by dankeelan | Aug 7, 2022 | Featured, Gig Workers
DoorDash and Lyft are the latest companies to show just how much they’re benefitting from sustained consumer demand. Driving the news: Couriers for DoorDash delivered 426 million orders in the second quarter — an all-time high — the company...
by dankeelan | Aug 7, 2022 | Featured, Gig Workers
Dallas-based Debbie Welker quit working as a delivery driver for Shipt and Instacart earlier this year because gas prices were cutting too deeply into her earnings. She would work 12- to 14-hour days, seven days a week to make around $1,200, but then would have to use...
by dankeelan | Jul 26, 2022 | Featured
With the rise of the gig economy and with many companies adopting flatter, more flexible organizational structures, now is the perfect time to refocus on what good leadership looks like. Because, in our rapidly changing workplaces, leadership will apply to more people...
by dankeelan | Jul 26, 2022 | Career, Featured, Hybrid Workplace
In the debate over the future of work, the argument for hybrid home-office work arrangements just received another case exhibit. After a Shanghai-based travel booking website tested what would happen when it allowed a sliver of employees to work from home on two days,...
by dankeelan | Jul 26, 2022 | Featured, Jobs, Tips
Freelancing the ultimate marmite experience: Some people love it, and some people hate it. If you work in the tech sector or a creative field, it’s probably something you’ve considered (or tried out) at least once. In fact, according to a survey...
by dankeelan | Jul 26, 2022 | Featured, Gig Workers, U.S. Economy
Higher prices, an imminent economic downturn, and the stock market turmoil have turned working conditions from bad to worse for on-demand workers. For an early riser like Adalgisa Payero-Diarra, 1 p.m. would usually be the time she calls it a day, eight hours after...
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