MBL: How to make the gig economy work for you
Money Box
BBC
4.2 • 825 Ratings
🗓️ 22 January 2020
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
The gig economy is booming in the UK. More than a million people are using online platforms to secure jobs. Some people say that Uber drivers and couriers are the poster boys and girls for an exploited part of the workforce. Others argue the flexibility of working when and where you want works perfectly for those who don't want a 9-5 job.
Adam Shaw hears the good, the bad and the ugly tales from those working within the industry and he finds out how people can make the gig economy work for them.
Email moneybox@bbc.co.uk with your experiences or questions for the panel.
Guests:
Nye Cominetti, economic analyst at the Resolution Foundation Max Dewhurst, courier and IWGB unionist Andy Chamberlain, Deputy Director of Policy and External Affairs at the IPSE.
Producer: Ben Carter Editor: Emma Rippon
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| 0:00.0 | You're about to listen to a BBC podcast, but this is about something else you might enjoy. |
| 0:05.4 | My name's Katie Lecky and I'm an assistant commissioner for on demand music on BBC Sounds. |
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| 0:43.3 | Hi, Adam. |
| 0:43.8 | Yeah. |
| 0:44.9 | Are we going to BBC? |
| 0:46.1 | We are indeed. |
| 0:47.1 | Wonderful. |
| 0:48.7 | Thank you very much. |
| 0:49.4 | No problem. |
| 0:50.0 | Let's go. |
| 0:51.0 | Let's go. |
| 0:52.3 | So you keep your eye on the road. |
| 0:58.9 | But let me tell you, I'm making a program about the gig economy. So is it all right if I have a quick chat with you? |
| 1:14.0 | You go ahead. Great. So an unusual start to our program on the move, money box on the move. How long have you been involved in this, working like this in the gig economy? I have been on Uber platform since 2014, over five years. Right. And before you were with Uber, you were doing this sort of work as well? Yes, I was a mini-cab driving around London, |
| 1:19.8 | 15 years. And one of the advantages of being a gig worker is that you can work when you want. |
| 1:27.0 | The beautiful of it is that Uber have actually revolutionized the mini-cab industry. |
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