job security Archives - Freelance Informer https://www.freelanceinformer.com/tag/job-security/ Empowering the Freelance Economy Thu, 27 Mar 2025 05:53:19 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://www.freelanceinformer.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/FI-letter-logo-150x150.jpg job security Archives - Freelance Informer https://www.freelanceinformer.com/tag/job-security/ 32 32 Fiverr Go: New AI model and assistant tool sparking freelancer concerns https://www.freelanceinformer.com/news/fiverr-go-new-ai-model-and-assistant-tool-sparking-freelancer-concerns/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=fiverr-go-new-ai-model-and-assistant-tool-sparking-freelancer-concerns https://www.freelanceinformer.com/news/fiverr-go-new-ai-model-and-assistant-tool-sparking-freelancer-concerns/#respond Sun, 23 Feb 2025 06:50:21 +0000 https://www.freelanceinformer.com/?p=27349

Fiverr Go, the new suite of AI tools, is raising fears among freelancers about job displacement and protecting creative work. But are they judging too soon? Could it in some ways help scale their output? “Make yourself obsolete and get $5!”…“They will train their AI on real client-freelancer interactions and the creation of commercial creative […]

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The moral dilemma: freelancers seeking work at Meta amid recent controversial “low performance” job cuts https://www.freelanceinformer.com/news/the-moral-dilemma-freelancers-seeking-work-at-meta-amid-recent-controversial-low-performance-job-cuts/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-moral-dilemma-freelancers-seeking-work-at-meta-amid-recent-controversial-low-performance-job-cuts https://www.freelanceinformer.com/news/the-moral-dilemma-freelancers-seeking-work-at-meta-amid-recent-controversial-low-performance-job-cuts/#respond Tue, 18 Feb 2025 16:54:10 +0000 https://www.freelanceinformer.com/?p=27257

SPECIAL REPORT Meta, the tech giant with a $1.86 trillion market cap behind platform brands including Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, has served a wave of layoffs that has rattled the nerves of tech talent the world over. These job cuts, initially framed as a response to low employee performance, have raised concerns about the treatment […]

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UK braces for mass redundancies in coming weeks: How can freelancers prepare? https://www.freelanceinformer.com/news/uk-braces-for-mass-redundancies-in-coming-weeks-how-can-freelancers-prepare/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=uk-braces-for-mass-redundancies-in-coming-weeks-how-can-freelancers-prepare https://www.freelanceinformer.com/news/uk-braces-for-mass-redundancies-in-coming-weeks-how-can-freelancers-prepare/#comments Mon, 17 Feb 2025 10:54:43 +0000 https://www.freelanceinformer.com/?p=27195

James Cockett, CIPD Senior Labour Market Economist, said one in four (25%) employers are planning to make redundancies in the three months to March 2025, another record high outside of 2020 when the COVID pandemic struck the UK economy. We examine the implications for the economy and how freelancers can best prepare for the coming […]

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Labour scraps 100s of contractor jobs https://www.freelanceinformer.com/news/labour-scraps-100s-of-contractor-jobs/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=labour-scraps-100s-of-contractor-jobs https://www.freelanceinformer.com/news/labour-scraps-100s-of-contractor-jobs/#respond Mon, 06 Jan 2025 10:31:35 +0000 https://www.freelanceinformer.com/?p=26278

Hundreds of contractor jobs have been lost following Labour’s decision to scrap the controversial Rwanda asylum plan, highlighting how political agendas can directly impact contracting opportunities. According to an LBC report, 280 Home Office contractors hired to implement the deportation scheme have been made redundant. The plan, a key policy of the previous Conservative government, […]

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