{"id":3185,"date":"2021-01-13T07:19:24","date_gmt":"2021-01-13T07:19:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/afluxcoin.com\/19\/the-future-of-the-gig-economy-choice-or-necessity\/"},"modified":"2021-01-13T07:19:24","modified_gmt":"2021-01-13T07:19:24","slug":"the-future-of-the-gig-economy-choice-or-necessity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/afluxcoin.com\/es\/19\/the-future-of-the-gig-economy-choice-or-necessity\/","title":{"rendered":"The Future of the Gig Economy: Choice or Necessity"},"content":{"rendered":"

To work from home, with a flexible schedule, autonomy, and career development! Thanks to the gig economy. At first stance, these expressions appeal to workers seeking a job. But in reality, how do workers experience work in the digital world compared to the physical world?The gig economy can bring flexibility, autonomy, and career development, but also precarity and inequality. The gig economy is constantly growing nowadays. This trend is due to the competitive environment and rapid technological growth. Additionally, the Covid-19 pandemic has taught us to think about the gig economy as a replacement for physical work. In such a context, gig economy businesses are becoming commonplace. In other words, we are facing the new normal of work, and this new form is not a choice but a necessity.The gig economy is the economic system that workers and clients come together in the virtual world (Meijerink & Keegan, 2019).The gig economy can create equality. It means it can offer digital space to individuals regardless of demographics. It yet seems to exclude individuals due to technological infrastructure.In the following paragraphs, we first review the positive impacts and the adverse outcomes of the gig economy. Next, we come to know how to thrive in the gig economy.Positive Impacts of Gig EconomyIn the digital world, freelancers and entrepreneurs can show their skills and knowledge in the gig economy. They can also compete with large businesses regardless of demographics. From this perspective, the gig economy provides opportunities for inclusion. Digital platforms such as Upwork.com or freelancer.com enable individuals to work, regardless of age, gender, race, disability, or experiences. Thus, the gig economy allows entrepreneurs with diverse backgrounds to be present in the new market.Are the provided opportunities equal among all entrepreneurs? Or other drivers such as social, technological, and political factors can influence this\u2026<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

To work from home, with a flexible schedule, autonomy, and career development! Thanks to the gig economy. At first stance, these expressions appeal to workers seeking [\u2026]<\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":2796,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[35],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/afluxcoin.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3185"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/afluxcoin.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/afluxcoin.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/afluxcoin.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3185"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/afluxcoin.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3185\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/afluxcoin.com\/es\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/afluxcoin.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3185"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/afluxcoin.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3185"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/afluxcoin.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3185"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}