Gig workers — employees or employers?

[Reatim]

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Is being a gig worker worth all the cons mentioned? or do you still find being a traditional employee more appealing?

If you have less needs, and some savings to manage your needs when you are out of work (assuming, you'll get work after little break), then you will do fine as gig worker I suppose.

If you have a family to maintain, traditional jobs are comparatively more stable, and they come with perks (i.e, insurance and savings).

i guess the right answer is if you are just living by yourself and you are sustaining yourself only then being a gig worker is quite the ideal situation i always see a lot of young people being gig workers nowadays and they are often living alone

they should still take care of their insurance and other things even if no company will do it for them

[hafiztalha]

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Is being a gig worker worth all the cons mentioned? or do you still find being a traditional employee more appealing?

If you have less needs, and some savings to manage your needs when you are out of work (assuming, you'll get work after little break), then you will do fine as gig worker I suppose.

If you have a family to maintain, traditional jobs are comparatively more stable, and they come with perks (i.e, insurance and savings).

i guess the right answer is if you are just living by yourself and you are sustaining yourself only then being a gig worker is quite the ideal situation i always see a lot of young people being gig workers nowadays and they are often living alone

they should still take care of their insurance and other things even if no company will do it for them

Gig workers trend was best in last few years but now they are earning low as market is saturated and everyone has to face big competition in that . When there is more competition, you have very less chances to to be successful in next few years. Always research of individual matters a lot and he should learn more things about any skills and how to deal with clients and always try jew thing and new idea and if you will try backward things then you could lose your Respect in the market and always learn from the behavior of people.People are doing well in Gig field but they are the person who gave 5 to 6 years to that field and now they have network and people are doing work and they are getting benefit from that.

[Lanatsa]

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Is being a gig worker worth all the cons mentioned? or do you still find being a traditional employee more appealing?

If you have less needs, and some savings to manage your needs when you are out of work (assuming, you'll get work after little break), then you will do fine as gig worker I suppose.

If you have a family to maintain, traditional jobs are comparatively more stable, and they come with perks (i.e, insurance and savings).

i guess the right answer is if you are just living by yourself and you are sustaining yourself only then being a gig worker is quite the ideal situation i always see a lot of young people being gig workers nowadays and they are often living alone

they should still take care of their insurance and other things even if no company will do it for them

Gig workers trend was best in last few years but now they are earning low as market is saturated and everyone has to face big competition in that . When there is more competition, you have very less chances to to be successful in next few years. Always research of individual matters a lot and he should learn more things about any skills and how to deal with clients and always try jew thing and new idea and if you will try backward things then you could lose your Respect in the market and always learn from the behavior of people.People are doing well in Gig field but they are the person who gave 5 to 6 years to that field and now they have network and people are doing work and they are getting benefit from that.

When you are just that new into freelancing or being a complete noob then the primary target that you would be needing up to do is to get some gig for you to have that portfolio building. Trying out to apply for some full time position is never been that simple yet the competition is really high and if you dont have that enough qualities or be able to hit up the criteria, then you would be having that hard time for you to be able to get hired and thats why there are those people that had been long time been applying but still ending up on being still unemployed just because they havent been hired. This is why on the moment that you have been able to get some gig then be thankful at least because you didnt know on how many people that been thriving out to get some gig for them to be added up on their portfolio on which they would be added up into their experience and that would be an advantageous thing but still not a guranteed thing for you to get hired on next but at least you can show off something. Getting some work online is never been easy as it looks on which just like been said that you would be still needing up that exact skills on what these employers been looking for.

In my case, i tend to go switch with remote work but since i've been a worker for corporate work for how many years but due to some common reason like traffic and having that toxic workmates then you would be wanting to switch up with remote work on which of course it will be that totally different when you do deal up with real physical work but just like been said there would be that soo much difference on which of course it will be not for all. Why? not all does want this kind of set up and also even if you wanted to but still not all will be able to get it because just like been said that it all matters whether you do have that certain skills or not. The best thing about on getting some freelance work is that the amount of possible salary that you can get or earn is having that multiple folds in compared on what you do get when you are that sticking with your day job. So it will be just that depending or situational on which it will be basing up on whether you would be landed up a job online or you would be that sticking into those traditional ways.

[justdimin]

Being a traditional employee can guarantee a basic salary every month as long as you are still working, which is a better comparison than being a freelancer who does not have fixed working hours. At times freelance work can earn more money than contract work, but this type of work does not guarantee massive income. I prefer to combine both or with the term "kill two birds with one stone" or more specifically doing one job while earning another income. Doing a side hustle can provide various benefits such as supporting income, developing new skills, financial security and opening up new career opportunities in the future.

One can only do both of these things if one's full-time job doesn't take most of one's time. In some regions, 9 to 5 jobs are pretty good because there is discipline, you get to reach your workplace on time and quickly because of how disciplined the general atmosphere is, little traffic, few disturbances, easy transportation, etc. However, in some regions, a 9 to 5 job doesn't exactly mean you can reach back home at 5:30 or something, but it is going to become night by the time you reach home, and it's because how hectic those regions are.

So, I believe it depends on where a person lives whether they can do both things together because a lot of things can differ based on your region. Also, a freelance job can require a good amount of time because you won't be getting too many clients if you skip their tasks and don't do the work properly due to a shortage of time.

[bubilas]

The term 'gig' originated from musicians to refer to the performances they are paid to do. Gigs are typically short-term temporary jobs. Gig workers are usually paid not on contract but based on project done or sometimes by hourly work.

During the pandemic, the gig economy rose significantly. We saw an influx of gig workers since almost everyone was laid off from their jobs and had to find something to do remotely. Now, it has almost became the norm. The pros of being a gig worker is you control your time. You do not need to clock in or clock out. No need to leave the comfort of your own house. You have more flexibility as long as you meet the terms of the project.

But we can't forget about the cons as well. Gig workers are essentially both the employee and the employer. They provide their own material or equipment to be used for their jobs. They are the ones to take care of employee benefits like healthcare insurance. Legal expenses are also their burden. One of the biggest factors of being a gig worker is its instability. Unlike employees, you are not contracted for a long time. So if you fail to find a job for a certain amount of time, you will not be earning anything.

Is being a gig worker worth all the cons mentioned? or do you still find being a traditional employee more appealing?

Sounds like a nightmare for an HR person in any company. And such guys in the company where I worked were called "subcontractors". These are small organizations that consisted of not very qualified personnel who performed the tasks assigned to us and left.
As a rule, they worked very poorly and could not perform the tasks well, because of which I had to arrange frequent meetings with them, and I had to explain their mistakes to them. It was much easier to do the task myself.
I'm glad I don't have anything to do with them anymore.

[uneng]

Gig workers trend was best in last few years but now they are earning low as market is saturated and everyone has to face big competition in that . When there is more competition, you have very less chances to to be successful in next few years. Always research of individual matters a lot and he should learn more things about any skills and how to deal with clients and always try jew thing and new idea and if you will try backward things then you could lose your Respect in the market and always learn from the behavior of people.People are doing well in Gig field but they are the person who gave 5 to 6 years to that field and now they have network and people are doing work and they are getting benefit from that.

There will be always saturated niches of the market and high demanding ones. I guess gig workers have to find the demanding ones, so they will have more opportunities and better payrates. It's not that easy, though, because people don't talk much and too loud about such niches, otherwise they would be already saturated as well. In a comparison to this industry, it's like the difference between being a Bitcoin adopter in 2013 and a Bitcoin adopter in 2024.

In order to find the best niches of the market on the current moment, it's necessary to do a lot of researches and to follow your intuition too. With AI tools nowadays, to do a research has become much easier, consuming less time while covering a bigger radius of information. So, it's time for gig workers to take advantage of this!

[STT]

I used to work for a temping agency for years and I would still not describe that situation seemingly temping work as gig or contracting.  Everything about the work was normal employer to staff type business, the only reason it was done via agency was to simplify the tax and recruitment done into this easily available external work force with HR management also external to the company.
  The job was not good often so the workforce requiring replacement constantly would have been a barrier to the business if not handled by a much larger global company focused purely on recruitment.