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Motorista de aplicativo Uber no Recife: uma perspectiva socioeconômica
(2020-01-15) Silva, Paulo Sérgio Bezerra; Xavier, Maria Gilca Pinto; http://lattes.cnpq.br/6470044940848558
This scientific study aims to analyze the profile of the Uber application transport driver in the city of Recife, whose work process is organized through driver applications. The socioeconomic profile of these workers in the city of Recife is identified. The methodology adopted was qualitative, conducted through questionnaires on the Google platform with Uber application transport drivers, in order to trace the profiles of these workers, as well as through participant observation and literature review. It approaches how the economic crisis between 2014 and 2018 in Brazil acted to achieve the increase of informality of work and the emergence of new types of services, including the application driver Uber. Uber's concepts were examined. It emphasizes that the activity that constitutes the only work option, even though presented as informal and precarious. It was concluded that Uber provided the emergence of a type of professional with great ability to communicate with the consumer and also caused a reduction in the cost of this service provided.