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> Drive for Lyft but haven’t received that high of a wage in recent weeks? Drive for Uber. Uber not paying that high either? Drive for Fasten. Fasten’s wages lo
by tao_oat 10y ago
> Drive for Lyft but haven’t received that high of a wage in recent weeks? Drive for Uber. Uber not paying that high either? Drive for Fasten. Fasten’s wages low? Deliver for Postmates. And on and on.
What happens when the market brings down the average wage and it's impossible to find a decently-paid gig? When we're all freelancers, it's going to be really tough to have any kind of collective bargaining power. Yes, flexibility is great, but the precarity that comes along with the gig economy far outweighs that.
- acmeyer9 10y agoWe'll have to see what happens. I would guess if there are opportunities for companies to make money than more and more will enter the market increasing competition over workers which may keep wages up or even increase them. There are definitely some downsides to the gig economy but the purpose of the article was to shine some light on the existing opportunities for workers to help leverage themselves if they are in it.