workamperとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• Homophone: workcamper

名詞

workamper (plural workampers)

1. (US) A participant in workamping.
   • 2017, Jessica Bruder, Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century, New York: W. W. Norton & Company, →ISBN, page 24:

     Another workamper, employed with California Land Management in 2015, gave the company a one-star review on Yelp, claiming she and her husband were often on the job for twelve hours or longer in a given day but weren’t allowed to file for more than eight.

   • 2017 December 2, Jessica Bruder, “Living in cars, working for Amazon: meet America's new nomads”, in The Guardian‎, →ISSN, archived from the original on 19 January 2022:

     Workampers are modern mobile travelers who take temporary jobs around the US in exchange for a free campsite – usually including power, water and sewer connections – and perhaps a stipend. […] Other workampers I spoke with had their own ways of describing themselves.

   • 2021 February 28, Annie Palmer, “‘Nomadland’ spotlights Amazon’s RV workforce — here’s what it’s really like”, in CNBC‎, archived from the original on 2 July 2022:

     In the workamper community, CamperForce jobs are often in high demand, with positions often filling up within weeks after they’re posted online, workers told CNBC. But it’s definitely tough work. […] But five years on, Martinez-Machen said she and her wife have adapted to the workamper cycle of seasonal jobs, with Amazon serving as the couple’s “sole source of income and our plans for the fall and winter every single year.”