Uber is not a “tech company”
Uber is not a “tech company” – it is a criminal enterprise that illegally pretends its drivers are “independent contractors” while controlling every aspect of the job like a brutal employer. Dutch courts have ruled AGAIN AND AGAIN (2021, 2023, 2024 and even after the 2025 Supreme Court case) that Uber drivers in the Netherlands are actually employees under the Taxi CAO, yet Uber simply ignores the law, refuses to pay proper wages, holiday pay, sick pay, pension or any worker protections.
The rating system is the worst part of this illegal scam. One drunk, racist or angry passenger can destroy your livelihood with a single fake 1-star rating and Uber will NEVER remove it, no matter how much proof you send. I personally sent evidence seven times for one obviously false rating – Uber’s “support” (a chatbot and copy-paste robots in the Philippines) just repeats “we cannot change individual ratings”. That is not a bug, that is the business model: keep drivers terrified and working for nothing.
When your rating drops because of their broken, one-sided system, Uber “deactivates” you without warning, without human review, without the right to defend yourself – exactly the “robo-firing” that Dutch courts already ruled is illegal multiple times. This is not just unfair, it is illegal under Dutch and EU law (GDPR Article 22, Platform Work Directive, and every single Amsterdam court case FNV won against Uber).
Uber makes billions while drivers in the Netherlands are treated worse than temporary agency workers, with no minimum wage, no insurance, no rights, and a sword hanging over their head 24/7. The app itself is designed to hide how much they steal from every ride and to make it impossible to get real help.
Boycott this criminal company. The courts have already proven they operate illegally in the Netherlands – the only thing missing is for the government to finally shut them down. Until then, every driver who still works here is being robbed every single day.
1 star only because zero stars is not possible.
16 novembre 2025
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