by dankeelan | May 5, 2020 | Featured, Gig Workers, Tips
The freelancer life is a hard one. If you’re lucky, you lock down a couple of solid clients who pay reliably; but even the most experienced freelancer will inevitably find work drying up for (hopefully short) periods. A recent (pre-COVID) study by UpWork, which...
by dankeelan | May 5, 2020 | Gig Workers
In response to the on-going Covid-19 outbreak, delivery food network DoorDash is stepping up support for its employees. In a partnership with the Pennsylvania attorney general’s office, DoorDash will expand financial, child care and health related support for its gig...
by dankeelan | Apr 28, 2020 | Gig Workers, Tips
Working from home has been a big adjustment for millions of workers as we try to stop the spread of coronavirus. But for some company employees, remote life is all they know.”Setting up Zoom or Slack or Google Meet or any other tool … that is the easy...
by dankeelan | Apr 28, 2020 | Featured, Gig Workers, Tools
LONG BEFORE I was forced to stay indoors, I spent most of my time … indoors. I built a PC back in college (with the help of some friends), and ever since then I’ve continued perfecting my home office setup—switching desks, keyboards, monitors, and...
by dankeelan | Apr 28, 2020 | Benefits, Gig Workers
Sarah Kunst graduated from college in 2008 and went straight into the luxury marketing world with a job at Chanel. Then, the stock market collapsed and Kunst was laid off. It was that layoff, Kunst says, that brought her to the world of startups and eventually to...
by dankeelan | Apr 28, 2020 | Gig Workers, U.S. Economy
With lockdown orders across the country barring people from packing into restaurants and bars, many business owners in the industry are operating solely off of takeout and delivery orders. Many customers rely on food delivery from online apps and websites like...
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