[doctorpangloss]

> but they can't meet the prior model's mean and variance at the same time.

They could just like, pay them a monthly wage, like everyone else in the civilized world?

[flixic]

Like everyone else not in gig-economy jobs. The "individual contractors" hiring structure is established in almost every country (where legally possible) for companies like Uber, food delivery, etc. This is not US-specific phenomenon.