Q&A
Financial and personal consequences of driver deactivations
0:58:56
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Bhairavi Desai elaborates on the severe financial and personal consequences that drivers face when deactivated. She highlights the ongoing expenses drivers must manage without income and the uncertainty surrounding job reinstatement.
- Deactivated drivers still have to pay car notes and insurance without income
- Drivers face immediate financial strain, using grocery and rent money for car expenses
- The uncertainty of reinstatement leaves drivers in a state of limbo, unsure whether to seek other employment
Bhairavi Desai
0:58:56
The consequences are enormous.
0:58:58
You're if you're deactivated, you still have to pay off your car note.
0:59:03
Still have to pay for insurance.
0:59:05
And because you're paying for those things, and there's no income coming in because there's no paychecks in this industry.
0:59:12
So you're paying for for money that you're supposed to be able to use for groceries and rent is now going towards your car because there's no other income coming in.
0:59:23
Right?
0:59:23
And then, you know, on on top of that, you don't know if you could get your job back.
0:59:33
And like, you've you've been given no notice.
0:59:35
So immediately, you spend your days just trying to get your job back.
0:59:41
We I know of drivers.
0:59:43
We've seen members who come through who sometimes for months are just desperately, hopelessly waiting to get their job back, and they're stuck.
0:59:53
Their life is stuck because they've got this car that they only bought because of this job.
0:59:59
So people don't know what to do.
1:00:01
Do they go and look for other jobs?
1:00:03
You know, what other jobs are really available?