La Plataforma y Yo:
a podcast about
the future of work
Sound portraits about digital platform workers
A first-hand look at how platforms are changing the world of work
Alejandra, Juan Carlos, María, Mónica, Sandesh, José Francisco, Aleksandra, David and Trina all have something in common: their work depends, directly or indirectly, on a platform. ‘La Plataforma y yo’, a podcast series from the Digital Future Society Think Tank, tells their story and explores the reality of a labour market in constant flux.
The technological revolution has had a decisive impact on the job market with platform, algorithm and application now common phrases in the vocabulary of work. However, beyond the technologies underpinning these impacts, a story that too often goes untold is that of the people using them — the platform workers.
Key questions include: Who are they? What difficulties do they face when working? What is their relationship like with the applications they use to find work? What did they do before they started working on platforms?
To answer these questions, we need to hear first-hand experiences from the people living this new reality day-to-day: platform workers in Spain. Therefore, this podcast series has three episodes offering worker perspectives from three particularly representative sectors: delivery riders, virtual services and care.
The episodes
Chapter 1: Riders
The opening episode of La Plataforma y yo delves into the day-to-day life of a delivery rider in Barcelona at a time when the growth of several delivery-based service platforms has sparked debate about how to regulate this type of work.
Chapter 2: Micro Job
We talk about the millions of people performing many different micro tasks is their job. These tasks could be to help train artificial intelligence systems or to provide individual services for third-party businesses.
Capítulo 3: Care
It is time to talk about a sector often ignored in conversations about the platform economy: domestic work and care. The third and final episode of La Plataforma y yo explores the vulnerable nature of finding this kind of work through platforms.
Looks at the various experiences workers have using different apps, and the aspects algorithms do not usually consider that make life difficult for riders.
Millions of people around the world are employed in portals that require only a computer, an internet connection and a series of specific skills.
Recent years have seen the launch of several digital platforms putting cleaning service professionals and carers in contact with their clients.
Creators
Pablo Jiménez
Laura Romero
Experts:
Olivia Blanchard
Mary Gray
Pepa Burriel
David Muñoz
