Meet the Buyers

Businesses that book Slivers-of-Time sellers can call in top-up staff very precisely hour-by-hour in exact line with need. Together with the low overheads, this lets them purchase extra workers in ways that would otherwise not be viable.

Buyers in these marketplaces can opt to pay the higher rates demanded by sellers who have built up a track record of consistent reliability for multiple employers. (That premium rate is what keeps them reliable on incoming bookings.) Businesses can induct pools of reliable workers in return for an agreement to work for an agreed rate. Then they can call in extra pre-trained staff hour-by-hour as needed.

What's the impact of booking from a bigger pool of workers very precisely (even at a slightly higher hourly rate) over several months? The BBC came to East London to look at Slivers-of-Time marketplaces and put that question to the biggest buyer in the market at that time:

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