gig workers
On-demand hired help
Gig workers are people who work short-term jobs or freelance tasks rather than traditional employment—driving for rideshare apps, delivering food, doing contract coding.
The term comes from gig in the musician's sense: a single engagement rather than a permanent position.
Gig workers don't get benefits like health insurance or paid leave.
The gig economy describes this labor market collectively.
- freelancersSelf-employed contract workers
- tempsBrief-term employees
- self-employedWorking independently, not hired
- contractorsHired service providers
- taskerOne who performs duties
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- employmentjob, jobs, career, careers, interview
- workersemployee, employees, laborer, laborers, wage earner
- laborlabor, labor union, work, labor force, laborers
- workforceemployee, employees, labor force, employer, worker
- part-time jobstemps, freelancers, tutors, babysitters, baristas
- self-employedfreelancers, freelancer, freelance, solopreneur, independent contractors
gig workerssalaried employees
Workers receiving fixed regular pay
civil servants · lifers · corporate employees · nine-to-fivers · company men
gig workerspensioners
Retired benefit recipients
government workers · corporate employees · unionized workers · union workers
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