Each city has different rates for renting Wolt accounts — some charge around 300 euros, while others go up to 500 euros. Some people work on a percentage basis, where 20% to 50% of the earnings go to the account owner. Since Wolt is no longer issuing new IDs, those who arrived in Finland earlier and already have accounts are renting them out to others to earn extra income.
Baffles me that in a country with such a high unemployment rate the native population is fine with immigrants moving there to take all of these jobs, as long as the natives viewing themselves above such jobs.
For example look at how many foreigners move to Finland to work at hotels, restaurants and even S-Markets.
This is a good example of why we should not have allowed wolt to skirt employment laws, and classify all the couriers as “independent contractors” they get all the benefits of a staff of thousands to operate their business without any of the responsibilities an employer is normally accountable for. There is zero oversight and this is exactly the kind of outcome when you mix all that shit. Wolt is a fucking parasitic business they provide the least of all parties involved and take the most – they take a big cut from the restaurants, one form the customers and some from the couriers – and what do they provide exactly? A fucking menu. Wolt should order themself a big bag of dicks and choke on em
Paying to work seems counterintuitive. Like eating to starve.