Gig Workers Were Promised a Better Deal. Then They Were Outsourced

Gig Workers Were Promised a Better Deal. Then They Were Outsourced(wired.co.uk)

6 points by privateprofile 4 years ago | 1 comment

_aavaa_ 4 years ago |

Not outsourced in the sense that the jobs are done by people elsewhere.

> when Thomas started looking at the paperwork for his new job [for Just Eat], the company on the contract was not Just Eat, but a Dutch staffing agency called Randstad.

They work with an intermediary now.

_aavaa_ 4 years ago |

Not outsourced in the sense that the jobs are done by people elsewhere.

> when Thomas started looking at the paperwork for his new job [for Just Eat], the company on the contract was not Just Eat, but a Dutch staffing agency called Randstad.

They work with an intermediary now.