by dankeelan | Jun 22, 2020 | Featured, Future of Work
ON HUMAN IPO, a marketplace for investing in people, Tristan Pollock is currently trading at $180—up 20 percent from his debut price. “I’m looking at my dashboard now and it looks like 12 people have bought time with me so far,” he says. “One has almost 30...
by dankeelan | Jun 22, 2020 | Featured, Future of Work, Gig Workers
A group of leading Theatre Designers have formed #scenechange – a Community that brings designers together at a moment of great uncertainty for the theatre industry and its creative professionals, to join in conversation and explore how to navigate a way through...
by dankeelan | Jun 22, 2020 | Featured, Future of Work, Remote Work
I started working from home long before Covid. My wife was going back to school to get her PhD, and that required that we move. My boss at the time, and subsequent bosses, were gracious, but what I failed to account for was my own sense of alienation. I’d thrived in...
by dankeelan | Jun 16, 2020 | Featured, Remote Work, Tips
Thirty-seven percent of remote workers wear their pajamas during the day. That may not be a best practice, especially on a Zoom call, but it’s the reality, according to a Monday.com survey of 1,000 full-time employed men and women in April that aimed to show...
by dankeelan | Jun 16, 2020 | Featured, Gig Workers, Pay, Safety
Instacart, the on-demand, grocery-delivery company, was a big beneficiary of the Covid-19 pandemic. A combination of being ordered to stay at home, coupled with peoples’ fear of catching the virus by venturing outside to shop for food, served as a big score for...
by dankeelan | Jun 16, 2020 | Featured, Gig Workers, Pay, Seattle
City Councilmembers voted unanimously Monday for legislation to provide premium pay for gig workers at food delivery companies in the city during the COVID-19 crisis. Council Bill 119799 directs food delivery network companies like Postmates and Grubhub to provide gig...
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