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Often it's not a choice: lots of people are layed off, and then rehired as freelancers. This is quite common among healthcare and construction workers. This is
by ako 8y ago
Often it's not a choice: lots of people are layed off, and then rehired as freelancers. This is quite common among healthcare and construction workers.
This is all for the benefit of the companies, not the employees. Lower wages, no need to pay other benefits like health-insurance or pensions, and ability to end contracts as companies see fit, especially when people get sick, become pregnant, or just old.
There are a lot of freelancers forced into this construction, not by choice.
- TomMarius 8y agoGood point, that is not possible in my country though.
- eschaton 8y agoYet. Don’t underestimate the lobbying efforts of industry.
- Consultant32452 8y agoOne of my biggest pet peeves about the current labor market is how my healthcare and retirement planning is so tightly coupled to my employer. Can we create a system where you're beholden to your employer for these things but I'm not? I prefer the gig economy.