Gigged: The End of the Job and the Future of Work,Used
Gigged: The End of the Job and the Future of Work,Used

Gigged: The End of the Job and the Future of Work,Used

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"With deep reporting and graceful storytelling, Sarah Kessler reveals the ground truth of a key part of the American workforce. Her analysis is both astute and nuanced, making GIGGED essential reading for anyone interested in the future of work." Daniel H. Pink, author of WHEN and DRIVEThe fulltime job is disappearingis landing the right gig the new American Dream?One in three American workers is now a freelancer. This gig economyone that provides neither the guarantee of steady hours nor benefitsemerged out of the digital era and has revolutionized the way we do business. Highprofile tech startups such as Uber and Airbnb are constantly making headlines for the disruption they cause to the industries they overturn. But what are the effects of this disruption, from Wall Street down to Main Street? What challenges do employees and jobseekers face at every level of professional experience?In the tradition of the great business narratives of our time, Gigged offers deeplysourced, upcloseandpersonal accounts of our new economy. From the computer programmer who chooses exactly which hours he works each week, to the Uber driver who starts a union, to the charity worker who believes freelance gigs might just transform a declining rural town, journalist Sarah Kessler follows a wide range of individuals from across the country to provide a nuanced look at how the gig economy is playing out in realtime.Kessler wades through the hype and hyperbole to tackle the big questions: What does the future of work look like? Will the millennial generation do as well as their parents? How can we all find meaningful, wellpaid work?

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