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It was always like that, however the marketing was great. Even here you had people arguing how it was better than a regular job since you can make your own hour
by themaninthedark 2y ago
It was always like that, however the marketing was great. Even here you had people arguing how it was better than a regular job since you can make your own hours. Only, your not going to be making money doing food delivery when people are sleeping. Most money for driving people around will be either at rush hour or a weekend evening.
So you're not making your own hours you are working hours set by "the market".
- chii 2y agoYou do make your own hours, because you have the choice to not work when there's work presented to you. This is not possible in a full time position, nor is it possible in a casual setting (for example, there might be set schedules in a casual work position). So gig work does give you the choice to make your own hours, because you're choosing to accept (or decline) when work is available, and there's (apparently) no penalty for declining. Now, of course, there's better versions of "making your own hours" - like those consultant contracts that don't stipulate time, but output by deadline. You get to choose _when_ to work, as well as how much, as long as you deliver. But just because there's a better version of something, doesn't invalidate the slightly less better version of the same thing.
- monkaiju 2y agoDoes it count as "picking your own hours" if you can't make any money regardless of how many you pick?
- edoceo 2y agoI does, and it's still crappy choice. The lag hours are now absorbed by the employee rather than the corporate. Externalise the costs, call it your profit and boom - it's capitalism baby.
- chii 2y agoif a small business owner (say, a coffee shop) doesn't make money, does it still count as picking your own hours?