by dankeelan | May 19, 2020 | Future of Work, Remote Work, Technology
About a fifth of companies in the San Francisco Bay Area are following Twitter’s lead and planning to keep their workforces at home even after stay-at-home orders are lifted, according to a Bay Area Council survey of CEOs. The tech industry’s embrace of remote work...
by dankeelan | May 12, 2020 | Management, Technology, Unions
Willy Solis describes himself as someone who never dreamed of being an activist. Last year, the 41-year-old Texan began working for Shipt, a grocery delivery app owned by Target that relies on tens of thousands of gig workers to complete fast, “personalized”...
by dankeelan | May 5, 2020 | Entrepreneurs, Technology
Corien Oenema, CEO and founder of Coobly was already focusing on online entrepreneurship with her company before the outbreak of the corona crisis. However, now perhaps more than ever she sees her (potential) clients struggling to make that step. Especially in order...
by dankeelan | Apr 23, 2020 | Technology
The influx of refugees into the EU over the past five years has brought many challenges for its member states. But eastern EU countries have particularly felt the impact, in part because their economies are less developed than their western counterparts. However in...
by dankeelan | Apr 21, 2020 | Technology, Tools
The gig economy sometimes seems like a giant free-for-all, and in many ways it is. So, let us try to help you make sense of it, especially as it relates to spotting the best gig economy apps. To give you a quick big-picture overview, the gig economy has grown by leaps...
by dankeelan | Apr 21, 2020 | Gig Workers, Technology, Tips, U.S. Economy
In mid-March, I spotted a poster slapped onto the pole of a Park Avenue traffic light advertising $200 virtual therapy services for coronavirus-related anxiety. A week later, my Upper East Side neighborhood was plastered with ads. It got me thinking: Surely there are...
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