Gig Economy

Noun · Hacker Culture

Definitions

  1. A labor model built around short-term contracts, freelance work, or platform-mediated tasks rather than traditional long-term employment. In technology culture the gig economy is discussed through both flexibility narratives and concerns about precarity and worker protections.

    In plain English: An economy based on short-term contract and platform-mediated work instead of traditional jobs.

    Example: "The startup pitched itself as empowering the gig economy, while critics focused on whether workers actually gained enough security and bargaining power from the model."

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