A Driver’s Suicide Reveals the Dark Side of the Gig Economy

Re:A Driver’s Suicide Reveals the Dark Side of the Gig Economy by dazc on Wednesday February 07, 2018 @03:09AM (#16322936)

I agree with your point, the trend to 'de-skill' a lot of trades is a real one.

However, there's still plenty of old buildings around and, in the UK at least, a real shortage of people with the necessary skills to maintain them.

In the context of the tread, a middle-aged taxi driver, looking at a future of redundancy, only has to worry about the next 15 years or so, not how things are going to play-out in the distant future. Maybe?

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Re:A Driver’s Suicide Reveals the Dark Side of the Gig Economy by AstralStorm on Wednesday February 07, 2018 @03:36AM (#16323059)

Not really. They don't get an early pension. Switching to another unskilled trade will be ever harder and ever more competitive.

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