Self-Drive Worker

As at February 2022

We have recently published (16.2.22) a Press Release (See here) following the ONS release the monthly Employment Statistics up to 31.12.21. As at Sept 2021, no major re-writing of our explanatory text about “Self Drive Workers” would appear to be necessary.  But the figures have changed over the past 2 years -Major unemployment did not happen; Self Employment plummeted dramatically (explanations needed) and, (experts say) about 400k workers disappeared from the total Employment figure.

Working Free still thinks that our figure for Self Drive Workers will rise to about half of the Total Employment figure.

Read our blog (See here) Comments that we can publish are welcome – emails to [email protected] . 

As at Sept 2021

Working Free asks you to note that the principles behind the Self Drive Worker concept have not changed for the last 10-15 years (if ever) but the figures have changed. Covid has increased unemployment and moved some self drive workers onto FTE status. We think that this position will soon return to previous patterns.)

(As at June 2017)

About a half of the UK’s working population of about 32m are full time permanent employees on a payroll. The rest are Self Drive Workers.

53% of the UK’s working population are full time employees on a payroll and Working Free contends that 47% are Self Drive Workers. We publish here ONS figures that support our creative contention.

Whatever conclusion you come to, you will doubtless recognise that, with every passing year, there are more workers moving from the 53% category into the 47% category – and not really knowing how best to handle it.  Or doing better at it if they only knew how!

However, all may well not be what it seems!  We encourage all who have an interest in this area to spend some time coming to their own conclusions.  Please read:-

• Self Drive Workers – The Truth About Jobs – (June 2017)

This is what Working Free sets out to address.

Understanding what this is, what it means, how the figures come to be identified and interpreted offers serious value to senior Professionals operating on an independent basis or moving towards this.

Please note…

• The figures in the following charts set out to isolate “purely full-time employees on a payroll” from the rest – hereafter referred to as “Self Drive Workers”.
• Disagreeing with this approach is a perfectly sensible position to adopt – but wherever you finish up it makes the point that about half of the UK’s working population have, to some extent, responsibility for their own incomes.
• On this basis part-time workers on a payroll are seen as Self Drive Workers.
• Full time workers/ employees on a payroll and with second jobs are seen as Self Drive Workers.
• Of the total part time figure of 8402 at October 2017 (8352 at April 2016)  (employees and self-employed) 12% (14% at April 2016) could not find a full-time job; 71% (69%) did not want one; 3% (3%) were ill and 13% (13%) were students. No information is available for the balance – typical of the slow and marginal changes for the best part of a decade.