Aside from a moral obligation to treat workers well and pay them a living wage, there’s nothing to prevent more companies from jettisoning full-time employees and shifting to lower-paid gig workers. | |
They’d just be following what has been happening for decades in other fields. Just as manufacturing shifted overseas for cheaper labor and as gig economy apps drove down wages for taxi and delivery drivers, the pandemic has hastened the gig-ification of white-collar jobs. The gig economy might have been a crowded space before COVID-19, but the booming economy masked its workers’ struggles because many of them could find other jobs to supplement their income. Now, that extra work has dried up, and their desperation is more evident than ever. When gig work is the only pie that’s available to millions of people, sharing it means that some don’t even get crumbs. | |
— Alana Semuels | |
In her article: “As the gig economy grows, its workers’ paychecks shrink“ | |
In: Time Magazine, dtd: 1-8 June 2020 | |
This article also appears online with a different title: “‘It’s a Race to the Bottom.’ The Coronavirus is Cutting Into Gig Worker Incomes as the Newly Jobless Flood Apps“ | |
The specific link is: https://time.com/5836868/gig-economy-coronavirus/ | |
You may have to go through a paywall to view the online article. | |
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Happy Thanksgiving – 2017 !! | |
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2013 | Off Defending The Universe |
Taking Precautions | |
2012 | Never, Never, Never |
2011 | Testing 1, 2, 3 |
Archive for the ‘Work’ Category
No Crumbs
Posted in Economics, Quotes, Work, tagged Alana Semuels, Economics, Gig Economy, Gig-Workers, Living Wage, Quotes, Time Magazine, Work on November 23, 2020| Leave a Comment »
Works For Me
Posted in Humor, Quotes, Work, tagged Baseball, Humor, Quotes, Work, Yogi Berra on May 2, 2020| Leave a Comment »
If I didn’t make it in baseball, I won’t have made it workin’. I didn’t like to work. | |
— Yogi Berra | |
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2019 | Better To Do |
News: Drunken Party Girl Saves Seoul | |
2018 | Keep Moving |
2017 | Fighting Good |
2016 | Size Matters |
2015 | Maybe The Best Thing |
2014 | Ready To Be Fried? |
2013 | A Real Lover |
2012 | Winning Wars |
2011 | A Different Lesson |
I Hope So
Posted in Career, Philosophy, Quotes, Work, tagged Beauty, Career, Memory, Philosophy, Quotes, Retrospect, Sigmund Freud, Struggle, The Future, Work on May 14, 2019| Leave a Comment »
One day, in retrospect, the years of struggle will strike you as the most beautiful. | |
— Sigmund Freud | |
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2018 | Painted Into |
2017 | Prayers, Miracles And Lottery Tickets |
Roman View | |
2016 | Dignity And Grace |
2015 | Is It Warm Enough For You |
2014 | What The Right STILL Wants |
2013 | Embrace Serendipity |
2012 | Your Order, Please |
2011 | Well Enough Anyway |
Insha’Allaha Bukra
Posted in Humor, Philosophy, Quotes, Work, tagged Don Herold, Humor, Philosophy, Procrastination, Quotes, Work on May 1, 2019| Leave a Comment »
Work is the greatest thing in the world, so we should always save some of it for tomorrow. | |
— Don Herold | |
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2018 | Lost Time |
2017 | Are You Talking To Me? |
2016 | Here, Desire Is Purified |
2015 | Hopefully Just Visiting |
2014 | Fond Memory? |
2013 | Distress, Hope, Trust |
2012 | Creating Interlocking Fragility |
2011 | Four Stories And A Gospel |
What Have You Burned Lately? | |
I’m Actively Irresponsible
Posted in Other Blogs, Quotes, Science and Learning, Work, tagged Actively Irresponsible, Cal Newport, Dr. Richard P. Feynman, Email, physics, Quotes, The Chronicle of Higher Education, Work, www.chronicle.com on February 25, 2019| 10 Comments »
To do real good physics work, you do need absolute solid lengths of time … it needs a lot of concentration … if you have a job administrating anything, you don’t have the time. So I have invented another myth for myself: that I’m irresponsible. I’m actively irresponsible. I tell everyone I don’t do anything. If anyone asks me to be on a committee … ‘no’ I tell them: I’m irresponsible. | |
— Richard Feynman | |
Quoted by: Cal Newport | |
In his on-line article: “Is Email Making Professors Stupid“ | |
Appearing on the site: The Chronicle of Higher Education, located at: www.chronicle.com | |
[LOL!!! It worked for me, too! — KMAB] | |
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2018 | I Will Love You… Forever |
2017 | Pebbles In Your Shoe? |
2016 | Resolute Will |
2015 | Absorbed And Civilized |
2014 | Relax And Lead |
2013 | Location, Location, Location |
2012 | Are You Really Good? |
2011 | Relatively Objective, Anyway |
Does Terrible But Not Important Count?
Posted in Health, Quotes, Work, tagged Beliefs, Bertrand Russell, Nervous Breakdown, Quotes, Symptoms, Work on February 6, 2019| 2 Comments »
One of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that one’s work is terribly important. | |
— Bertrand Russell | |
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2018 | Have You Stretched Today? |
The Original | |
2017 | Being Nice |
2016 | Zero To Some = Most |
2015 | Born More Obligated |
2014 | Rage And Fury |
2013 | Successful Children |
2012 | For God So Loved The World |
2011 | Go Cheeseheads!! |
Structured Mentality | |
Too Significant
Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, Work, tagged Dignity, Excellence, Importance, Labor, Mahatma Gandhi, Martin Luther King Jr, Philosophy, Quotes, Work on October 31, 2018| 1 Comment »
Whatever you do will be insignificant, but it is very important that you do it. | |
― Mahatma Gandhi | |
No work is insignificant. All labor that uplifts humanity has dignity and importance and should be undertaken with painstaking excellence. | |
― Martin Luther King Jr. | |
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2017 | Shadows |
2016 | Still Blurry |
2015 | For Awhile Anyway |
2014 | By Contrast |
2013 | A Very Long Time… |
2012 | Raise And Support |
2011 | Naturally |
2010 | A Quick Sunday Morning Read |
Giants Win Game 4 In Shutout 4 to 0!!! | |
Brown’s Rules
Posted in Career, Health, Philosophy, Quotes, Work, tagged Authenticity, Boundaries, Dr. Brené Brown, Emotions, Failure, Good Advice, Gratitude, Perfectionism, Philosophy, Quotes, Regrets, Resilience, Show Up, Vulnerability on August 19, 2018| Leave a Comment »
1. Show up! | |
2. Cultivate authenticity | |
3. Set boundaries | |
4. Actively practice gratitude | |
5. Embrace vulnerability | |
6. Let go of perfectionism | |
7. Explore your emotions | |
8. Build shame resilience | |
9. Risk failure | |
10. Don’t have any regrets | |
-= BONUS =- | |
* Let yourself be seen | |
— Dr. Brené Brown | |
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2017 | Still Trying To Make It |
2016 | One Lucky Man |
2015 | Food Change ==> Health Change |
2014 | 10 Commandments Of Logical Arguments (Fallacies) |
2013 | Sociology Of The Future |
2012 | 1010 |
There In The Sunshine | |
2011 | Not Enough Time |
But What Are You DOING About November?
Posted in Leadership, Politics, Quotes, Work, tagged #DefeatTrumpism, Business Leadership, Good Intentions, Hard Work, Peter Drucker, Politics, Quotes on July 17, 2018| Leave a Comment »
Plans are only good intentions unless they immediately degenerate into hard work. | |
— Peter Drucker | |
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2017 | Some Good |
2016 | Edges |
Sums | |
2015 | I Hope Not |
2014 | Study The Means Of Expressing Yourself |
2013 | That Stubborn Thing |
2012 | Like Mike |
2011 | Flawless Or Candid |
2010 | Browning… |
Not Necessarily In This Order
Posted in Philosophy, Quotes, Reading, Science and Learning, Work, tagged Langston Hughes, Learning, Philosophy, Quotes, Read, Work on February 8, 2018| Leave a Comment »
I like to work, read, learn, and understand life. | |
― Langston Hughes | |
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2017 | An Accumulation Of Acts |
2016 | Here’s Lookin’ At You Kid |
2015 | How To Be Omnipotent |
2014 | The Promise Of Future Love |
2013 | Christian, n. |
2012 | Praise |
Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood | |
2011 | A Few More Lyrics From The Past |
5 For The Price Of 1 | |
Just Because
Posted in Economics, Reading, Work, tagged Charles Handy, Economics, Quotes, The Age Of Unreason, The Future Of Work on June 24, 2017| Leave a Comment »
Many will work temporary or part-time — sometimes because that’s the way they want it, sometimes because that’s all that is available. | |
— Charles Handy | |
From his book: “The Age of Unreason“ | |
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2016 | As Close As They Can Get |
2015 | And So I Blog |
2014 | Take Flight |
2013 | Contributing Joy |
2012 | More Than A Race |
2011 | Institutionalized Leadership |
Pretending
Posted in My Journal, Quotes, Work, tagged My Journal, On Governement Work, On Work, Quotes, Soviet Union, The Hunt For Red October, Tom Clancy, Work on February 26, 2017| Leave a Comment »
In the Soviet Union every worker is a government worker, and they have a saying: “As long as the bosses pretend to pay us, we will pretend to work.“ | |
— Tom Clancy | |
From his novel: “The Hunt For Red October“ | |
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2016 | And Songs Too… |
2015 | On The Road To Failure |
2014 | Each Moment |
2013 | Conversation |
2012 | 4 Down, 11 Done (At Last) |
I’m Not Afraid | |
2011 | Who’s Risk Is It, Anyway? |
When I Grow Up I Want To…
Posted in Career, Faith Family and Friends, Family and Friends, Family History, Included Video, Philosophy, Quotes, Videos, Work, tagged Career, Cleaning Windows -- music video, Comments, Included Video, Jobs, Ladders, Philosophy, Quotes, Supervision, Taxes, Van Morrison, YouTube on October 12, 2020| 3 Comments »
Cleaning Windows
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