Working for on-demand startups like Uber and
TaskRabbit is supposed to offer flexible hours and higher
wages, but many workers have found the pay lower and the
hours less flexible than they expected. Even more surprising:
8 percent of those chauffeuring passengers and 16 percent
of those making deliveries said they lack personal auto
insurance.&nbsp; Those are among the findings from a survey about
the work life of independent contractors for on-demand
startups, a booming sector of the tech industry, being
released Wednesday.“We want to shed light on the industry as a whole,”
said Isaac Madan, a Stanford master’s candidate in
bioinformatics who worked with two other Stanford
students and a recent alumnus on the survey of 1,330
workers. “People need to understand how this space will
change and evolve and help the economy.”Ondemand, often called the sharing economy, refers
to companies that let users summon workers via
smartphone apps to handle all manner of services: rides,
cleaning, chores, deliveries, car parking, waiting in lines.
Almost uniformly, those workers are independent
contractors rather than salaried employees.&nbsp;That status is the main point of contention in a
recent rash of lawsuits in which workers are filing for
employee status. While the survey did not directly ask
contractors if they would prefer to be employees, it found
that their top workplace desires were to have paid health
insurance, retirement benefits and paid time off for
holidays, vacation and sick days – all perks of fulltime
workers. Respondents also expressed interest in having
more chances for advancement, education sponsorship,
disability insurance and human-relations support.&nbsp;Because respondents were recruited rather than
randomly selected, the survey does not claim to be
representational but a conclusion one may come to is that
flexibility of new jobs comes with a cost. Not all workers are
prepared for that!
SFChronicle.com and SFGate.com, May 20, 2015. Adaptado.Segundo o texto, empresas do tipo “on-demand”

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TaskRabbit is supposed to offer flexible hours and higher
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