pieceworker
/ˈpiːsˌwɜːrkər/
noun
- A worker who is paid according to the amount of work they produce, not by the hour.
- Pieceworkers often earn more than hourly employees, but their income can be less stable.
- The company hired pieceworkers to assemble electronics during the busy season.
- As a pieceworker, she could take breaks whenever she wanted as long as she met her targets.
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