He came under the radar of parliamentarians, who pointed out his hypocrisy in his criticisms of working conditions in app companies.
Federal deputy Luiz Lima (RJ) and state deputy Léo Siqueira (SP) recorded videos in recent days defending app companies and stating that Porchat is incoherent for having become the poster child for .
During participation in a program, Porchat stated that application workers work shifts of more than 12 hours without labor guarantees, earn whatever the algorithm determines and are penalized for delays. “For me this is desperate,” he said, comparing the activity to slave labor
In the video response, Lima asked: “Have you ever seen someone criticize something and a week later become its poster child?”
According to him, more than 1 million Brazilians today derive their income directly or indirectly from these platforms. He also pointed to studies that show that crime has fallen in places where the platforms operate. “Work generates discipline,” he says.
In the same vein, Siqueira stated in a video that wherever the platforms have arrived, the impact is positive.
When contacted via consultancy, Porchat did not respond.
The debate about work via apps has mobilized political parties. The Lula government intends to send a
Right-wing parties like Novo are resistant, arguing that they could make the service more expensive and end up making the platforms’ work unfeasible.
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