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Beware the pitfalls of gig work
Those who juggle a variety of jobs may become the proverbial jack of all trades, master of none
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Vivien Ang
Published Fri, Sep 25, 2020 · 09:50 PM
HOW many jobs can one take on before reaching the point of exhaustion? That was the question Tracey Tay asked herself when she was juggling three - part-time personal trainer, delivery person and cafe manager.
"I was working 14 hours a day. My physical and mental well-being just went down the drain," she said.
Ms Tay is one of the many in the burgeoning segment of the gig economy that just got bigger with the advent of Covid-19.
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