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A CNN op-ed piece caught my eye recently as it discussed some of the difficulties the so-called millennial generation is having in Silicon Valley and elsewhere when it comes to finding gainful employment. It paints a very grim picture about “sharing economy” jobs like Uber, Lyft, or Instacart. The writer opines that “[t]he sharing-economy jobs are even worse than minimum wage jobs because they offer no stability or protections for workers. Sharing economy jobs aren't really jobs at all; they’re freelance gigs.” It refers to the sharing-economy as the “share the scraps” economy. Those are strong words, and the author doesn’t even touch on the wage and hour implications of the “sharing economy.”
