by dankeelan | Jul 25, 2023 | Featured, Gig Workers, U.S. Economy
Lazarus Limo usually starts his day at 10 a.m. ET, driving passengers and delivering food for Uber around Chapel Hill, North Carolina. “I tend to set a minimum target of how much I should get by the end of the day. As soon as I get my target, that’s it; I’m done...
by dankeelan | Jul 18, 2023 | Featured, Remote Work, U.S. Economy
$800 billion worth of office space is at risk, caused by lower demand due to remote work, according to a McKinsey report. Based on a survey of 13,000 full-time office workers, the management-consulting firm built a model that projects demand for real estate in...
by dankeelan | Jun 27, 2023 | Remote Work, U.S. Economy
The U.S. housing map is being redrawn as work-from-home makes renters and home buyers more mobile and more likely to choose a place to live based on factors such as weather and tax rates rather than proximity to their workplace. Employers, including companies such as...
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 | 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...
by dankeelan | Apr 26, 2023 | Automation, Future of Work, Jobs, U.S. Economy
The future of the American auto industry is electric — President Joe Biden has committed to making two-thirds of all new cars in the U.S. electric vehicles (EVs) by 2032, and major manufacturers, including General Motors, have announced that they’ll stop making...
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