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

    Written by Sarah Kessler

    Narrated by Hillary Huber

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    About this audiobook

    "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 DRIVE

    The full-time job is disappearing—is landing the right gig the new American Dream?

    One in three American workers is now a freelancer. This “gig economy”—one that provides neither the guarantee of steady hours nor benefits—emerged out of the digital era and has revolutionized the way we do business. High-profile tech start-ups 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 job-seekers face at every level of professional experience?

    In the tradition of the great business narratives of our time, Gigged offers deeply-sourced, up-close-and-personal 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 real-time.

    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, well-paid work?

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMacmillan Audio
    Release dateJun 12, 2018
    ISBN9781427298751
    Gigged: The End of the Job and the Future of Work
    Author

    Sarah Kessler

    SARAH KESSLER is a reporter at Quartz, where she writes about the future of work. Before joining Quartz in 2016, she covered the gig economy as a senior writer at Fast Company and managed startup coverage at Mashable. Her reporting has been cited by The Washington Post, New York Magazine, and NPR. Sarah is the author of Gigged.

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    • 2/5
      A book on the perils of the so-called gig economy, which promised everyone flexibility in the beginning but is now unable to provide workers' safety nets prior to jettisoning those workers altogether in favor of full AI automation in the future. Chapters tend to be repetitive though and the book could have been a lot shorter.
    • 4/5
      This is a fascinating and sobering read about the gig economy and the future of work.