Contract workers struggle as Silicon Valley on-demand companies soar

While on-demand companies offer large-scale employment opportunities that defy the traditional 40-hour workweek, bringing more flexibility and autonomy to the job market, they often put otherwise educated professionals in jobs that require few skills and offer little upward mobility.

By Heather Somerville

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