by dankeelan | May 16, 2023 | Age, Featured, Gig Workers, Retirement
Russ Eanes was burning out at his job, and he had just hit 60, but he wasn’t ready to retire. A former minister in the Mennonite church, he had worked for a decade as an executive at a religious-book publisher but found himself in the unhappy role of helping to shrink...
by dankeelan | May 9, 2023 | Gig Workers, U.S. Economy
Though some workers have returned to offices, remote work has been normalized for others over the last three years. And some now have more autonomy to choose where they live. For freelancers in particular, it’s becoming more common for workers to settle in a city they...
by dankeelan | May 9, 2023 | Featured, Gig Workers, Jobs
Gig work — work for hire as a self-employed freelancer or independent contractor — is more popular than ever. In fact, 36% of employed respondents to McKinsey’s 2022 “American Opportunity Survey” (AOS) identify as independent workers. Twenty-six percent of that group...
by dankeelan | May 9, 2023 | Entertainment, Gig Workers
As thousands of Hollywood writers strike, the union and writers have warned that studios and streaming companies are trying to turn writers’ livelihoods into “gig work.” In an interview with MarketWatch this week, Adam Conover, a comedian and writer on the Writers...
by dankeelan | May 2, 2023 | Featured, Fractional, Future of Work, Gig Workers
Not long ago, Tiffany Putland traded a steady paycheck in management at one of the state’s largest companies for a patchwork of part-time gigs. No regrets. “I’ve never been happier professionally to be honest,” she said. “I make my own...
by dankeelan | Apr 26, 2023 | Future of Work, Gig Workers, U.S. Economy
In their new report, “But Is It a Good Job? Understanding Employment Precarity in BC [British Columbia],” for the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives, Kendra Strauss and Iglika Ivanova survey the rise of the “gig economy.” The report finds that the harms of...
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