From discreet resistances to Yellow Vests protests in platform capitalism? An ethnographic survey among bicycle delivery workers

Figures & data

Table

	Samir	Wissam	Antoine	Bastien	Benjamin	Mamadou	Dogan	Gabriel
Age	22	19	22	33	20	21	24	25
Nationality	Algerian	French	French	French	French	Algerian	French/Tunisian	French
Diploma	A levels preparation	A levels and BTEC Higher National Diploma preparation	A levels+BA	Youth training in sales	Without a diploma	Without a diploma	Youth training	A levels
Place of residence	Paris (shared flat)	Suburbs (parental home)	Paris (parental home)	Suburbs (parental home)	Suburbs (home of ex-father-in-law)	Suburbs (shared flat)	Suburbs (parental home)	Suburbs (parental home)
Activity(ies)	Delivery worker and student	Delivery worker and student	Delivery worker and student	Delivery worker	Delivery worker	Delivery worker	Delivery worker	Delivery worker
Platform	Deliveroo	Deliveroo and Uber (previously Stuart)	Deliveroo	Stuart	Stuart	Deliveroo	Stuart	Stuart
Seniority	7 months	2 years	6 months	10 months + 4 months Frichti	4 months + 6 months Frichti	4 months	2 years	3 years
Working hours per week (average)	12h	40h	9h	25h	20h	25h	35h	30h
Monthly income (average)	€300 net	€2600 gross	€500 gross	€400 gross	€700 gross	€900 net	€2,800 gross	€1,400 gross
Career path	Shops, construction sites, servers, etc.	Moonlighting and McDonald's	McDonald's, babysitting, summer camps, hoteliers	McDonald's, temping, Carrefour, handling, etc.	Undeclared work, mechanic, bricklayer, plumber,self-service employee, renovation, cooker, Frichti, etc.	Sales, bricklaying, delivery	Waiter at various restaurants	/
Parents' occupation	Father a craftsman and mother a housewife	Father a driver and mother a caregiver	Father a nursing assistant and mother a nurse	Father a pastry chef and mother a bakery saleswoman	Mother employed in social services at the town hall	Father a shopkeeper and mother a housewife	Mother on RSA (former caregiver)	Father a sanitation worker and mother a cleaning lady