The workplace in America has changed in 2020. Two years later, jobs still offer work-from-home options. On top of that, many people have been taking hustles throughout the pandemic, and one involves furry friends.
The workplace in America has changed in 2020 — and two years later, jobs still offer work-from-home options.
On top of that, many people have taken part in stampedes throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.
One such crush involves furry friends for a Las Vegas woman.
Anna Riggi from Las Vegas, a single mother of six, started renting out her garden through Sniffspot as an extra source of income. (Ashley Soriano/Fox Business) (FoxNews)
She’s one of tens of millions of Americans landing a freelance job next door, and conveniently, it’s right in her backyard.
Anna Riggi’s full-time job is caring for her six children.
“I’m a single mom and I can always use a little extra income,” Rigby said.
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Working in a traditional office is out of the question, so she started renting out her garden to dog owners.
“I had a group birthday party where I had four dogs here at once. They rented my garden for a little birthday party. And I thought, ‘Okay,'” Riggi said.
She uses an app called Sniffspot.
“You can think of it like Airbnb for dog parks,” said David Adams, founder of Sniffspot.
Sniffspot launched in 2018 and host numbers skyrocketed during the pandemic. (Ashley Soriano/Fox Business) (FoxNews)
Sniffspot connects backyard hosts with dog owners who might not otherwise have access, or who might prefer privacy.
The company has thousands of hosts in the United States and around the world.
He was just two years old when COVID-19 hit.
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“I guess in Washington, DC, they shut down everything, including public dog parks, public parks, and no one had the ability to go outside at all,” Adams said. “We just exploded in Washington, DC, and now Washington, DC is one of our biggest markets.”
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The gig economy has exploded – jobs like driving for Uber or Doordash, and in other cases like Anna Riggi, renting out her garden.
“We’ve opened up Pandora’s box in many ways when it comes to people working from home,” said Leith Martin, executive director of the Troesh Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
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“A lot of these people are going to have a hard time giving up some of that freedom that they had to work from home,” Martin said.
According to projections, 87 million people will work on a freelance or on-demand basis by 2028. Statistical.
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“I can set my schedules and the days I want to turn on or off, and it’s been fine,” Riggi said. “It’s nice to have a little extra because, you know, I’m a single mom, and it really helps me.”
The Sniffspot founder says some hosts make over $2,000 a month from the comfort of their own home — or backyard.
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