News about the rise of the virtual workplace continues to crop up in the media. Last week the Globe and Mail published an article describing the trend of startup companies forgoing office space and relying instead on online collaboration tools to bring together a group of remote co-workers. The author profiles a number of startups [...]
It’s probably safe to say the main force right now driving the shift away from full-time, permanent employment towards virtual work is the employers themselves. Here are some of the reasons I see why we can expect companies to rely more on virtual workers in the future. It’ll cost them less. Like contract workers today, [...]
Tagged Generation Y, Virtual workersLast September the Globe and Mail published an article about an interesting company, We Wash Cars, that provides car-detailing services in Vancouver and Toronto. The company is unusual in the way it operates: Instead of running a garage where people bring their cars, it maintains a roaming fleet of vans that travel to customers. All [...]
Tagged Fuentek, Virtual company, We Wash Cars