There are plenty of paying gigs to be found in online marketplaces, where employers hire freelancers to complete quick mini-tasks like transcribing interviews, verifying info listed on websites, and committing quasi-plagiarism. The only problem with this system—well, the only problem besides the plagiarism—is that even the most diligent and productive workers shouldn’t expect to earn anything close to minimum wage.
Something tells me that even though (on the East Coast anyway) it’s late in the work day on a Friday that kicks off a holiday weekend celebrating the working man and working woman, there are still plenty workers still at work as they read this. How’s that working for ya?
As full-time jobs dried up or disappeared during the recession, more and more workers became independent contractors, signing on for short-term projects and part-time responsibilities. And an undetermined number of these so-called “disposable workers” prefer the life of free agents, floating from gig to gig, with no benefits, and no delusions about the work lasting [...]
