For those who can afford it. Others in the gig economy will live ever tighter bound by the digital tether. The office life in the US is layers upon layers of d

For those who can afford it. Others in the gig economy will live ever tighter bound by the digital tether. The office life in the US is layers upon layers of dysfunction. Dysfunction still actively taught at elite institutions delivering CEOs with no creative ideas beyond financialization (taking on more debt) and driving down costs. The gig economy being the ultimate goal. It’s not the auto-firing algorithms that worries me it’s the capriciousness and the insensitivity to bugs in the algorithm that worries me. It’s one thing to be fired for actual low performance that could possibly be avoided or at least predicted it’s another entirely to be randomly fired for something completely beyond your control for which you have no recourse. If enough employers work together to treat their employees poorly employees will end up having to take worse conditions because they have to work somewhere. I would prefer co-locate to a healthy work environment but I’ve yet to encounter one. Employers have gotten so used to treating employees badly (especially those on visas) that they’re not even in the ballpark of terms that I would accept. I’m personally fortunate that I’m not forced to take their offers, but I feel bad for those who do.