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Gig Worker Benefits Platform Stride Health Announces $47 Million in New Funding
Stride Health, a benefits platform designed specifically for independent workers, today announced that it has raised $47 million to build on its platform, grow membership, and expand partnerships and distribution channels. The company helps independent...
The Future of Work is Hybrid
COVID-19 has changed the way we work. Even before the pandemic, the US work force increasingly relied on remote collaboration technologies like videoconferencing and Slack. The global crisis accelerated the adoption of these work tools and practices in an...
How AI Will Affect the Future of Work
With a growing amount of companies automating their processes, fears that Artificial Intelligence (AI) will replace jobs are only increasing. However, many analysts and market experts say that technology isn’t a substitute for people, it’s an enhancement that allows...
Freelance Network Emphasizes Need to Support Journalists on Tough Beats
“The tiniest hole in the dam can make the whole thing explode, and that's what happens with trauma,” says British-Iranian journalist Sahar Zand. With a childhood that included being smuggled across borders as her family tried to escape political persecution, Zand...
Women in Freelance Must Start Charging More for Design Job
Hi, my name is Vadim, I’am UX/UI Designer. In my posts I usually write about ux/ui and design related topics(sometimes personal life struggles). Today we will discuss very interesting and important topic — about women in freelance and how much should woman charge in...
Remote Work Can be Better for Innovation than In-Person Meetings
Fear of losing their innovative edge pushes many leaders to reject hybrid and virtual work arrangements. Yet extensive research shows that hybrid and remote teams can gain an innovation advantage and outcompete in-person teams by adopting best practices for...
Should Remote Work Pay be Based on Location?
For the past 12 years, Brian Hartvigsen has worked remotely from Boise, Idaho. Now an engineering director for the analytics platform ChartHop, he first began working remotely shortly out of college for OpenDNS in 2009. At first, he didn’t realize that where he lived...
More Companies Invest in Tech to Facilitate Future of Work
Trying to envision the future of work has become an elemental part of the business mindset since the coronavirus pandemic emerged, with the firm International Data Corp. forecasting that FoW spending will reach nearly $656 billion this year, up more than 17%...
