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I know of a former remisier who became a security guard four years ago after his old job vanished into oblivion. His wife and even his daughter disapproved of his switch for status reason. They stayed in a condominium and they thought they would not know how to explain to their neighbours where he was working. The 45-year-old was not penniless, but he needed to have a regular salary. He ignored their objections.

“The pandemic thus surpassed the peak-to-trough employment declines of other crises, such as the dot-com bust which saw employment drop by 79,500, the Asian financial crisis by 42,100 and the global financial crisis by 13,800.” Maybe. But the survey of 1,002 workers done by the IPS Social Lab, led by Dr Mathew Mathews, said: “…only seven out of 10 food delivery riders here reported earning a monthly income of less than $3,000 from delivery work, with a median monthly income of $1,925 – less than half the national median monthly salary of $4,680 in 2021.

 

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