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Great point on uberisation coming to recruitment. The question about whether gig models are good or bad really depends on who has the power in the transaction. I ran into this pattern workign with temp staffing, where flexibility sounds amazing until workers realize they have zero predictability in their income or schedule. The piece about nursing nails it becuase healthcare already has such thin margins that adding an algorithmic middleman just squeezes labor even harder while patients dont see any benefit.
yes indeed. Uberisation ultimately commodifies the worker and will no question reduce power of each individual worker. The counter balance is that if offers flexibility, so more workers will be able to contribute. The inaccurate term to use is 'democratisation' of workers - many more workers will be able to do some work - but each individual one will lack relative leverage.
interesting end‑of‑year newsletter story, Hung. hope Marrakech was serving more winter sun this time around!
One idea sparked in my head… what about a once a quarterly/mid-yearly “Brainfooders IRL” in‑person meet‑up in London, maybe sponsored by talent partners.. to give the Rec Brainfood community a regular space to connect, swap ideas and recharge offline?
love it mate. I probably should do this more, but I am personally wary of the logistical cost of doing it. Maybe I should just get over myself and get it done. We need to connect more anyway, you and I Srini - especially need to get you Brainfood Live more!
Great point on uberisation coming to recruitment. The question about whether gig models are good or bad really depends on who has the power in the transaction. I ran into this pattern workign with temp staffing, where flexibility sounds amazing until workers realize they have zero predictability in their income or schedule. The piece about nursing nails it becuase healthcare already has such thin margins that adding an algorithmic middleman just squeezes labor even harder while patients dont see any benefit.
yes indeed. Uberisation ultimately commodifies the worker and will no question reduce power of each individual worker. The counter balance is that if offers flexibility, so more workers will be able to contribute. The inaccurate term to use is 'democratisation' of workers - many more workers will be able to do some work - but each individual one will lack relative leverage.
interesting end‑of‑year newsletter story, Hung. hope Marrakech was serving more winter sun this time around!
One idea sparked in my head… what about a once a quarterly/mid-yearly “Brainfooders IRL” in‑person meet‑up in London, maybe sponsored by talent partners.. to give the Rec Brainfood community a regular space to connect, swap ideas and recharge offline?
love it mate. I probably should do this more, but I am personally wary of the logistical cost of doing it. Maybe I should just get over myself and get it done. We need to connect more anyway, you and I Srini - especially need to get you Brainfood Live more!