by dankeelan | Jan 8, 2020 | Jobs, Technology, U.S. Economy
In all likelihood, your co-workers pay taxes. But what happens if your boss replaces them with sophisticated software or dexterous machines—ones that perform the same tasks for less money (at least over the long run) and contribute nothing in payroll taxes? One...
by dankeelan | Jan 7, 2020 | Gig Workers, Jobs, U.S. Economy
When a client seeks my counsel as an on-site consultant or coach, I board an airplane and go where I’m needed. But much of my work these days—interviewing thought leaders and writing books—can be done in the comfort of my well-equipped home office. Dress code?...
by dankeelan | Jan 6, 2020 | Gig Workers, Jobs, Management
Readers often ask how I became interested in writing about the freelance revolution. Way back in 2013, I was a partner in a boutique consulting firm RBL Group, working on a human capital strategy for McKesson, the big pharma company. McKesson’s CHRO...
by dankeelan | Jan 2, 2020 | Featured, Gig Workers, Jobs
“All the research shows that the biggest growth segment in the U.S. labor market is freelancers – it’s a segment that has grown at three times the rate of any other since 2014. The estimates are that by 2027, more than half the workforce in the Western world will be...
by dankeelan | Aug 22, 2019 | Featured, Gig Workers, Jobs, U.S. Economy
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) took a shot at companies like Uber and Lyft on Wednesday with a new plan that would make it harder for them to rely on gig workers. Sanders, a presidential candidate, unveiled a wide-ranging “Workplace Democracy” plan to...
by dankeelan | Aug 5, 2019 | Featured, Gig Workers, Jobs
Right now the workplace is undergoing the biggest changes within the past 200 years. Traditional 9-to-5 employment model is getting closer to becoming obsolete. More and more people are realizing that they don’t have to be pinned to a single place of work to earn...
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