Pop icon Taylor Swift took on Apple last week and Apple capitulated. But certain questions linger about the durability of surface-level wins. Cultural critic Shaun Scott on how millennials “shake it off.”
Archive | Work is a Four Letter Word
The salary trap: why hardly anyone gets paid overtime
Salaried workers often work well beyond 40 hours per week without any extra compensation, but that’s not how the original law was designed. By Katy Tynan, author of Free Agent: The Independent Professional’s Guide to Self-Employment Success
Time or money: the freelancer’s dilemma
As a free agent I almost always have time or money, but rarely both. This leaves me doing things in my business that I just suck at sometimes. By Katy Tynan, author of Free Agent
In defense of not using my degree
I have a degree in engineering. But I’m not an engineer. This is by choice, but I’ve encountered a lot of stigma. The point of higher education is to give us more choices. Choosing not to use my degree should be one of them.
Odd jobs: Marga Biebeler, professional philosopher
Marga Biebeler is a professional twenty-first century philosopher. OK, but what’s that mean? Odd Jobs columnist Beth Jusino talks to Marga in her Stuttgart, Germany coworking space.
The 8-hour construct reimagined
In American culture, stress and exhaustion are worn with pride as status symbols. It’s time we reimagine the work week.
The freelancers movement: responding to the erosion of traditional employment
The real driver behind the current shift to a freelancer economy is that companies and governments have lowered their responsibility to workers. Joel Dullroy, author of Independents Unite!, brings us up to date on the Freelancers’ Rights Movement.