Regardless of why they do it,
gig economy workers almost unequivocally cite uneven cash flows (or concerns about potential variability in income) as one of the primary drawbacks of this lifestyle.
It's a word that, here, does not so much connote an actual small - business owner as a feeling — an image of the young
worker in the 21st - century
gig economy who DJs on the weekends and, while
almost certainly doing underpaid and entirely precarious labour, has earned the right to work from her local coffee shop in the slouchy drop - shoulder crewneck of her choice.