by dankeelan | Nov 2, 2021 | Featured, Finance, Gig Workers
In recent years, the gig economy has grown to the extent that it now employs an estimated 34% of the U.S. workforce. Our reliance on gig workers was highlighted by the COVID-19 pandemic as many aspects of the traditional economy shut down. Consumers continue to...
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 | Oct 26, 2021 | Featured, Mentoring, Tips
No matter how much we know (or how much we think we know), there comes a point when we could all do with a little extra guidance in our careers. That’s where a mentor steps in. How you find your mentor isn’t important. They could work within the same company as you,...
by dankeelan | Oct 26, 2021 | Featured, Gig Workers
For some gig workers, losing the flexibility to set their own schedules is equivalent to taking a 17 percent pay cut, according to new research that explores the wages and work habits of DoorDash drivers. App-based platforms that allow workers to start and stop work...
by dankeelan | Oct 26, 2021 | Featured, Future of Work, Hybrid Workplace
COVID-19 has changed the way we work. Even before the pandemic, the US work force increasingly relied on remote collaboration technologies like videoconferencing and Slack. The global crisis accelerated the adoption of these work tools and practices in an...
by dankeelan | Oct 19, 2021 | Featured, Pay, Remote Work
For the past 12 years, Brian Hartvigsen has worked remotely from Boise, Idaho. Now an engineering director for the analytics platform ChartHop, he first began working remotely shortly out of college for OpenDNS in 2009. At first, he didn’t realize that where he lived...
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