The Disposable Workforce: A Generation's Labor in Limbo For years, it has been claimed that Gen Z is abandoning traditional careers for a life of freelancing and gig work.
However, this narrative may be based on a false premise: what if young people are simply being priced out of traditional employment?
Paul Osterman, professor emeritus at the MIT Sloan School of Management, has spent decades studying job quality and the shift towards disposable work.