The Gig Economy’s False Promise

Re:The Gig Economy’s False Promise by acchow on Monday April 10, 2017 @02:18PM (#14081135)

> as people who would have been able to find white-collar work or stable and well-paying blue-collar work 15-20 years ago now have to enter the service economy and perform low-level jobs, many of which require little or no specialized skills.

Anecdotally, I've met a number of Uber/Lyft drivers that told me driving allowed them to quit their past shitty job and choose a flexible schedule that worked well with raising their kids.

Also, drivers that quit their jobs to pour energy into their family business with some extra cash from driving when needed.

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Re:The Gig Economy’s False Promise by cheez on Monday April 10, 2017 @02:26PM (#14081205)

Next time ask how long they've been doing Uber. For the most part, I've only heard longer than 1 year a handful of times.

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Re:The Gig Economy’s False Promise by smsm42 on Monday April 10, 2017 @02:39PM (#14081308)

Which completely destroys the top comment's point, if true - if one only does gig thing as... well, a temporary gig - there's no reason to worry about retirement with gig salary - nobody retires relying entirely on gig salary.

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Re:The Gig Economy’s False Promise by Can_Not on Wednesday April 12, 2017 @09:21AM (#14097364)

That's assuming that they left for a better job and that the replacement jobs were not also sequentially all gigs.

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