Gig work normalizes the loss of the overall labor protections / amenities that were wrought so hard during the 19th and 20th century. Here in The Netherlands f

Gig work normalizes the loss of the overall labor protections / amenities that were wrought so hard during the 19th and 20th century. Here in The Netherlands flexible labor and temporary rental contracts were introduced last decade, they were meant to increase the fluidity of both markets and take up a small amount of overall contracts, but have started to dominate both of them. Being on either basically erodes any certainty you could have had as a foundation to build your life on. Gig work is even worse than flexible contracts. Not only can you be ditched at any moment, in many ways you are considered self-employed which strips you of so many protections normally afforded to you. And whereas self-employed software developers (read: freelancers) are in an extremely powerful economic position, the usual gig worker has almost zero leverage. ‘Nuff said.