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This study aims to assess the Challenges faced by the Gig Economy Workers working in the Indian Facility Management Industry in Chennai and its suburban Areas. The main purpose of this study is to find out the major challenges faced by a Gig Economy worker who is otherwise a Temporary or a contract worker and how their life is influenced under such a work profile and whether they are satisfied with the kind earning they get. The study followed a Descriptive study method and in this survey, a quantitative survey method using a Google Forms survey from the target individuals who are working in different kind of industries under different role. The sample size stood at 130. The survey found that 58% of the respondents were working as a temporary staff. This study also attempted to find out how satisfied are the Gig Workers with the amount of money they earn and found out that 47.7% are getting the wages as they expect and are satisfied with that and 26.9% of respondents get less than the wage they expect and are dissatisfied. Moreover that 30.8% of the respondents say that it is somewhat tough to find a new contract once the old contract is over. Majority of the respondents say that the major motivation factor to keep up with the work is to get regular new work contracts once the old contract is over followed by some of the respondents saying giving proper wage and monetary incentives.