> You absolutely can do it for doctors. > If she needs to be out on a certain day, she'll just swap with a co-worker. > It's amazing how flexible things can get

> You absolutely can do it for doctors. > If she needs to be out on a certain day, she'll just swap with a co-worker. > It's amazing how flexible things can get when you hire a huge pool of warm bodies I think you're selectively missing certain nuances in the article. The article says that the company written about creates both flexibility in hours and flexibility in location. If you're a health care professional or in retail, you absolutely have to be at the location. Also, if you're performing a procedure, you need to schedule a team and equipment to be available, which also implies a time and place for your schedule. Also, the article mentions unpredictable schedules, such as staying up late with a baby or elder health care. For doctors and retail, sure you can swap shifts, etc etc. But when you take a shift, you're obligated to show up a week in advance. Last minute objections don't cut it. And re: hiring a huge pool of warm bodies, that implies that your job is fungible and that most jobs are like gig jobs, where you can get paid for the time you're working. I don't understand what you're saying - when you say "hire", are you implying a salary or an hourly rate and if some of them don't show up, do the remaining workers get paid more? That doesn't work for any sort of low margin business. If you're a restaurant, you can't just hire six dishwashers and hope four of them wander in during Friday rush.