Comment on Concierges, Adjunct Professors, Potato Chip Tasters: US Employers Are Relying More and More on ‘Disposable’ Workers by Michael Fiorillo

That comes to just under 57 million full- or part-time workers out of the nation’s workforce of 162 million. I also interviewed nearly 100 workers, employers and policymakers. Marginal work is important due to its magnitude and because although those jobs look standard, they are designed to be disposable. Part-Time Marginal WorkersAnother example of marginal work is part-timers. Less Pay and Job SatisfactionMy survey showed that contractors, freelancers who work for employers and marginal employees all earn less than regular workers do.