A new NPR/Marist poll finds that 1 in 5 jobs in America is held by a worker under contract. Within a decade, contractors and freelancers could make up half of the American workforce. In a weeklong series, NPR explores many aspects of this change.
Alex Belfiori has a big day coming up later this week. He’ll sit down with his boss in a conference room at the Dick’s Sporting Goods headquarters near Pittsburgh. The topic: his future with the company.
“I was told … there were no guarantees for me getting hired full time,” says the 28-year-old Belfiori.
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