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>Because of the way Flex works, drivers rarely know when blocks of time will become available, and don’t know when they’ll be working or how much they’ll be mak
by extralego 8y ago
>Because of the way Flex works, drivers rarely know when blocks of time will become available, and don’t know when they’ll be working or how much they’ll be making on any given day.”
>”Kelly Cheeseman, an Amazon spokeswoman, told me that Flex is a great opportunity for people to be their own boss and set their own schedule.”
- Tsiklon 8y agoThe Doublethink is real here isn't it? I note a similar thing here in the UK - most of the folks working 'gig economy' or more accurately 'single person zero guaranteed hour contractor' jobs are doing this stuff full time and are pushed hard to make a workable living out of it.
- duxup 8y agoMost "be your own boss" jobs work that way and your only your own boss...... assuming you aren't dependent on pay from that job to get by. And yet the people who take those jobs are usually the folks who financially in not so great shape.