Why I Joined Wonolo with Sarah

Let's meet Sarah! Hi I'm Sarah! I am a Senior Program Manager on our Revenue Strategy and Operations team, and I'm based in Phoenix, Arizona. What was the first thing that caught your eye about Wonolo? I was initially drawn…

2021 Holiday Seasonal Worker Trends and Tips for the Hospitality Industry

What a difference a year makes.  The hospitality industry was hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. This year, the industry has rebounded, and customers are making up for lost time.  Demand for Hospitality Goods and Services Has Increased…

Workers Say They Expect more Job Offers, Higher Salaries

Dive Brief:   Worker confidence in job offers is up, along with salary expectations, according to Sept. 7 numbers from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York's Center for Microeconomic Data.  Survey respondents were several percentage points more likely to say…

How AI Is Making The Gig Economy More Fair And Reliable For Workers

The world’s workforce faced a massive upheaval the moment Uber came on the scene. Uber was not the creator of the gig economy, the gig economy had existed for as long as we can remember, but it did signify the…

2021 Holiday Seasonal Worker Trends and Tips for the Retail and 3PL Industries

The 2020 holiday season was better than expected for retailers and 3PLs, due in large part to the COVID-19-induced surge in e-commerce sales.  In 2021, the holiday season promises to be even better, with retail sales projected to rise from…

Engineering at Wonolo with Kat Butler

Let's meet Kat! Hi, I'm Kat. I've been at Wonolo since January and I've been loving every minute of it. I'm on the engineering team and I work on our iOS app, and I'm located in Ottawa, Canada. What's the…

4 Issues Facing Blue-Collar Workers, and How Wonolo Is Working to Solve Them

According to a recent report from Staffing Industry Analysts (SIA), there were 51.5 million contingent workers in the U.S. in 2020. Those workers represented 35 percent of the nation’s workforce and generated $1.3 trillion in revenue.  This report was among…

Companies Are Paying $100,000 Sign-On Bonuses To Attract Workers

According to GlobalData, a leading analytics company, “A supply crunch for talent has pushed companies to go the extra mile and offer sign-on bonuses that can extend to an impressive $100,000 for specialty jobs.”  Once the restrictions were relaxed and…

Best Places to Work for Millennials in 2021

There are now five generations of people in the workforce, a higher number than we have ever seen before. The good news is that it means that workers can learn from a more diverse group of people and more new…