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The Dawning of the Age of Flex Labor

posted by n1 on Sunday September 06 2015, @12:32PM   
from the you-can-start-tomorrow...-and-finish-next-friday dept.

fliptop writes:

Over at the Harvard Business Review there's speculation that the paradigm of people working full-time for a single employer has outlived its usefulness:

Our vision is straightforward: most people will become independent contractors who have the flexibility to work part-time for several organizations at the same time, or do a series of short full-time gigs with different companies over the course of a year. Companies will maintain only a minimal full-time staff of executives, key managers, and professionals and bring in the rest of the required talent as needed in a targeted, flexible, and deliberate way.

There are two reasons such a flexible work system is now plausible. The first is societal values. Work-life balance and family-friendly scheduling are much more important to today's workers, and companies are increasingly willing to accommodate them. The second is technology. Advances in the last five years have greatly improved the ease with which people can work and collaborate remotely and companies and contract workers can find each other.

The opinion piece goes on to list how workers, employers and society in general will benefit from this shift. What seems to be missing is speculation on the down sides, both to employers and contractors. Originally spotted on The Eponymous Pickle.

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• Re:level the playing field Re:level the playing field (Score: 3, Interesting) by zugedneb on Sunday September 06 2015, @08:39PM

  by zugedneb (4556) on Sunday September 06 2015, @08:39PM (#233058)

  Cool story, bro.
  However, I see not the life of any I know in your text...

  Can u fuck cunts?
  IF NO: CONSUME more to be impressive or drown your sorrows
  IF YES
        Did ur cunt gave u children?
        IF YES: consume to pacify children and frustrated wife
        IF NO: lucky sod, or just young...

  Cut the crap, and tell me this instead:
  why do you consume, and what do you need the shit for?

  --
  old saying: "a troll is a window into the soul of humanity" + also: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Ajax

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• Re:level the playing field (Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday September 06 2015, @10:19PM

  by Anonymous Coward on Sunday September 06 2015, @10:19PM (#233065)

  Jesus christ your blather is tedious.

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