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Do Gig Workers Like Their Jobs? It's All About Choice, Flexibility, and Control

Small Business Labs

Again from the 2013 State of Independence report on the independent workers without work flexibility and control: "They are much less satisfied with independent work and almost half (49%) report being dissatisfied. Our research indicates temps, on-call workers, day workers and others with little work control often fall into this category. 

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Autonomy, Control and Self-Employment Satisfaction

Small Business Labs

" In interviews with this group - often temps, on-call workers and others with little job control or autonomy - we found they didn't get the major benefits of being self-employed and they were impacted in major ways by the disadvantages.   We've posted in the past about the two sides of independent work.

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