Weekly payouts are changing who takes gig work
The shift from monthly to weekly settlement altered the makeup of the workforce more than any pay rise did.
The headline rate did not move. The settlement cycle did, and that turned out to matter more.
Who it brought in
Applications rose sharply, and first-month dropout fell. Both effects were strongest among workers who had previously treated the platform as a stopgap.
Operators describe the change as cash-flow relief rather than a raise, which is precisely why it worked.
Read next
Business
Cooperative cold storage has changed what small farms can grow
Business
Small manufacturers are winning back orders by shortening their quote times
Technology
Open-source translation models are reaching languages commercial tools skipped
India