Beyond Borders GIG ECONOMY
Participation of Gen Y in the gig economy continues to rise and organizations are
eagerly tapping into this pool of workers to hire more people off their balance sheets
What Millennials Want
THE GIG ECONOMY APPEALS TO MOST
MILLENNIALS AND GEN ZS
MIXED VIEWS ON BENEFITS
OF THE GIG ECONOMY
TOP 3 ATTRACTIONS
Would consider TOP 3 NEGATIVES
joining the gig
economy
To earn more
money/increase
my income
To earn more
money/increase
my income
To work the
hours I want to
work
To work the
hours I want to
work
To achieve
better work/life
balance
To achieve
better work/life
balance
MILLENNIALS (%)
GEN Zs (%)
84 81
58
39
53
36
41
30
45
29
37
27
32
28
59
% -
54
%^
:^ T
he^ g
ig^ e
cono
my is^ h
elping to^ s
upport (^) innovative
ways
of (^) m
eetin
g (^) c
ons
um
er
ne
ed
s
48
%^ -
44
%^ :
Gi
g^ wo
rkers
have^ a
better^ work/life^ balance (^) t
han th
ose
in (^) f
ull-
tim
e (^) j
ob
s
48
%^ -^
41 %
:^ G
ig^ wo
rkers^ ca
n earn^ as^ much (^) as (^) tho
se (^) in
full-
tim
e (^) jo
bs
60
%^ -^
48 %
:^ E
mploy
ers^ use^ gig^ workers (^) only t
o red
uce
(^) cos
ts
51
%^
-^5
0 %
:^ I
rreg
ular
and^ un
predictable^ hours (^) ma
ke (^) g
ig (^) w
ork
s (^) s
tre
ssf
ul
49
%
-^4
4 %
:^ T
he
em
ploy
men
t^ rights
of^ gig^ workers (^) ar
e no
t (^) re
spe
cte
d (^) o
r (^) p
ro
tec
te
d
MILLENNIALS (%)
Source: Deloitte
GEN Zs (%)