Gigged: The Gig Economy, the End of the Job and the Future of Work

In some industries, the gig economy serves as a stop-gap technology, with companies employing people in the cheapest way possible until, eventually, it becomes cheaper to buy a machine.

delivering flexibility—without fixing the support structures

given customer demands for dirt-cheap service no matter what the cost to workers and the threat of misclassification lawsuits, companies weren’t likely to make.

results paled in comparison to the security of a traditional full-time job with benefits,

Unlike freelancers, 77% of temp workers say they would rather have a traditional full-time job.

second, that they involved a choice.

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workers, and established practices for using apps as management.

Even helped employees with unpredictable schedules plan for the uneven income.