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This article is mostly hype and hyperbole it seems to me. A quick source check (note: not a fact check by any means!) of just some of the stats in the article s
by EdNutting 7y ago
This article is mostly hype and hyperbole it seems to me. A quick source check (note: not a fact check by any means!) of just some of the stats in the article show how badly they've misquoted.
It claims '40% of American workers will be freelancers by 2020' as a key point - appears to not be true and is an incorrect quote.
I found the original Intuit report that this claim was based off.
http://http-download.intuit.com/http.intuit/CMO/intuit/futureofsmallbusiness/intuit_2020_report.pdf http://http-download.intuit.com/http.intuit/CMO/intuit/futur...
The report's actual claim was 40% of workers will be 'contingent workers' by 2020. The definition provided is 'freelancers, temps, part-time workers, contractors and
other specialists'.
That is a lot more than just freelancers and includes many people who have no need of a desk in a freelancer/coworking space.
20,000 coworking spaces worldwide today doesn't sound like that many, but the problem doesn't seem to be as big as CNBC thinks it is (or even the article they're referencing which itself misquoted the stats). So much for checking sources...
- EdNutting 7y ago"71% of WeWork members were corporate full-timers at companies that were either located in a WeWork office or used WeWork to house their remote teams" Is another example of hype. The source article linked to merely says "Seventy-one percent worked full-time for companies that are either located in a WeWork office or use WeWork for remote individuals and teams." Sounds a lot less dramatic - because it is. You'd probably expect most to be working for companies, especially if they're startups or one/two employee contracting outfits etc. They're not all big corps using the space for cheap space and evil things :p