Millennials in the Gig Economy

This photo article shows a photograph of a thousand year freelancer living in Los Angeles by photographer Jessica Chou. In her words, this is how the article is displayed.

Employer's full-time job has become standard for decades, but in recent years gig economy grew steadily. According to Intuit's research, it is estimated that by 2020 40% of the US workforce will become an independent contractor. In this project I will explore the daily lives of young people in Los Angeles, which is a freelance who is responsible for a temporary temporary position.

In order to explore the motivation and understand the situation better, I took people from my 20s to 30s from different cultures and educational backgrounds and worked on demand. The personal way to the show economy is as unique as people themselves, but decisions are often driven by two factors: the pursuit of their passion or the need to make a living. In some cases, there may be two combinations. When they found this autonomy, I discovered that 9 to 5 working hours seemed to be increasingly less attractive.

The performance economy provides unique opportunities for those looking for work. I have the freedom to manage your time and have the capacity to explore the various ways to work to adapt better to your personality and make a meaningful contribution to the community. You can get satisfaction through work ownership - the process of investing time and energy will lead to the establishment of their own business

Disadvantageously, workers who are dedicated independent contractors have few social safety nets. Independent contractors take all risks, so income will decrease when they become sick. In addition, all responsibility for business management, such as branding, marketing, bookkeeping, is now the sole responsibility of the individual. Due to low economic stability, future decision making becomes more difficult.

The performance economy seems to reflect changes in values ​​and perceptions of people's priorities for life and work. Although greater personal freedom may lead to instability instability, it also provides the opportunity to shape human life in a deeper way. As Matthew Mai-Tam Nguyen said, "If you can earn a lot of money, what if you are not happy, what is the point?"

For young people, flexibility takes precedence over work loyalty. Even if the millennium generation circumvents the tool economy and pursues traditional employment, they may not claim the employer for a long time. "Silicon Valley has many companies within two years on average," said Edward Stringham, Chairman of the American Institute of Economic Research. The Institute is an independent nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting a better understanding of economic problems. If you think that the Millennial generation improves the balance between work and living, you may not want to be faithful to a single employer, but you may want to change jobs from other generations. "We value flexibility and peace," says Lenhart. If an employer does not want someone to work remotely or take a vacation as needed, the Millennial generation tends to look elsewhere to find such arrangements.

Sweeping economy is the foundation of freedom of freedom, flexibility, and free time. For many millenniums, 9 to 5 are overestimated and will soon become a tradition. Pipeline Dream is no longer directly connected to the Vice President and the office overlooking the river prefers to wake up in the Mediterranean sun of the Italian Riviera or even drink a cocktail before the next big project. For the Millennial generation, the economy of performance is not only attractive, but also has an attractive total power.

The Millennial generation of Gig Talent is a popular employee. Nearly two-thirds of companies are trying to bring Millennial generation to the team. According to this survey, "Since the Millennial generation wants a digital nomadic and flexible lifestyle, it is suitable for non-employee workforce and gig economy, which is the ideal attitude of companies to work on contracts The expertise of "agile talent" (especially consultant) is used immediately. In this survey, "The belief that true strategic freelancers and other types of non-employee talents (consultants) can regularly contribute to even important tasks within modern organizations and even form It is based on".