The Future of Uber and Lyft Might Look a Lot Like FedEx

A new ‘franchise’ model could help the companies without necessarily improving working conditions

Sarah Kessler
OneZero
Published in
8 min readAug 20, 2020

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In 2009, the year Uber launched, FedEx made a change to its business model. The shipping firm had previously relied on independent contractors who owned their own trucks and were paid by the delivery or mile…

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Sarah Kessler
OneZero

Author and journalist, writing and editing at Medium’s OneZero.