Meaning of gigification | Babel Free

Definitions

The process whereby stable, full-time jobs are replaced by freelance ones.

uncountable

Examples

“The Covid-19 epidemic could well prove⟳ to be a pivotal point⟳ in the gigification of knowledge work⟳, and many firms will be attracted by the prospects of the direct⟳ and indirect cost⟳ savings that the gig economy model⟳ seems to offer⟳.”

“Some of [the] central provisions [of the contract] […] will serve⟳ to put⟳ brakes on the relentless erosion of the number⟳ of writing jobs available—the sort⟳ of deadly, profit-driven gigification of once-stable careers that afflicts taxi drivers, college professors, and screenwriters alike.”

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