The Assignment
Your score determines everything. In the gig economy, you do what it takes to keep that number up.
Your score determines everything. Your housing. Your healthcare. Whether your kid gets into a decent school. In the gig economy, you do what it takes to keep that number up.
Most assignments are simple. Deliver packages. Drive people around. Process data. Then you get the notification for a Special Task.
2:00 AM. Industrial park on the edge of town. Pay is four times your usual rate. Instructions will be provided on site. Confidentiality agreement required.
You go because you need the money. Because your score needs the boost. Because the decline button is grayed out.
This is a collection of stories about what happens in those rooms. About ordinary people trapped in a system they can't escape, doing things they won't remember, for reasons nobody will explain.
The gig economy evolved. You either keep up or you disappear.
Some people do both.