What Does That Mean for Flexibility?

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In some interviews, the manager wanted to know, and find a hook, or a kind of vulnerability that would assure the manager and the company that this worker is not going to run away. But at the same time, if this vulnerability became too much, right? Then the woman becomes a liability because, you know, then she has all these non negotiable social, cultural obligations. So naturally, the question that arises from that is, what does that mean for the promise of the idea of flexibility,. That is so core to so many of these platforms? It seems like the flexibility promised maybe isn't as easy as it seems.

Paris Marx is joined by Noopur Raval to discuss India’s gig economy, the specific conditions of women who provide services through beauty and wellness apps, and how workers organize to improve their conditions.

Noopur Raval is a postdoctoral research fellow at the AI Now Institute at New York University. Follow Noopur on Twitter at @tetisheri.

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