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That didn't happen yet. I think the biggest takeaway from gig economy "gig brokerage" platforms is that many people would rather take direction from an app tha
by barbecue_sauce 7y ago
That didn't happen yet.
I think the biggest takeaway from gig economy "gig brokerage" platforms is that many people would rather take direction from an app than a human manager (conjecturally, for psychological reasons). If more traditional companies (retailers, businesses with other large output-oriented workforces, etc.) figured out a way to introduce this sort of algorithmic management model that works for them to either hide or replace management while also augmenting it, I feel like a great deal of middle-management bureaucracy could end up eliminated.
- blitmap 7y agoGame'ified performance appraisals or records/statistics that you can cite/link for getting work outside the app-job. Unlocking raises with hours invested or good reviews earned or a combination of metrics. Making in-app purchases to join a union or buy into additional benefits. Integrating these gig economy apps with places like LinkedIn (shudder) to help you find temporary work quickly without ever talking to a human.
- barbecue_sauce 7y agoWorld of WorkCraft
- Smithalicious 7y agoI'm guessing you're trying to sketch a dystopian scenario but that sounds pretty appealing to me!
- blitmap 7y agoThe only part I disliked was LinkedIn - #introvertsunite
- narrator 7y agoSounds like the Manna novel: http://marshallbrain.com/manna1.htm http://marshallbrain.com/manna1.htm
- niketdesai 7y agoGlad you brought this up. A fun read the first time, and a concerning one the second.
- StevePerkins 7y agoIt took me a couple of readings to finally accept that I wasn't missing something. That this "novel" had no real plot or characters at all. It's just a wish-fulfillment thought experiment. A techno-utopian version of "Atlas Shrugged", only a thousand or so pages shorter.
- goatinaboat 7y agomany people would rather take direction from an app than a human This is something specific to the millennials, who have an aversion to anything and everything that is not app-intermediated. They even socialise with apps.