Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Rachel Wells is a writer who covers leadership, AI, and upskilling. Part-time jobs may be elusive, but the idea of working ...

Remote work is not the only macro trend making waves in the global workforce. Part-time employment is also picking up adoption as the new future of work. As of February 2025, the number of ...

At first, getting laid off from her job at a marketing tech firm in June of 2022 was shocking and depressing for Sam Popp, 33, who had also been furloughed from a different company briefly in 2020.

Several years ago, to research the novel I was writing, I spent six months working in the warehouse of a big-box store. As a supporter of the Fight for $15, I expected my co-workers to be frustrated ...

The job market may be cooling, but working part time is still hot. After the pandemic, “people did some sort of reconsideration,” says Lonnie Golden, a professor of economics and labor and Penn State ...