as told from the perspective of a particularly candid freelance journalist (and former Jeopardy contestant).
Talk about looking through the lens of a loan signing agent . . . Note how he talks about the risk & expense being "offloaded" to the IC worker.
A great read (listen) article about the painful realities of pursuing a career in decline, a "desiccated corpse," destined to wind up by the roadside; this was attention-rousing and apropos in all its comparative forms. Seems to Sum up many of our views - but not obviously the sum of all our experiences (thankfully so, or this board would be far more depressing).
http://newrepublic.com/article/153744/gig-economy?utm_source=pocket-newtab
<". . . they may even form unions (as encouraging a trend as any in this industry). But many also absorb indignities that no worker should have to go through. We need not engage in comparative suffering to understand that freelance journalists can be just as precarious, and as deserving of rights, as other gig workers. The de-skilling and casualization of their work—the tendency to replace [substitute "experienced signing agents"] ... with warmed-over takes or viral material ripped from social media—reflects trends in the wider economy. So too does the yawning earnings gap between the top and bottom echelons of the industry.">
If there was ever a feeling of isolation, this one paragraph puts a halt to that exclusivity! |
