The idea of penalizing a company for making its employees work too hard can seem ridiculous if the work environment is safe. Plus, “flipping burgers” has been shorthand for an easy job for decades, so it can be hard to associate that with the constant monitoring, understaffing, and sub-living wage of modern service work. Chronically stressful work is different from hard work. And it’s dangerous.
Source: I was a fast-food worker. Let me tell you about burnout. – Vox
If you work in tech or media in this here 2019, some daily questions:
– who is this for?
– who does this help?
– who will this harm?
– who will use this for harm?
– how will this be used for harm?
– how do the answers (or lack thereof) to the above change our approach?
One of my favorite things about @tiktok_us is when people share videos of their jobs.
— Kaitlyn McKnight (@HowdyKaitlyn) April 18, 2019
So here’s a thread of some of the most unique jobs & talented people I’ve discovered on #tiktok pic.twitter.com/IhCkC0v6ED
— Kaitlyn McKnight (@HowdyKaitlyn) April 18, 2019
— Kaitlyn McKnight (@HowdyKaitlyn) April 18, 2019
— Kaitlyn McKnight (@HowdyKaitlyn) April 18, 2019
— Kaitlyn McKnight (@HowdyKaitlyn) April 18, 2019https://twitter.com/jetpack/status/1119266433257623554
— Kaitlyn McKnight (@HowdyKaitlyn) April 19, 2019
— Kaitlyn McKnight (@HowdyKaitlyn) April 19, 2019
— Kaitlyn McKnight (@HowdyKaitlyn) April 20, 2019
— Kaitlyn McKnight (@HowdyKaitlyn) April 21, 2019
— Kaitlyn McKnight (@HowdyKaitlyn) April 22, 2019
As I’ve said in previous keynotes, there is no tech talent shortage—just tech companies stubbornly clinging to biased hiring practices that rule out qualified candidates.
https://twitter.com/aprilwensel/status/1098582081578315777?s=09