by dankeelan | Dec 14, 2021 | Gig Workers, Technology, U.S. Economy
Sixteen percent of Americans have earned money doing household chores and running errands for other people via online apps and websites, according to the Pew Research Center. If people are younger, non-white and poorer, they are more likely to have done online...
by dankeelan | Dec 14, 2021 | Featured, Gig Workers, Safety
In a major new report on the state of gig work, 16% of U.S. adults tell Pew Research that they’ve earned money through an online gig platform in the past year. Among those, one in three say it’s become their primary job, and nearly 60% add that the income...
by dankeelan | Dec 14, 2021 | Featured, Gig Workers, Technology
Pa Edrissa Manjang, an Uber driver in the UK, spent a year of his life working for the ride-hailing company before he was abruptly fired by an algorithm. “It wasn’t good at all,” Manjang said in an interview with Worker Info Exchange. “It felt like most of the time...
by dankeelan | Dec 14, 2021 | Artificial Intelligence, Technology
That virtual meeting that could have been an email? It should have been a Slack Huddle or a clip. Slack, an already integral part of the modern workforce, is redefining the norm of remote and hybrid work yet again with its new collaboration tools – huddles and...
by dankeelan | Dec 14, 2021 | Featured, Future of Work, Remote Work
While companies push to return to their offices, employees would rather stay at home, according to a new global survey from Insider. This gap between companies and employees shows up when it comes to who makes decisions about working models, who is...
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