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The gig economy is coming for your office job — here's how it works for companies doing it already

The gig economy will be mainstream in the office within the next five years and life for employees is set to ‘fundamentally change', a CEO who works with 30% of the Fortune 100 told Business Insider.

  • The gig economy will become mainstream in the office within the next five years and life as an employee will "fundamentally change," a CEO that works with 30% of the Fortune 100 has said.
  • Catalant runs a matchmaking service that connects companies with professionals on-demand, based on their skills, interests, experience and previous ratings on the platform.
  • Co-CEOs Patrick Petitti and Rob Biederman, say the model allows people to choose the work they do rather then being tied to a single job, and will become mainstream for office workers within a decade.
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choose their hours, the length of the projects they take, the company they work for and the amount of jobs or projects they do per year.

Catalant is one of a few companies competing in this space which represents an expansion of the gig economy to the office.

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