Gig Economy
Discussions revolve around the gig economy, including criticisms of worker exploitation, low wages, lack of benefits, and risk-shifting by platforms like Uber, alongside defenses and comparisons to traditional freelance or part-time work.
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Sorry, are you not aware with the term "gig economy"?
Same problem with the gig economy
Great idea. If you're not in the gig economy, you're a turk.
Take your gig economy elsewhere bro
Does the "gig economy" really do much besides pay under minimum wage and shift most risk onto the independent contractors?
You mean the gig economy, right?
What other gig economy companies does this apply to?
The people who give me money might have some work for me to do. Welcome to the gig economy.
This is unrelated to the access to the service, this is about gig workers who do the service but can be cut by Uber/Amazon/etc.
Sure, corporations are using it to reduce wages and benefits, etc. But gig economy is not really a new concept -- almost every tradecraft profession has a similar dynamic; as an electrician you are generally not paid by an employer, you instead go out and get work. This gives you the freedom to set your own hours and tune the amount of work that you take on to support your lifestyle.I think the problem with a lot of these gig economy services is that they are often pumped by VC/PE money