Why Should Gig Workers Be Engaged?

Most of what you read about (and we write about) remote work is for employees: people who have a boss, who work for the organization that pays them, and do as they’re told in exchange for a steady paycheck. But as the world of work changes, more and more of our teammates may be contractors or temporary workers. Does employee engagement apply to them as well, since they’re not even technically “employed”?
The answer is yes, although to be technical the term should be worker engagement. Even if you are not employed full time, even if you don’t plan to work for this company past a set point in time, and even if you have no intention of ever commuting to an office again, engagement matters.
There are a lot of reasons people work as contractors or “gig” workers:
They are keeping themselves fed while searching for a full time job.
They have