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> "People mostly aren't talking about how to design gig platforms well to benefit the workers." that's not entirely true, although certainly under-considered.
by clairity 7y ago
> "People mostly aren't talking about how to design gig platforms well to benefit the workers."
that's not entirely true, although certainly under-considered. for instance, the freelancer's union [0] is concerned with worker rights and pay. my last startup (now defunct) also focused on this problem. so there are people who care, but it's difficult to get capitalholders to care.
[0] https://www.freelancersunion.org/ https://www.freelancersunion.org/
- pryelluw 7y agoWould you be open to sharing more about your startup?
- clairity 7y agoit began as a screening tool for the candidate pipelines of on-demand platforms looking for qualified workers, with the goal of better matching and placing workers with platforms (increasing conversion rates, in the parlance). wonolo[0] is an example of such a business that's still operating. the wider ambition wes to create a liquid hourly labor marketplace that would bring near real-time bidding for chunks of hourly work (like "we'll pay you $100 for the next 3 hours of your time"). hourly work (not just gig-work, but whole swaths of the service economy) is notoriously opaque, which gives all the leverage to employers, and workers don't have the time or wherewithal to effectively comparison shop to maximize their earnings. over time, complementary services (training/certification, social networking, insurance, financing, etc.) could also have been added to increase the usefulness of the platform. [0] https://www.wonolo.com/ https://www.wonolo.com/
- pryelluw 7y agoThank you.