SuperShuttle: A job or a business?

By Emma Schwartz

Many SuperShuttle drivers struggle for paycheck.

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"… ryland resident is unemployed.But as a driver for the airport van service, SuperShuttle, he must pay the company upwards of $900 a week before he takes home …"

"… arning a moderate (and dependable) hourly wage. But over the past 13 years SuperShuttle has transformed its cadre of drivers into so-called franchisees — what t …"

"… isees — what the company calls independent business owners. In doing so, SuperShuttle has shifted, in its own words, “hard to manage variable costs from the c …"

"… nesses were losing money,” says Thomas LaVoy, chief financial officer of SuperShuttle.Some drivers say the shift has allowed them greater flexibility and a chan …"