Otherwise it seems like a great way of intimidating tenants to leave or pay more. Wonder what kind of vetting is in place to confirm someone is even allowed to be evicted. I imagine the civil liabilities alone they're going to be hit with after their first hour of operation despite trying to hide behind the fig lead that their process servers are 'independent contractors and not employees.' *edit* Unless the courts get there first. It's going to be beautiful to see how fast the internet enables people to completely ruin this company and everything it attempts. Yeah that seems like the logical progression here There's a lot to quote from this article and I quoted a lot as it is, but holy shit what. The company did not respond to requests for comment or a source for this quote, but the mention of the Times has since disappeared from its website.
The website also featured a quote, attributed to The New York Times: "Too many people stopped paying rent and mortgages thinking they would not be evicted." A search reveals this phrase hasn't appeared in the Times. "Literally thousands of process servers are needed in the coming months due courts being backed up in judgements that needs to be served to defendants." "We are being contracted by frustrated property owners and banks to secure foreclosed residential properties."Ĭivvl aims to marry the gig economy with the devastation of a pandemic, complete with signature gig startup language like "be your own boss," and "flexible hours," and "looking for self-motivated individuals with positive attitudes:" "FASTEST GROWING MONEY MAKING GIG DUE TO COVID-19," its website says. "Unemployment is at a record high and many cannot or simply are not paying rent and mortgages," the ads state. In its Craigslist ads, posted across the country, Civvl explains the opportunity plainly: "There is plenty of work due to the dismal economy."
"It's fucked up that there will be struggling working-class people who will be drawn to gigs like furniture-hauling or process-serving for a company like Civvl, evicting fellow working-class people from their homes so they themselves can make rent," she told Motherboard. Helena Duncan, a Chicago-based paralegal who also participates in housing activism, saw a Craigslist post from Civvl while searching for jobs.
Seizing on a pandemic-driven nosedive in employment and huge uptick in number-of-people-who-can't-pay-their-rent, Civvl aims to make it easy for landlords to hire process servers and eviction agents as gig workers. Instead, it is the following call to action, from a company called Civvl: "Be hired as eviction crew."ĭuring a time of great economic and general hardship, Civvl aims to be, essentially, Uber, but for evicting people. The button below this statement is not for a GoFundMe, or a petition for calling for rent relief. These inequities should be cause for concern among labor and employment law scholars, and further support the importance of establishing a social safety net and workplace protections for gig workers."SINCE COVID-19 MANY AMERICANS FELL BEHIND IN ALL ASPECTS," reads the website copy. The negative career implications of gig work, especially long-term gig work, suggest serious inequities in regards to worker opportunity or experience.
Based on longitudinal interviews with 11 gig workers, this chapter seeks to answer the question, what is the impact of gig economy work on a worker’s future career trajectory and personal life? To paraphrase Kalleberg (2011), is gig-based work a good or bad job? What distinguishes those workers who move out of gig work from those workers who remain engaged in gig work, whether by choice or circumstance? Do workers think that extensive time spent in gig work as a primary source of income has affected their ability to move to stable traditional employment? This chapter connects gig work to a larger discussion of “side hustles” and worker reliance on additional sources of income, and the impact of underemployment on wages and employment call-backs. While gig-based work is marketed by platforms as an attractive opportunity, little attention has been paid to the long-term experience of gig workers.
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