"Micro-Gig" Sites Undermining Workers Rights?

Mystakaphoros writes "An article in The Atlantic examines the effects sites like TaskRabbit, Fiverr, and Rev.com are having on employment and freelancing. (I would add Amazon's Mechanical Turk to the list as well.) As the article mentions, 'Work is being stripped down to the bone. It's as if we're eliminating the 'extraneous' parts of a worker's day — like lunch or bathroom breaks — and paying only for the minutes someone is actually in front of the computer or engaged in a task.' How many Slashdotters have used these sites, either to hire or work? What's been your experience?"

Comments

being your own boss

[Anonymous Coward]

does this mean you can sue yourself for not providing a bathroom break or lunch?

Re:being your own boss

[idontgno]

Well, that explains why their plumbing supply department sucks so bad. They can't sell at least one very useful type of part without that word.

Click the monkey and win the iPad workers unite!

[Spy Handler]

Solidarity brother

Union Yes