I've thought about this many, many times.
At 7:23 P.M. on the night before my kids start the new school year, I’m on the couch, trying to write, fending off asks by my 9-year-old son to watch him play Splatoon 2 on the Nintendo Switch, firing off a last-minute email based on a tweet I saw that relates to this very story. Then…oops, I just remembered I don’t have a smock for my younger son, who’s starting kindergarten tomorrow. Where does one get a smock at 7:26 P.M.? Does Target sell smocks? They must sell smocks.
In full disclosure, I know how privileged I am. First of all, I'm white, and I made a hefty salary for a number of years. I have severance, savings, and many marketable skills. But I've been the main breadwinner as my husband was in startup mode for his business , and now I'm scrambling to maintain the life we've created based on that former salary.
Is this my fault? Society’s? The gig economy’s? I don’t know. But I’m hustling, and I’m exhausted. So why wouldn’t I be irritated? If money isn’t a concern and you can take or leave an assignment, sure, self-employment is the bastion of flexibility: Do what you want! When you want! Could this “little control over your job” apply to the gig economy? When you can “choose” to turn down an assignment but don’t out of financial necessity or fear you won’t get asked again? “The key thing with work stress and control is one’s perception—in other words, if one feels that one has high stress at work while also feeling that they have little control over the work, then work stress will be harmful to health,” study co-author Erik Gonzalez-Mulé, Ph.D.
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