How the #GigEconomy is Failing #Ireland ’s Young Workers (Arpita Chowdhury)
(h/t University Observer)
https://eaworldview.com/2025/05/gig-economy-failing-ireland-young-workers/
How the #GigEconomy is Failing #Ireland ’s Young Workers (Arpita Chowdhury)
(h/t University Observer)
https://eaworldview.com/2025/05/gig-economy-failing-ireland-young-workers/
"The #GigEconomy sells a dream of independence, flexibility, and financial autonomy. However, for many young workers and students in Ireland, this so-called freedom comes at a high price — low pay, unstable hours, and the constant threat of being 'deactivated' without warning"
How the #GigEconomy is Failing #Ireland ’s Young Workers (Arpita Chowdhury)
(h/t University Observer)
https://eaworldview.com/2025/05/gig-economy-failing-ireland-young-workers/
https://www.europesays.com/2054786/ Community Banks Craft Business Cases for Real-Time Payments ##banking #america #B2B #B2BPayments #banks #business #CherylGurz #CommercialPayments #disbursements #FasterPayments #gambling #Gaming #GBank #GigEconomy #healthcare #InstantPayments #Insurance #MainFeature #News #PYMNTSNews #PymntsTv #RealTimePayments #TaraCampbell #TheClearingHouse #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #US #USA #video #wages
I've been trying out doing double-duty delivery, Door Dash and Uber Eats, at the same time.
There are a number of problems.
1) In my small town, DD still rules, there just aren't the same number of UE. Long stretches of the night will go without a single UE order.
2) Juggling the two apps is possible, but you're left hoping that an order from DD is in the same direction as one from UE. They usually aren't.
3) Because of 2), you have to choose whether to pause or go offline, which (I think) impacts the algorithm and leads to fewer orders, or less valuable ones.
4) Customers really don't like (understandably) if they see you veering off route to another store (even when its an order on the same app!) so ratings are at even bigger risk if you don't make the timings.
5) UE seems to have far fewer tips, so overall, if it werent for the $15 "quests" of extra cash to complete an order the pay is not as good.
6) This is all more stressful.
Conclusion:
I think I'm just gonna stick to DD exclusively for now unless daily totals start going down or its a super slow night.
A Parliamentary inquiry will now seek to get to the bottom of the root causes behind so-called 'e-bike' fires and other safety issues. There will be particular scrutiny of the gig economy model and its motivating factors for riders turning to modification kits, in fact they're looking for riders with lived experience.
Cycling Electric will submit evidence of our own as part of the call for evidence
A thought for the next time you consider hiring a cab from Uber.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/uber-drives-off-with-child-1.7513379
#Generative #AI is replacing the #digitaljobs Venezuelans rely on
Basically, AI is eating up...AI, and all the most vulnerable people on whose work it has relied on for years to function. And mind you, these are highly educated people. The #gigeconomy is naturally the first to fall to #automatization. But, of course, content creators, coders, administration workers, etc. will be next in the new #techbro #technofascist #neoliberalism and #capitalism.
https://restofworld.org/2025/generative-ai-clickwork-venezuela-migrants/
https://www.europesays.com/1980271/ Instant Payments Change Vendor Relationships #AdHocPayments #Economy #FeaturedNews #GigEconomy #IngoPayments #InstantPayments #News #NonrecurringPayments #PYMNTSIntelligence #PYMNTSNews #RealTimePayments
California Uber and Lyft drivers push for settlement in wage theft claims https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/26/uber-lyft-drivers-wage-theft-settlement-california #SanFrancisco #California #LosAngeles #Gigeconomy #WestCoast #Business #SanDiego #USnews #Uber #Lyft
#Denmark: government plans to hand postal service to private #monopoly that uses precarious employees. #Union expects further price increases and service deterioration.
https://uniglobalunion.org/news/denmark-ends-letter-delivery-3f-uni-global-union/
Memo
“Wall Street’s takeover of US health-care infrastructure and Silicon Valley’s introduction of gig nursing apps are a dangerous duo that is eroding our health-care system and eviscerating our ability to take care of each other.”
Must read:
https://rooseveltinstitute.org/publications/uber-for-nursing/
#GigEconomy #HealthIndustry #Nursing #HealthEconomy #Exploitation #NoEmpathy
This is real bad #ScienceFiction.
This is a variation on the cartoon "You are doing it for the EXPOSURE" by @oatmeal
"#Uberfication" encroaching on #teaching profession, including at #Oxford, leaves teachers scrambling for precarious #work
Redefining Work in a Hybrid Society – Technology, #Leadership, and the Future of Employment
The way we work is changing—fast. Traditional employment models are being challenged by fractional leadership, the gig #economy, and the rise of remote-first collaboration. But is this shift making work better, or just more fragmented?
In this latest episode of Redefining Society & Technology on ITSPmagazine, I sat down with Sara Daw, author of "Strategy and Leadership as a Service" to talk about how technology is reshaping the workforce.
We dive into:
The rise of fractional C-suite roles and why executives are choosing autonomy over full-time positions
How companies are shifting from payroll to access-based #employment
The role of psychological ownership in a world where contracts no longer define commitment
What this means for future generations, as they enter the workforce with an entirely different mindset
Technology enables this shift, but the real question is: Are we using it to empower people—or just creating a new kind of instability?
Teaser: https://youtu.be/8FGKB4kfCGQ
Watch the full video: https://youtu.be/fVAjiD85sYM
Listen to the full conversation: https://redefiningsocietyandtechnologypodcast.com/episodes/redefining-work-in-a-hybrid-society-technology-leadership-and-the-future-of-employment-guest-sara-daw-redefining-society-and-technology-podcast-with-marco-ciappelli
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What do you think?
Are we heading toward a more flexible and fulfilling work model, or is something getting lost in the transition? Let’s discuss.
#FutureOfWork #Technology #Society #GigEconomy #Leadership #RemoteWork #DigitalTransformation #ai #socialmedia #tech #future #HR
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I put together some of my favorite reads and stories that might have been overlooked from last month, including on Uber’s financials, wider DOGE chaos, and the challenges with Apple’s pivot to India.
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https://www.disconnect.blog/p/what-you-missed-in-february-2025
This is the future of work if the techbro oligarchs get their way.
Join a union. Start a union. Refuse to perform or support gig work.
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