Comment by oneoff786

The funny thing about the American dream is that the quintessential examples used to be blue collar or back office labor jobs like mailroom processors could work hard and rise to the top. Kind of a pipe dream but it did happen. Even if you believe that to still be true, gig workers start even lower, below the bottom rung of the ladder. They’re contractors doing spot jobs in mailrooms. Most janitor jobs are gone. They’re now contractors too. Healthcare is to blame for a lot of this. The cost of a low level employee is simply too high when companies need to cover the healthcare coverage costs.