Can a gig economy serve as an edge against inflation?

[Marvelockg]

Freelancing jobs are preferred by many because of the freedom that comes with it and the ability to combine it with other jobs which provides you multiple streams of income in the process. As inflation gains momentum by the day  in almost all the parts of the world, and job scarcity remains an issue, an economy that is more mobile and that gives workers the leverage to do up to three or two jobs mostly part-time would help them meet up with the high cost of living.

Wouldn't it be better that you only have to go to your office when you have a task to do and not the regular 9AM - 6PM routine even when you have nothing to do at office denying you the extra time to carry out your side hustle that can add up to the small salary most workers are being paid?

If our schools can work with this and make it less engaging for students to spend all thier times in classes but to rather identify areas they aren't good at and work on those area while the rest of the time is devoted into getting all soaked into learning a single skill or creating something for themselves, wouldn't it be better? With most institutions operating an educational system that has curriculum that's mostly outdated with course that are less relevant and yet taking up times that student can use in learning skills and adding values to themselves, it obviously calls for the need to look for better economic framework that will serve us better.

Coming from a region where the cost of living has skyrocked too high and having had experience that most workers are mere time consumers and not productive with those time and you're someone that's in that kind of setting but have the intention of doing more with your spare time, operating a gig economy that's same as a flexible economy could be the surest option.

[Upgrade00]

Not every role can function in a gig economy, there are certain roles where the business needs permanent workers and not freelance or contract staffs. We already have a gig economy thriving in almost every part of the world and helping bridge the gap between different countries as you can market your skill from any part of the world you are in as long as that skill is competitive enough.

What I will like to see a lot more of is work-from-home settings for permanent roles. Just as was realized during the 2020 lockdown, productivity does not drop when workers do their jobs remotely. Many jobs are digital and can be done from the comfort of the home allowing the gig economy to thrive even more

[Helena Yu]

It's not gig economy that used to cope against inflation, but it simply you're lack of money, that's why you're looking for second or third jobs.

You're talking as an employees, so you're looking to make something more.

But, if you're an employer, you will do same to the employees because you're want to maximize the profit of your business.

Many companies force the employees to work full day because they're also forced by other companies in that city, working from 9AM - 6PM make the employees need to have lunch, so it will encourage them to have lunch in restaurant near the company you work.

If the companies not force to work full day, the restaurants might go bankrupt due to lack of customers.

[The Sceptical Chymist]

OP registered in 2022 and thus is relatively new.  It is rare that anyone who's registered in the last 8 years (and probably more) could put together such a coherent post as this.  My proboscis is detecting a strong scent of AI, though I would never rule out my paranoia being out of control.  Just sayin'.

Wouldn't it be better that you only have to go to your office when you have a task to do and not the regular 9AM - 6PM routine even when you have nothing to do at office denying you the extra time to carry out your side hustle that can add up to the small salary most workers are being paid?

Have you ever held a job?  I've had quite a few, and there hasn't been a single one where I could just drop by when I have a particular task to do.  And by the way, having to drop in to your main job to do the task and then quickly scoot out the back door to your 2-3 side hustles sounds maddeningly tiresome.  Even if you're young and are trying to earn as much money as possible, what you proposed just isn't feasible.

[Marvelockg]

OP registered in 2022 and thus is relatively new.  It is rare that anyone who's registered in the last 8 years (and probably more) could put together such a coherent post as this.  My proboscis is detecting a strong scent of AI, though I would never rule out my paranoia being out of control.  Just sayin'.

wow! what's this idea that one must have been  writing with AI that has almost become a trend when individual that haven't stayed too long on the forum shares there idea in a manner that's probably apt and well detailed? Even if this was my first thread on the forum, I would still have looked at this statement as a direct insult to my ability to think through a concept and put it out in a manner that passes my idea in a way that anyone who comes across it can vividly understand it. Does it mean one can't share his idea without necessarily making use of an AI?

Well, I will rather take this as a compliment and if you care to, you can easily run a plagiarism or AI check on this or any of my previous thread to be sure if your assumption ia right or wrong.

I have never and can never write with AI. It's never been my thing.