Phil Jones

Phil Jones is a research affiliate at Autonomy and a PHD researcher at the University of Sussex. He is currently writing a book about tasking and crowdwork.

The robots are already here, so why is unemployment so low?

Unemployment is at a 45 year low. But the official statistics conceal a growing crisis of joblessness and underemployment.

By Phil Jones

/ 24 Jan 2020

The robots are already here, so why is unemployment so low?

The California workers’ rights bill is a start, but we need a more radical approach to the ‘gig economy’

Stronger rights for Uber and Amazon workers are essential. But we must also address the economic context that makes insecure work a reality.

By Phil Jones

/ 4 Oct 2019

The California workers’ rights bill is a start, but we need a more radical approach to the ‘gig economy’

Brand You: how employability came to dominate our lives

By turning our leisure hours into work, employability is concealing a broken labour market and damaging our mental health.

By Phil Jones

/ 5 Sep 2019