There was a time when dating, handing out your resume and work was simple. Now, the internet is growing and so are the ways in which our social and professional networks communicate. Rather than getting to the office and working among your colleagues from nine to five, firms can now get employees to commit to liquid labour… no office… no worries. Not quite.
“Working increasingly includes (re-) schooling and training, unlearning ‘old’ skills while adapting to changing technologies and management demands, moving from project to project, and navigating one’s career through an at times bewildering sea of loose affiliations, temporary arrangements, and informal networks” (Deuze, M 2006).
I really enjoyed this quote and it adequately displays how work practices are changing and we as workers must change with it; usually demanding more from us rather than less. The rise in liquid labour cuts costs and promises constant involvement from employees which benefits companies, but how much longer and harder will people be able to work in an unstable environment to keep up with it?
References:
- Deuze, M 2006, ‘Liquid Life, Convergence Culture, and Media Work’, https://moodle.uowplatform.edu.au/pluginfile.php/1083763/mod_resource/content/1/Deuze%2C%20M.%20-%20Liquid%20Life.pdf
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