He had to work multiple jobs until last year, when he made $108,592 as a mover and furniture assemblyman on TaskRabbit.
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"Grades and school made me feel like I never needed those [physical] skills — but coming here, the game was different," Onyemali says."I didn't see myself working for someone or being in the corporate world. I wanted to have time with my family." By December 2018, he'd cobbled together enough to rent an apartment for him and his family. But renting wasn't the goal, so Onyemali continued working multiple jobs to start saving for a house. It took him about a year: He closed on a newly built home in January 2020.
Recently, he's suffered from an algorithm change, he says: TaskRabbit used to rank its search results by highest reviews, but now it ranks them by lowest price."Now, you have to go to a third page to even find me," he says."But I understand I also have the choice to reduce my prices to pick up more jobs.""Overall, we are working to provide the best match possible between Taskers looking for work and clients looking for help," the spokesperson wrote.
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