Workers Shuffling Jobs Want a Skills-First Labor Market
In the spring of 2021, the world started opening up again, and we saw an unprecedented amount of movement in the global labor market. It was a moment we called…
The Work-From-Anywhere War Is Beginning
Who calls the shots on how many days you end up working in the office? It has gradually dawned on bosses that it isn’t them. The real power holders? The…
Robo Truckers and the AI-Fueled Future of Transport
While adaptive cruise control might seem very different from a fully autonomous vehicle—and it is, technologically—the two technologies reside on the same spectrum. And in even the most advanced semiautomated…
What a Professional Housecleaner Will Clean (and What They Won’t)
Photo: mariakray (Shutterstock) Hiring a house cleaning service can be hugely helpful if you’re busy, unorganized, or in a rush, but there is some etiquette you have to know before…
AI Shouldn’t Compete With Workers—It Should Supercharge Them
Instead of merely saving costs by replacing humans with a bot, Brynjolfsson notes, augmentation increases people’s productivity. Better yet, some of the economic value of that productivity would accrue to…
The Unlikely Cure for Burnout? A Second Job
Like Murphy, many overemployed individuals are achieving financial milestones that once seemed out of reach—from buying a home to building up sizable savings. In one Discord conversation, a member relishes…
What Is ‘Quiet Quitting’ (and Should You Really Do It)?
Photo: DimaBerlin (Shutterstock) It turns out the Great Resignation could be more like a whisper than a bang, according to the newest trend known as quiet quitting. Instead of flipping…
The Activist Legacy of the IBM Black Workers Alliance
In contrast, trying to learn about the experiences of everyday workers, particularly Black workers who spoke out against the company’s policies and culture, was like trying to listen to a…
Tony Hsieh’s Unrelenting Pursuit of Amazon’s Billion-Dollar Idea
By 2019, a decade had passed since Amazon purchased Zappos, and its executives had been patient. As Jeff Bezos had promised, the company had largely left Zappos, and its then…
Women in Tech Have Been Pulling a ‘Second Shift’ for Decades
In the early 1960s, a British woman named Stephanie “Steve” Shirley founded a software startup called Freelance Programmers. Shirley’s company allowed its workers to program from home (as long as…