Try calling in sick for a few days, or asking for mat-leave paperwork. Perhaps a twisted ankle from a new shoe, or your ass is getting groped… You don’t work for companies, you work for the brands, there’s no unemployment insurance or formal paperwork that protects you.
Everyone is a ‘vendor’ or a ‘face’, the traditional (and protective) contractual relationships just don’t exist.
If someone is doing this well (end of the day saving money in the bank) then good for them , I have no doubt this is a very hard ‘job’ (not digging ditches hard, but balancing with much uncertainty).
But of all the ‘gig economy’ jobs out there, SMI seems offer more reward for the ego than any long-term security. You income is tied to an API that can change on a whim and leave you with nothing.
