Americans are increasingly using on-demand services, both as workers and consumers. Here are the major benefits and drawbacks of the gig economy.
PRO
- Gives multimillion-dollar companies the ability to make money on their own schedule
- Fosters competition and growth in the on-demand milkshake sector
- Workers get the flexibility they need to make desperate phone calls trying to track down their next job
- Companies can take risks and innovate without fear of sharing the rewards
- Fairly efficient way to compartmentalize human beings based on market value
CON
- Food can still take more than several seconds to get to you after you’ve decided you want it
- Sometimes humans have to visit the doctor
- Dilbert magnets really lose their punch in a home office
- Terror-fueled exhilaration that stems from not knowing how much you’ll be paid next week gets old after a while
- Have to download some app called ScrubStoop
- Still more costly than slavery
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