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Seems like accepting lots of part time work would be a great way help employers pay us less and take away benefits/working hours flexibility. I don't wanna be a gig worker. I want a salary, benefits, and a 4 day work week.

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In the example listed, the only difference is a pay cut and the cut isn't that large. Which is also a far cry from usual gig workers which definitely do not get paid anywhere near FANG salaries.

I do think if this transition were to happen, there would have to be far more regulations and standard benefits when it comes to part time workers. Which is also very unlikely, at that point it's far more likely universal basic income becomes a thing than part time workers being treated anywhere near as nicely as your L5 FANG (again example from the article).

I think that's not entirely false, but this is a small subset of what part-time work can really look like today and in the future. There are 4-day work week companies that work 40 hours or 32 hours and still provide benefits (including big cos), you can start your own business, consult (which in and of itself is a very wide range), there is an increasing legitimacy and income path to being a creator, etc. My thesis is that the current cultural, technological, societal winds are going to enable a lot more of this work than ever before. It's still nascent, but I would bet a good chunk of tech employees will be part-time in some capacity over the next few years. And getting that employment from a 'traditional' W2 employer will just be one portion of it.

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