...and how do you imagine they do that (spend their time waiting for gig work by working minimum wage)?

Work at McDonalds, and then walk out to go do an uber run?

It's often claimed that the flexibility of gig work benefits workers to 'top up' their wages...but the reality is that companies push this work, and it just ends up with workers earning less than minimum wage, because rather than companies paying you for the 'between time', you now end up earning nothing. Much like other commenters say, should you get paid for the Jira ticket, or just the coding work? Gig work suggests just the actual coding.