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Shopee and Voluntary Slavery in Expedition Courier of Indonesian Massive Consumptive Society

Authors
Embun Ayudya Pawestri1, *, Irfan Hermawan1, Mirda Yanti1
1Department of Sociology Education, Faculty of Social Sciences, Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta, Yogyakarta, Indonesia
*Corresponding author. Email: embunayudya@student.uny.ac.id
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Embun Ayudya Pawestri
Available Online 21 December 2022.
DOI
10.2991/978-2-494069-55-8_4How to use a DOI?
Keywords
shopee courier; voluntary slavery; herbet marcuse
Abstract

Shopee couriers went on strike because their wages were IDR 2,213/package delivered [1]. Meanwhile, Shopee is able to earn more than 67 trillion in revenue from Indonesian users [2]. This phenomenon is in the spotlight of voluntary slavery in the midst of a massive consumer society on the Shopee commercial electronic site. The welfare of Shopee couriers as part of the Shopee industry employees becomes so sad that it is coupled with the risks that must be borne by the courier in the process of delivering goods. The purpose of this study is to examine the phenomenon of voluntary slavery of Shopee couriers in the perspective of Herbert Marcuse's Theory. The method used is qualitative with a phenomenological approach. The results show that voluntary slavery occurs in the target system for sending goods to couriers which is equivalent to overtime work of up to 12 h every day. In addition, another form of slavery is the losses imposed on the courier such as the CoD system with customers who are reluctant to pay for the goods received. The new finding found in this study is the concept of one dimension man in the expedition courier work system.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the International Conference of Social Science and Education (ICOSSED 2021)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
21 December 2022
ISBN
978-2-494069-55-8
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2352-5398
DOI
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© 2023 The Author(s)
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