The site immediately offered a “quick assign” where the work would be done later that day – but for a steep £72.45 an hour. On TaskRabbit, we asked for help clearing a loft in north London, estimating two to three hours. We tested the two sites, even though they are relatively in their infancy. We help connect taskers to work opportunities and help them grow their business.” It adds: “Our platform helps those with skills connect to job opportunities and helps clients who are looking for skilled help get connected with people who can help them. TaskRabbit told Guardian Money: “On average taskers earn £20 per hour, and we ensure that the living wage foundation is the minimum rate available.” Unlike Airtasker, TaskRabbit jobs are expressed in a cost per hour rather than per job. TaskRabbit features in Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt season three. It has also introduced an independent dispute resolution process and a $20m (£11.2m) personal insurance policy for those accepting work through the platform. Under pressure from Unions NSW, Airtasker has updated its price guide to reflect higher pay rates for certain trades – though it is still just recommending pay rates rather than enforcing them. I currently have three days a week that my children attend pre-school, so that is when I can complete tasks, as well as occasionally on weekends.”
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The fledgling UK website of Airtasker is full of stories of happy taskers - such as smiling single mum “Samantha O”, who says: “I’ve been on Airtasker since late last year, and it is perfect for me as I can work within my own availability.
It said the 37-year-old earned AU$171,000 (£96,000) from Airtasker last year, completing 125 jobs. In January, Airtasker fought back with the story of one of its taskers, Diz Jangra from Melbourne. “Less than 39% of tasks are actually assigned to the tasker who quotes the lowest price.” “It’s a fallacy that it’s a race to the bottom,” he says. He says no one is forced to work at a particular time, do a job they don’t want to do, or work for a fee they’re not happy with. The minimum wage in Australia is AU$18.29 an hour (£10.27), while in the UK it is £7.50 (AU$13.34) an hour for workers aged 25 or over (£7.83 from April).Īirtasker founder and chief executive Tim Fung is well aware his company is launching in the UK in the middle of intense controversy over gig economy companies such as Deliveroo and Uber. Jobs currently up for bidding include writing a 1,000-word blogpost for a paltry AU$20 (£11), and designing a logo for AU$75 (£42). Job posters’ budgets for some creative tasks on Airtasker will make freelancers wince. People are desperate for work, even though they have no idea how big a job it is, or the time commitment.” Other hirers have very vague instructions such as ‘edit my book,’ but they don’t say how many words it is. “There are a lot of hirers looking for anything from cleaners to graphic designers at below the minimum wage. I don’t bid any more, but I’ve kept an eye on Airtasker out of curiosity as no one seems to be documenting how low the rates actually are,” she says. “There are some really low rates around which work out to AU$5 an hour. She used Airtasker to look for writing, editing and other digital work, but only completed two jobs out of the 70-odd she bid on. Jackie (not her real name) set up Twitter account to raise awareness of the downsides of the gig economy. However, many fear their ability to find work on the site will be affected if they speak out. Low pay remains one of the main reasons not all Australians are enthused with Airtasker. Trade union body Unions NSW, representing 600,000 workers in the Australian state of New South Wales, has called Airtasker a “ superhighway to serfdom”, and warns on its website that it “flagrantly disregards the minimum wage and other labour standards by encouraging workers to compete and underbid each other for bite-sized pieces of work”. They fear that the likes of Airtasker are the next step in the gig economy: driving down wages, busting union agreements and labour standards, and ignoring health and safety in a race to the bottom. Photograph: Airtaskerīut critics – and there are many – see it very differently. Airtasker is launching in the UK this month.
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