The People Maintaining Waymo’s Self-Driving Cars Are Being Treated Horribly, Insider Claims
"There's a lot of cleaning up poop." The post The People Maintaining Waymo’s Self-Driving Cars Are Being Treated Horribly, Insider Claims appeared first on Futurism .
The interview of an anonymous Waymo contractor reveals the appalling conditions endured by workers tasked with maintaining the company's self-driving cars. The handler, now part of a "robotaxi handling" industry, reports being managed by Transdev US, which handles logistics for Waymo vehicles. Contractors are hired en masse without interviews and are subsequently dropped from the system when they struggle to keep up.
Job assignments are determined on a daily basis by managers, changing according to the contractor's experience, tenure, and relationship with them. Tasks range from troubleshooting software updates to cleaning clogged Waymos, which can put workers in a difficult position when they must decide whether to intervene or comply with company orders.
Cleaning duties, especially towards the end of the week, can be particularly unpleasant, with reports of feces, vomit, and even animal remains being cleaned from Waymo vehicles. This worker’s experience in San Francisco may foreshadow the conditions faced by robotaxi handlers across the United States as the technology becomes more widespread.
Written by urgent.news from Futurism's reporting — not their text. Machine-written — may contain errors; check the original before relying on it.
