Questão 60ee0162-97
Prova:USP 2015
Disciplina:Inglês
Assunto:Interpretação de texto | Reading comprehension

Um dos resultados da pesquisa realizada com prestadores de serviços de empresas do tipo "on-demand" mostra que esses trabalhadores

Working for on demand startups like Uber and TaskRabbit is supposed to offer flexible hours and higher wages, but many workers have found the pay lower and the hours less flexible than they expected. Even more surprising: 8 percent of those chauffeuring passengers and 16 percent of those making deliveries said they lack personal autoinsurance.

Those are among the findings from a survey about the work life of independent contractors for on-demand startups, a booming sector of the tech industry, being released Wednesday.

"We want to shed light on the industry as a whole," said Isaac Madan, a Stanford master's candidate in bioinformatics who worked with two other Stanford students and a recent alumnus on the survey of 1,330 workers. "People need to understand how this space will change and evolve and help the economy."

On-demand, often called the sharing economy, refers to companies that let users summon workers via smartphone apps to handle all manner of services: rides, cleaning, chores, deliveries, car parking, waiting in lines. Almost uniformly, those workers are independent contractors rather than salaried employees.

That status is the main point of contention in a recent rash of lawsuits in which workers are filing for employee status. While the survey did not directly ask

contractors if they would prefer to be employees, it found that their top workplace desires were to have paid health insurance, retirement benefits and paid time off for holidays, vacation and sick days - all perks of full time workers. Respondents also expressed interest in having more chances for advancement, education sponsorship, disability insurance and human relations support. Because respondents were recruited rather than randomly selected, the survey does not claim to be representational but a conclusion one may come to is that flexibility ofnew jobs comes with a cost. Not all workers are prepared for that!


SFChronicle.com and SFGate.com, May 20, 2015. Adaptado

A
consideram a flexibilidade do horário de trabalho o ponto alto de sua opção profissional.
B
pagam seus próprios seguros saúde e planos de aposentadoria.
C
investem no seu aprimoramento profissional para obter melhores ganhos no futuro.
D
têm a opção de tirar férias quando desejarem, com o apoio das empresas e dos familiares.

E
desejam ter os mesmos benefícios sociais que trabalhadores assalariados.

Gabarito comentado

Silvana FariaMestre em Educação pela Universidade Federal de Lavras (UFLA) e Professora de Inglês
"Embora a pesquisa não tenha perguntado diretamente aos contratados se eles preferiam ser empregados, descobriu se que seus desejos de trabalho eram ter seguro de saúde , benefícios de aposentadoria e  feriados, férias e dias que estejam doentes pagos - todas as regalias dos trabalhadores de tempo regular."
" While the survey did not directly ask contractors if they would prefer to be employees, it found that their top workplace desires were to have paid health insurance, retirement benefits and paid time off for holidays, vacation and sick days - all perks of full time workers."
Conforme trecho acima, podemos inferir que a alternativa E está correta.

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