Scheiber, who covers labor for The New York Times, is like a zoologist whose fieldwork has revealed the existence of an animal that contradicts some long-standing theory of speciation ... The individual stories Scheiber tells sometimes feel like cases of bad luck or poor decision making, but he’s writing more broadly about a generation of graduates whose prospects have unquestionably dimmed ... Though Scheiber occasionally questions the wisdom of his protagonists, he’s plainly on their side.
Scheiber provides insights into unionization efforts at Amazon, Starbucks, and other companies. He provides additional insights into this type of underemployment, one becoming more prevalent and challenging with the advent of AI and other technologies. Readers interested in education, workplace relations, politics, and social justice will find this book fascinating.
