GIG Economy: what is it?
The GIG economy is a work environment in which short-term contracts and independent hiring prevail.
GIG Economy: what is it?
The GIG economy is a work environment in which short-term contracts and independent hiring prevail.
27% of American workers reported that they had some type of temporary or freelance contract during the year 2021.
16% of Americans reported that during the same year, they used at least once a gig economy platform.
WANACARE was created by several young Spanish entrepreneurs more than 3 years ago. It was born based on experience in the home care and home health care sector, with a model based on automatic management platforms.
Professionals in this sector are, by nature, independent in their functions. This has been the case for decades, when the market demanded specific aid for people in vulnerable situations. This increased in the 1990s, with the rise of Home Care and Home Health services, as well as the subsidies attributed by Medicare and Medicaid. From the regulations of medical insurance, professionals lost prominence, giving way to specialized agencies. At the time, these agencies have seen their valuation deteriorate and their service diminished; in turn, the professionalism of the workers was declining. But this must change, and it will.
In the last ten years we have witnessed the appearance of integrated management platforms, capable of managing a global market, connecting supply with demand in real time. The most popular examples are: Uber, Lyft… They respond to the need to relocate professionals, attacking sectors that are too traditional or new markets that require greater specialization for jobs that did not exist before. At this point, we have the professionals of the digital sector.
These platforms have reinvented the way of contracting services, but, most importantly, they have redesigned the formula for managing and assigning them. Because the most important thing is not how these services are marketed, but the position of the professional in managing them. Now, the professional is the protagonist and, therefore, directly responsible for it.
We could say that WANACARE is a platform based on the GIG economy, but there are certain differences:
We seek the maximum professionalization of the service. For this, it is necessary to count on the enormous contributions that the agencies of the sector suppose. They have social workers, in addition to having the necessary certifications stipulated by state law. At WANACARE we could say that they are the guarantors of the best service.
Being a good professional is not easy. The service is not always appreciated. For this reason, we want the professional to only worry about giving their best. The communication, collections and all the situation that surrounds the transaction, depends on the agency and the platform itself. The professional only has to worry about working on what he knows how to do best, and seeing the money in his account.
Our work is intermediation, in a transparent and sincere way. There are no hidden commissions or changes in the applicable conditions. Belonging to our platform does not cost money, nor does it seek professional dependency. We are a bridging tool that seeks success and maximum satisfaction. There is always a professional for the needs of a client and we give the necessary support to the agencies and their clients to achieve it.
