Uber is experimenting with giving a key decision-making power to drivers, making good on its “be your own boss” tagline. The ride-hailing company is testing…
Future of Work
Automation, advanced manufacturing, AI, and the shift to e-commerce are dramatically changing the number and nature of jobs around the world. Ride-sharing startups and others are ushering in the rise of part-time work and redefining what it means to be an employee. What is the future of work for humans when machines are taking on more of it and companies and workers are rethinking their relationships to each other?
TOLL ROAD
Uber is beginning to warn drivers about “long trips” likely to last over an hour
Uber driver Steve Fleck wasn’t expecting to drive to Cincinnati when he picked up a passenger at the MGM Grand Detroit a few minutes after…
GRINDSTONE
The latest RAND survey paints a disturbing portrait of the American workplace
American jobs are grueling, according to a newly published RAND survey. For the first time in 2015, the nonprofit think tank asked its nationally representative…
STRESS TEST
To get into Goldman Sachs, you’ll have to take a personality test
Personality tests have a checkered history in employment. They’ve been embraced by dozens of companies looking for a better understanding of its applicants and workforce.…
QZ&A
Becoming a social media “influencer” is the new unpaid internship, and just as exploitative
You may have heard about Chiara Ferragni, who started a personal style blog as a 27-year-old that now generates $8 million per year. Or Johnny…
GETTING ALONG
A startup offers a master class in keeping both millennials and Gen X-ers happy
At the two-and-a-half-years-old payments gateway startup Razorpay, employees’ age groups don’t matter. How these groups interact does. The Bengaluru-based firm has a headcount of 110,…
STAY CONNECTED
The Internet of Things could be the light at the end of the tunnel for Indian IT
India’s $150 billion information technology (IT) industry is in a state of turmoil, but there is one bright spot: the Internet of Things (IoT). Employees…
TIME OUT
No matter how you feel about Trump, don’t engage in vacation shaming
It happens every August, as predictable as hurricanes and wild fires. A US president goes on vacation, and half the nation reacts with scorn and…
BIAS BLOCKERS
The HR process is filled with bias, and SAP is selling tech to change that
In an effort to recruit more diverse workforces, companies have hired chief diversity officers, set solid goals, and installed new policies that aim to curb…
NOT FOR ALL AGES
Wanted at Indian tech firms: opinionated millennials
The CEO of India’s biggest mobile wallet firm, Paytm, recently sent out a tweet seeking applications for a product manager’s job. It read: Calling app…
BREAKING THE CYCLE
After serving time, a former “wolf of Wall Street” launched a job board specifically for convicts
Richard Bronson knows all too well the struggle of finding a job with a criminal record. In the early 1990s, Bronson was a partner at…
HELP WANTED
Amazon wants to hire 50,000 people. So far it has 20,000 applicants.
On Aug. 2, Amazon set out to hire 50,000 people, with a dozen job fairs held at sites around the United States. So far it…
