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2017-09-04 Economy

U.S. Freelance Workforce Growing by a Million a Year

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Posted by Besoeker 2017-09-04 01:08|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [11125 views ] Top

#1 Somehow, I don't see this as a positive development.

Posted by Besoeker 2017-09-04 07:21|| 2017-09-04 07:21|| Front Page Top

#2 It's largely how the video game industry runs. When a big project is completed, the workforce moves on to another project run by another company. Not even unusual for the subcontracted company studio to fold after a delivery to a major distribution label. Gypsy workforces.

Posted by Procopius2k 2017-09-04 08:12|| 2017-09-04 08:12|| Front Page Top

#3 Its been like this in the Design/Engineering/Construction fields for decades if not longer. Not news.

Posted by BrerRabbit 2017-09-04 09:26|| 2017-09-04 09:26|| Front Page Top

#4 This will be interesting over time as the gig economy does not provide the kind of income stability and security of the classic 9 - 5 routine.

This makes it more difficult to do things like schedule having kids and saving for any big purchases (like a house) and saving for retirement.

My youngest is freelance (31) and it is very tough to coordinate with his wife who is a norm. They don't have kids yet partly because of the instability of the employment picture.

Strange days indeed.

Posted by AlanC 2017-09-04 09:26|| 2017-09-04 09:26|| Front Page Top

#5 Just part of the Obamacare-driven change from full time to part time workers without benefits.

Posted by KBK 2017-09-04 11:33|| 2017-09-04 11:33|| Front Page Top

#6 Just part of the Obamacare-driven change from full time to part time workers without benefits.
Posted by: KBK

Skill and job progression, retirement pensions, medical beneifits, and the gold watch, yesterday's story.... and all so overrated. Mobility is the key.

[sarc tag added...]

Posted by Besoeker 2017-09-04 11:37|| 2017-09-04 11:37|| Front Page Top

#7 Beso, that sounds like sarcasm, hope it is.

All those 9-5 perqs didn't really impede mobility all that much if you were built that way.

Posted by AlanC 2017-09-04 17:08|| 2017-09-04 17:08|| Front Page Top

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