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gigification

gigification noun: the process whereby stable, full-time jobs are replaced by freelance ones.

Noun

gigification (uncountable)

  1. The process whereby stable, full-time jobs are replaced by freelance ones.
    • The Covid-19 epidemic could well prove to be a pivotal point in the gigification of knowledge work, and many firms will be attracted by the prospects of the direct and indirect cost savings that the gig economy model seems to offer.2020 June 1, Sameer Hasija, et al, “Will the Pandemic Push Knowledge Work into the Gig Economy?”, in Harvard Business Review
    • Some of [the] central provisions [of the contract] […] will serve to put brakes on the relentless erosion of the number of writing jobs available—the sort of deadly, profit-driven gigification of once-stable careers that afflicts taxi drivers, college professors, and screenwriters alike.2023 October 7, Hamilton Nolan, “Screenwriters won a historic victory against AI. The rest of us should follow”, in The Guardian

Origin of gigification

From gig + -ification.

Questions about gigification

What does gigification mean?
Gigification means the process whereby stable, full-time jobs are replaced by freelance ones.
What part of speech is gigification?
Gigification is a noun.

Words near gigification in the dictionary

  1. Giggsy
  2. Gigha
  3. gighouse
  4. gighouses
  5. Gigi
  6. gigification
  7. gigil
  8. gigils
  9. gigless
  10. giglet
  11. giglets

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