The future of [good] work: supporting small businesses and creating the world we want to live in

We are has A deep moment of change. AI And technology are conduct fast changes In THE nature of work, And bringing amazing opportunities For efficiency. This offers huge benefits has businesses, but he Also threat has flatten OUR experience as humans.

We confront A choice: put simply, TO DO We to want has live In A world of accomplishment centers Or neighborhoods?

This East not just about THE dynamism And character of THE communities We live In. It is about their health. Each study We to have watch that When GOOD jobs go far terrible things arrive. Jobs provide A plot more that income.

Fortunately We to have A hero In This struggle: little businesses. They provide OUR neighborhood dynamism. But they Also create THE majority of jobs, And they are GOOD jobs. They provide development, opportunity, And community, among a lot other things. There East A reason that job satisfaction East upper has little businesses.

From THE beginning, We built Base of attachment has support these amazing local business teams. We to have has been building their All application For hourly work has eliminate paperwork, improve THE work experience, And build A more connected And impactful team. And We have do A GOOD bump: last year We checked in little companies on 50M hours, And help them provide A better work experience has 2% of THE WE labor.

On THE following scene, were socket This further away. We believe that THE even technology that can flatten THE world, can Also TO DO he more human And allow A thousand flowers has bloom. Were here has build Super powers For local business teams that allow them has get more do And to have A better work experience. Following year, We will to safeguard these teams 100M hours of work.

Were here has help little companies prosper SO that they can TO DO THE thing they TO DO better that anybody: provide great experiences has their clients And their employees. When they TO DO This, We to have OUR prosperous communities.

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We are has A inflection indicate In "THE future of work"

A decade There is, We begin Base of attachment with THE belief that if We help local business teams move online, We could TO DO work And life significantly better For them. HAS THE time, on 3M companies were blocked on paper schedules, post it Remarks, And takes time legacy pay. This was not just provoking A plot of inefficiency–5-10 hours A week wasted – but had In quality of life And economic instability For 20% of THE WE Workforce.

Fast Before, Base of attachment has help on 150K companies move disabled paper. Were manufacturing work Easier For on 2% of THE WE labor–more workers that THE the biggest employers In THE WE. We checked in them on 50 million hours of collective time last year. It is A great to start, And something I am very proud of. But It is just A start.

A decade In, THE question East No longer "will these teams move online." They will. It is NOW A question of What arrived once these teams are online.

Technology can TO DO jobs better, but It is A choice.

There are a lot securities And articles about how AI will eliminate jobs, but he Also threat has TO DO OUR existing jobs worse. THE technological to drive For efficiency can reduce human interaction And turn jobs In stupid stain completion. He can enable more jobs has become “gig-ified”, reduce advancement opportunities And long term financial certainty.

But This even technology can Also TO DO jobs more human. Automating can eliminate THE stupid Tasks that take We far Since THE human interaction And creative rooms of OUR work. He can enable more flexibility And control without sacrifice advancement.

This East THE choice We TO DO with technology, And THE the decisions will to have far-reaching impact For millions of people. On 20% of OUR WE Workforce works In THE local economy. On THE following decade, their work experience will change. We to want has TO DO Of course he changes For THE better.

GOOD jobs are THE foundation of in good health communities.

This East not A philosophical argument, This East A extremely pragmatic A. Imagine A policy prescription that could positively impact most All We care about: improve for children health the results, reduce divorce rates, increase child education the results, reduce medicine abuse, reduce death of despair, improve sleep, reduce stress And negative health results. He Also improved self-reported life satisfaction.* This is not it Magic; It is GOOD jobs. Each time We study This, We learn THE even thing: GOOD jobs are THE foundation of A in good health community.

SO What makes A job A GOOD job? There East research here Also: Opportunities For advancement In your career And income. Learning. Predictability. Flexibility. A positive social environment. Feeling as your work contributes has something.**

As We go through This technology change, It is not appreciate has just talk about THE unemployment rate. We must Also TO DO Of course THE jobs We to have are GOOD jobs.