The Future of Work Is Transactional

Co-workers Aren't Your Family and HR Isn't Your Friend

I’m a product of immigration—specifically Italian immigrants. Both my mother and father found their way to the US, then found each other, and then I entered the world (and the workforce). When I think about the achievements our “first-gen” family has had, it is pretty impressive—I have a cousin who is a doctor and served in the military, a brother who is a successful entrepreneur, another cousin who is a senior executive… on and on, my family members embody the opportunities that exist in this country we call The United States of America. But as I look back objectively, I can also see a system that takes away career opportunities nearly as rapidly as it provides them.