It’s not just about the paycheck, it’s also about the fear that taking family leave may negatively impact their career opportunities.
Source: Lifting the Barriers to Paid Family and Medical Leave for Men in the United States
Tag Archives: work
keep people hungry as federal policy
Poor people don’t deserve to eat, it seems.
Source: USDA says hundreds of thousands of Americans will lose SNAP benefits under new rule | PBS NewsHour
gen x got the shaft
Example #4,572.
Source: Gen X has never recovered from the 2008 recession – Vox
we choose to work more
That may be true, but I don’t see any acknowledgement of the pressure workers feel to work over 40 hours a week just to keep their jobs.
ai wasn’t the cure-all for hiring
Good to see some companies rethinking AI as a hiring aid. The only real fix for bias is human.
Source: Why these companies are rethinking the use of AI in hiring | PBS NewsHour
higher minimum wage, still hiring
To the surprise of hopefully no one, companies are still hiring despite predictions higher minimum wages would cause doom.
Source: Job loss predictions over rising minimum wages haven’t come true – Axios
working women earning more
But it’s because they’re working more hours and are still expected to handle household duties.
no one is safe
We’re all going to be impacted by AI, even those who feel they’re too special. Oh, and none of us are prepared for it.
Source: Artificial intelligence could threaten white-collar workers’ jobs – Axios
no rest for anyone
“Microproductivity” seems more than a little dystopian, making it clear that companies see employees as pistons that must always be kept firing instead of as people who sometimes need to take a damn break.
Source: Microtasks Might Be the Future of White-Collar Work | WIRED
damn
Pretty good single summary of the problems inherent in the “gig economy.”
Source: Why Uber Works will probably be great for businesses but not for gig economy workers
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