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 ATTRACTIONSWould consider TOP 3 NEGATIVES
joining the gig
economyTo earn more
money/increase
my incomeTo earn more
money/increase
my incomeTo work the
hours I want to
workTo work the
hours I want to
workTo achieve
better work/life
balanceTo achieve
better work/life
balanceMILLENNIALS (%)GEN Zs (%)84 81
58
39
53
36
41
30
45
29
37
27
32
28
59% -54%^:^ The^ gig^ economy is^ helping to^ support (^) 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 %:^ Irregularand^ unpredictable^ hours (^) ma
ke (^) g
ig (^) w
ork
s (^) s
tre
ssf
ul
49
%
-^4
4 %:^ Theemployment^ rightsof^ gig^ workers (^) ar
e no
t (^) re
spe
cte
d (^) o
r (^) p
ro
tec
te
d
MILLENNIALS (%)
Source: Deloitte
GEN Zs (%)
