But we can't forget about the cons as well. Gig workers are essentially both the employee and the employer. They provide their own material or equipment to be used for their jobs. They are the ones to take care of employee benefits like healthcare insurance. Legal expenses are also their burden. One of the biggest factors of being a gig worker is its instability. Unlike employees, you are not contracted for a long time. So if you fail to find a job for a certain amount of time, you will not be earning anything.
Is being a gig worker worth all the cons mentioned? or do you still find being a traditional employee more appealing?
I work in a company and also work as a freelancer. I have health insurance from my company but even if I didn't have one, I can buy a private health insurance. Btw being a gig worker is very good, especially when you become famous and establish good connections. Slowly, I'm getting more known in local area and the number of my clients are going up. I'm an UI/UX designer with some front-end skills, so I have few stable partners. Since I'm into UI/UX, I'm also very good at marketing and I always try to give good advice to my clients because their success means stable partnership with me. I have a huge knowledge in many fields in informational technologies and it helps me a lot. To be fair, soon I'll leave my job and only work as a freelancer.