Full-time jobs are quietly being dismantled and repackaged into contracts, projects, and fractional roles. Suddenly, seasoned professionals are finding themselves as “accidental entrepreneurs”—forced into business ownership, not by ambition but by necessity. This article explores how the gig economy’s scope has surged beyond ride-shares and task-based freelancing, reshaping even executive-level work into on-demand services. It’s both a warning and a call to reimagine work, benefits, and community for a future where independence is no longer a choice—but the new normal.
