by dankeelan | Sep 19, 2023 | Unions
Not long after the Writers Guild of America’s strike started in May, Eugene Ramos began trying to walk the picket lines at least twice a week every week. On such occasions, he dons his sunglasses and baseball cap—equipment for “war,” he calls it—to combat the Los...
by dankeelan | Sep 19, 2023 | Gig Workers
Joshua Wood remembers days during the COVID-19 lockdown when New York City’s streets were practically empty, save for workers like him. That experience convinced the 25-year-old Brooklynite — who makes deliveries for both Uber Eats and a package delivery service —...
by dankeelan | Sep 19, 2023 | Featured, Mental Health, Workplace
A new survey from BambooHR shows their “employee satisfaction score,” calculating happiness in the workforce, hit about 37 this summer. That number has fallen significantly since the height of the pandemic. The CEO of BambooHR, Brad Rencher, joined CBS...
by dankeelan | Sep 19, 2023 | Featured, Future of Work, Remote Work
When the pandemic brought on a large-scale shift to remote work, it was quickly evident that this would not be a temporary fix for a difficult situation, but a sea change in the way we work. While some companies are committed to bringing workers back into the office,...
by dankeelan | Sep 13, 2023 | Entrepreneurs, Women
The Black Economic Alliance (BEA) Foundation, a leading organization mobilizing Black business leaders and advocates, announced the submission of an amicus brief advocating against a preliminary injunction to halt the Fearless Fund, a foundation that aids women of...
by dankeelan | Sep 13, 2023 | Mentoring
According to Kyle Ballard, the head of accelerators at the Durban Chemicals Cluster (DCC), on the sometimes solitary road of entrepreneurship, business owners typically find themselves treading unfamiliar seas. This solitude may make the route to success and...
by dankeelan | Sep 13, 2023 | Featured, Gig Workers
Online gig work is growing globally, particularly in the developing world, creating an important source of employment for women and young people in poorer countries where jobs are scarce, according to a World Bank report released Thursday. The report estimates the...
by dankeelan | Sep 13, 2023 | Women
Dr. Jennings’ interest in whether women entrepreneurs tend to run their businesses differently than their male counterparts stemmed from competing arguments that were popular when she was pursuing her doctoral studies. The more optimistic view was that...
by dankeelan | Sep 13, 2023 | Leadership
If you want a good job, you need to have a college degree. At least, that’s the story we have been hearing for decades now. In many ways, having that degree on your resume has served as a proxy of innate talent and potential. It may also have something to do with...
by dankeelan | Sep 13, 2023 | Burnout
The conversation around burnout in the tech industry typically revolves around prevention, which is likely due to the fact that burnout is thought of as something that comes on all at once instead of in stages. That’s not exactly true, though: In 1974, psychologist...
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