The End of Jobs, Jeff Wald
The End of Jobs, Jeff Wald
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The End of Jobs
The Rise of On-Demand Workers and Agile Corporations

Author: Jeff Wald

Narrator: David Marantz

Unabridged: 8 hr 4 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Ascent Audio

Published: 08/11/2020


Synopsis

As the robots rise, we are faced with the End of Jobs, but not in the way you might think . . .

The world has witnessed three step functions in technological change: mechanization, electrification, and computerization. These industrial revolutions led to massive increases in productivity and thus the need for fewer workers. With each of these technological breakthroughs, the power balance between companies and workers shifted heavily to companies. The abuses of that power by companies instigated employee unrest and sometimes even armed uprisings. Counterbalancing forces rose to constrain companies' power, eventually prompting unions, regulation, and the social safety net to bring stability to the relationship.

As we enter the fourth great leap forward in technology with robots and AI, we face the first services revolution. The power balance will again shift massively to companies as new technologies drive productivity increases in the service industry, much as the last three industrial revolutions transformed manufacturing. What lessons can we learn from the past three industrial revolutions and the current state of the labor market? How will we renegotiate the social contract to ensure fairness for workers, set clear rules for companies, and provide stability for society? What is the future of work?

Reviews

Goodreads review by Rita on April 06, 2025

Interesting analysis of how we got here and what might happen next. Definitely experiencing much of these problems at my job. How we organize ourselves is almost more important than what we're doing at this point. We're so interdependent it's like the global economy in every company.......more

Goodreads review by Kai on February 08, 2021

Interesting book, but in certain ways extremely conservative. The book talks about a society free of wants, although I think society will not be free of wants, but perhaps free of needs, as it is already in many respects. Or, at least, we will not be free of wants before something is done to adverti......more

Goodreads review by Dinh on March 15, 2022

somehow interesting book of giving a general view of the future of job, however the more I read, i found its bias view and lacking totally the meaning of the job itself. The last part of 2040 essays are completely lost for me. All the jobs in future in the book are completely based on software, data......more

Goodreads review by Scott on March 23, 2021

Fantastic book, amazing author. If you have any personal or business interest in the gig economy or on demand labor, this is a MUST READ. Jeff Wald is a brilliant author and entrepreneur who delivers an honest, insightful and remarkably grounded book on the future of work Not only a must read, but Je......more