The worst part of this “gig economy” is that it has allowed entrepreneurs as well as governments to parade around these gig jobs as “full time employment” and t

The worst part of this “gig economy” is that it has allowed entrepreneurs as well as governments to parade around these gig jobs as “full time employment” and thump their chests and wash their hands off of any real employment generation. Gig jobs do not equal employment. Employment comes with benefits and stability that allows one to plan ahead and invest and grow and even take some risks. Gig work is essentially the illusion of work. On the surface, it makes you money and your bosses money and your customers good (food, transport, whatever). But it hollows out your society and makes it a little less future-focused, a little more insecure. Gig workers can’t plan their retirements or growing their families like normally employed people do. Great for profits. Terrible for society at large.