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Dotcom Bill of Rights

BY Gregory J. Pleshaw
Relevancy Score: 70
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 8:33 AM

Call it the new American dream: hopping on board a pre-IPO dotcom with obscene amounts of venture-capital funding and creative energy, and riding the magic carpet of ones and zeroes straight to early retirement. Not surprisingly, ...READ»

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III. Death March: The Long Hours of the New Economy

BY Gregory J. Pleshaw
Relevancy Score: 49
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 8:33 AM

Employees inside the biggest computer software and Internet companies engage in a cruel and unusual ritual before every major trade show and conference. It's called the "Death March." The name refers to the all-nighters and short ...READ»

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V. An Internet Union: Does Collective Bargaining Make Sense When " We're All Owners Here? "

BY Gregory J. Pleshaw
Relevancy Score: 47
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 8:33 AM

New-economy job classifications range from temp to perma-temp, independent contractor to freelance, full-time exempt to nonexempt, and salaried employee to wage earner. While it seems unlikely that one union could represent this ...READ»

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I. Finding the Right Company for You: Team, Idea, Timing

BY Gregory J. Pleshaw
Relevancy Score: 38
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 8:33 AM

Late in 1999, Time magazine named Jeff Bezos Person of the Year for revolutionizing global commerce. Ironically, Bezos led his commercial revolution from atop Amazon.com, a global company that has yet to turn a profit. Since that ...READ»

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II. Documents and Jargon of the New Economy

BY Gregory J. Pleshaw
Relevancy Score: 37
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 8:33 AM

The new economy barters, trades, and produces one integral asset more than any other: intellectual property. This term, once reserved for music- and film-industry types, is reshaping the work environment for computer engineers, ...READ»

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IV. Workplace Injuries in the Dotcom Environment

BY Gregory J. Pleshaw
Relevancy Score: 26
Wed Dec 19, 2007 at 8:33 AM

Serial typists and renegade programmers face some of the most grueling workplace health risks in the new economy. Sitting blurry-eyed and slump-backed in front of a computer screen all day is no longer the cushy gig reserved for ...READ»