by dankeelan | Mar 15, 2022 | Burnout, Featured, Gig Workers, Mental Health
This weekend, you might hit “place order” for a meal delivery. Or jump in a ride share to meet friends. In both cases, you’ll be engaging a gig worker. “Gig worker” is a term that generally refers to people who get work...
by dankeelan | Feb 1, 2022 | Burnout, Career, Future of Work
By 2023, the global gig economy — that is, short-term, project-based work, including both online white collar work on platforms such as 99designs and offline service work on platforms such as Uber — is expected to be a $455 billion industry. Eleven percent of workers...
by dankeelan | Jan 18, 2022 | Burnout, Remote Work, Technology
Clockwise, a time management and smart calendar tool, has raised $45 million in Series C funding led by Coatue, with participation from Atlassian Ventures and existing investors Accel, Greylock Partners and Bain Capital Ventures. This latest round brings the company’s...
by dankeelan | Jan 11, 2022 | Burnout, Featured, Leadership, Management
A multi-country study has found evidence that promoting a shared sense of identity among employees fosters higher team identification and, in turn, minimizes burnout. The findings, which came from two large global data sets, were published in the International...
by dankeelan | Oct 26, 2021 | Burnout, Featured, Tips
In 2015, I burned out at my job as an account manager for a technology PR agency, where I had worked full time for the previous five years. I was exhausted and stressed, and I realized that I needed to reevaluate my work-life balance to feel better. I decided I wanted...
by dankeelan | Sep 28, 2021 | Burnout, Featured, Future of Work
Work burnout is real, and during Covid, it only got worse. A survey from careers site Indeed conducted during the spring found more than half of workers saying they felt burned out, and more than two-thirds saying the feeling had gotten worse throughout the pandemic. ...
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