This book takes stock of the outdated thinking that governs our society's ideas about work, and attempts to explore new standards for quality work within an ever-changing society.

As society pivots from the age of work to the age of careers, we are witnessing a growing list of changes brought to the concept of work as we know it: from a workplace that offered a slow, steady climb up the ladder to an organization that places value on an individual’s merits and a place enabled by the Fourth Industrial Revolution and IT technology to replace humans with machines. Add to this the rise of working from home due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and we can see how unpredictable the concept of work is becoming. In the midst of these changes, what’s certain is that work is becoming increasingly difficult to separate from our lives. Thus far, we've believed that a job is a way to make a living, and that it doesn’t matter what kind of work we actually do, as jobs are all the same in the end. This is because we never had the opportunity to think hard or learn about the conditions that make up quality work or what it means to have a quality job. This book allows us to look back at our old manner of thinking when it comes to work, and discuss the standards that define quality work. It discusses the right to balance work with life, the importance of having a strong social safety net that allows us to refuse poor quality work, a structure that denies discrimination in all forms regardless of the kind of employment, and working conditions where even young workers can work safely. Through these discussions, we can think about what it means to offer work of a minimum threshold of quality, and to have a society that provides people with at least a requisite quality of life. The employment of workers who work on the new platforms that have been introduced to the market, and their way of working, are a fluid kind of work, one that is not fixed, complete, or predictable. Does this mean that all fluid work is bad? In the digital era, labor is going to evolve in unpredictable ways. Whatever form it takes, we must hold on to the idea that we have to continue to raise the standards of what constitutes work quality. The author analyzes what a regular or full-time job really means, and why different organizations have varying definitions of what constitutes regular work versus irregular work. He argues that we must aim towards a social system that doesn’t necessarily transition all irregular workers into regular workers into a society where it wouldn't be a tragedy even if everyone were to transition to irregular work. The author also goes into detail on the number of vacation days for the average worker, work for the youth, the Young Tomorrow deduction scheme, employment insurance, and more. By reading this book, it becomes clear that we must display even more inclusivity and imagination when it comes to the future of work.