I don't think gig economy is working for the hard-working workers. We were doing Instacart delivery of groceries until we found out that they punished workers for demanding -- get this -- a livable wage and common decency [0][1]. Doordash has been caught stealing tips too [2]. All of them (Uber, Lyft etc) spent $200m to ensure that their workers would not get a living wage and health benefits [3].

With every passing month, I'm realizing that the gig economy works only when the worker class is exploited, and the exploitation is opaque from the customer.

[0] Instacart can go f*ck itself - we'll go pick up our own groceries.

[1] https://techcrunch.com/2021/01/21/instacart-is-eliminating-t...

[2] https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/24/nyregion/doordash-tip-pol...

[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2020_California_Proposition_22