Platform work pays fairly, says K-Meritocracy

This post is part of the paper, ‘Connected, programmed, and immobilised A mobile ethnography of platform-mediated food delivery in Seoul’, published in Mobilities.  Among Baemin couriers, there exists a belief that food delivery work rewards fairly—despite the obscure algorithms—compared to other types of work. As an online business owner, Minsu’s income depends on unpredictable demand from customers. Delivering……