Sponsored Content — The freelancing field’s recent boom amid the pandemic has benefitted various industries, and ride-hailing businesses are no exception, receiving positive feedback regarding its convenience. 

"I guess it all just goes down to the flexibility that you can just open the app and just log in and you're in,” one part-time Uber/Uber Eats driver in Tampa said. 

A  report released by Edison Research in December 2018 named The Gig Economy, based on 1,044 survey respondents, found that that 44% of gig workers rely on the job as their primary source of income,  including  53% of gig workers  between the ages of 18-34.

However, the main attribute attracting freelancers is the ability to set their own schedules, work at a close proximity from their homes, and accept a feasible workload that correlates with other life responsibilities.  

The survey,  "Freelancing in America: 2019,” indicates that 79% of 6,000 employed US-based respondents work full-time, while 76% work part-time as freelancers to engage in a flexible workforce environment.

 “If you want time off or you just don't want to do it, you just get back out and get back off the app and you're pretty much out and you don't get any more requests. So, the flexibility for sure, timewise,” Paz continues. 

Similarly, 84%  of full-time freelance workers admit that the opportunity allows them to  live the lifestyle they want, compared to 63% of full-time traditional workers. Approximately 42% said they would not be able to work a traditional job due to life circumstances, according to a Forbes report. 

"Now, I mostly drive Thursday and Friday. The rest of the week I am working in my church,” Ken Howe, a part-time Uber driver from Tampa said.  “I work because I need some money but I don't need a full time job right now although the taxes I expect and inflation will likely change that look.”