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How Gig Work Can Make You Feel Less Human

My Uber driving covers my bills but I feel invisible to passengers who treat me like part of the car and it is crushing my self-worth.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The dehumanizing aspects of service work in the gig economy can erode dignity and self-worth when interactions reduce people to functions.

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