In Workplace of the Future, You're On Your Own (For Better or Worse)

 

By Martha C. White

While economists, entrepreneurs and policymakers huddled in Davos, Switzerland, last week to discuss the "fourth industrial revolution" and its impact on the global workforce, almost one in three American workers got up in the morning and faced their boss — in the bathroom mirror.

Nearly 54 million Americans - or roughly a third of the U.S. workforce -- are involved in some kind of freelance, self-employment or "gig" economy work. That's up about 700,000 since 2014, according to the Freelancers Union. 

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Source: NBC News