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🗓️ 16 April 2021
⏱️ 119 minutes
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0:00.0 | Skyler Gregory Peterson Tossick was a 20-year-old from Escondido, California. |
0:06.0 | He was a skilled musician and college student. |
0:10.0 | On August 30, 2015, Sky took an Uber ride to an intersection near the San Diego Zoo Safari Park. |
0:18.0 | A ride he duplicated two days before that. |
0:22.0 | Sky got out of the car. |
0:24.0 | He was never seen again. |
0:30.0 | I'm a dancer. |
0:32.0 | And this is Unfound. |
1:01.0 | The phenomenon known as the gig economy is upon us. |
1:06.0 | In fact, it's been with us for a few years now. |
1:10.0 | What is it? |
1:12.0 | Investopedia defines it as an economy in which temporary flexible jobs are commonplace |
1:18.0 | and companies tend to hire independent contractors and freelancers instead of full-time employees. |
1:26.0 | If you've heard of Airbnb's, people who rent out their rooms and apartments to strangers, |
1:33.0 | that's an example of a job within the gig economy. |
1:37.0 | The main competition would be the well-known hotel chains. |
1:40.0 | Have you heard of Toro, T-U-R-O? |
1:43.0 | People rent out their own vehicles to travelers to make money. |
1:48.0 | The main competition being Hertz and Avis and all the other official car rental places. |
1:54.0 | Then there's Lyft, L-Y-F-T, the main competitor to the company that will be mentioned during this episode. |
2:02.0 | What do they do? |
2:04.0 | People provide their own taxi services using their own vehicles or a vehicle the company leases to them. |
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