Francesca Chia sees a day when it is normal to have multiple employersGoGet is one of the earliest general purpose gig platforms in the country. Grab was the pioneer back in early 2012 but it was focused on ride sharing while GoGet, which was launched in 2015, started by offering the market talent for all kinds of blue collar, on-demand, short term work.
“There is strong interest in flexi work today and this ranges from students who have not entered the work force officially to those who have retired but are still keen to offer their skills. Everyone has different needs,” she notes. Happy with the feedback, Francesca believes the addition of GoGet Recruit “completes the full cycle of our aim to empower GoGetters to have the freedom and make it easy to find a working arrangement that fits their needs.”
Francesca sees two drivers here. Workers who suddenly lost their jobs or had their salaries cut in the early period of the pandemic in 2020 realized they had to take care of themselves and not rely on any employer anymore. Gig work was the obvious alternative.