by dankeelan | Sep 29, 2020 | Featured, Future of Work, Remote Work, U.S. Economy
In the post-pandemic era, big tech companies are mothballing or downsizing their corporate campuses and shifting to remote work. Amazon is letting corporate employees work from home until at least January; Google’s team will be telecommuting until next July; and...
by dankeelan | Sep 22, 2020 | Entrepreneurs, Featured, Future of Work, Remote Work
When businesses shuttered across the country back in March, it wasn’t clear when employees would be headed back into the office, if ever. While the dust is still far from settled, many companies are starting to prepare for eventual re-openings of the...
by dankeelan | Sep 22, 2020 | Book Review, Future of Work, U.S. Economy
860,000 Americans filed for unemployment insurance again in September, many of them gig workers driving for Uber and Lyft or finding work via TaskRabbit, PostMates, or other app-based services. The promise of the gig economy was flexibility and autonomy, but those...
by dankeelan | Sep 15, 2020 | Future of Work, Gig Workers
From single moms juggling life’s challenges for herself and her kids, to retired veterans seeking extra money or social interaction a few hours per week, or recent college graduates with daytime desk jobs hoping to save for a first home, flexibility, autonomy and...
by dankeelan | Sep 15, 2020 | Age, Featured, Future of Work, Gig Workers
WORKING PART TIME IS nothing new, but the gig economy makes it more attractive than ever to take a high-paying hourly job. Rather than toiling in a single full-time job, online employment platforms make it possible to string together a number of...
by dankeelan | Sep 8, 2020 | Future of Work, Remote Work
With much of the professional world shifting to remote work and widespread acceptance of the concept among previously skeptical corporate management, the traditional idea of work-life balance is being pushed in new directions, including a concept of remote...
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