04 Nov Another garish Zoom layoff
Remember this? Yeaaahhh...
Author: Sara Causey
03 Nov A Job Market Sucker’s Rally: Just tell people what they wanna hear! đ
[buzzsprout episode='11574071' player='true'] "The war for talent is over. Talent won, says PwC U.S. chairman Tim Ryan." Uh...
02 Nov They could but they won’t
On October 28th, Ted Bauer published: Well yes. They could but they won't. đ In this article, he mentions Jonah Lehrer's 2012 article from The New Yorker: Groupthink The brainstorming myth. (https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2012/01/30/groupthink) "Although the findings did nothing to hurt brainstormingâs popularity, numerous follow-up studies have come to the same...
01 Nov It’s almost like most people don’t want RTO…
Who can be surprised by this? Except for: Highly, highly extroverted people Milquetoast types who will always "go along to get along" Sycophants and butt-kissers People who hate their home lives and look for any escape WHO CAN BE SURPRISED?!?! "The trend suggests that the transition back to...
31 Oct Bonus Episode: “Cut corners somewhere or try to pick up a part-time job” đŁ
[buzzsprout episode='11566518' player='true'] It's easy for someone else to tell you what to do. Ya know, like "rules for thee, but not for me." I heard it a lot when I was running my business that failed. "Well, I mean, I wouldn't go work an overnight shift...
30 Oct âWe shouldnât always equate fun with money.â đ
IMO, part of whatâs being telegraphed in Pichaiâs comment is exactly that. Itâs as if to say, âHey look. I hope you are watching the news and the markets and the overall economy because, uh, it ainât lookinâ real good out there.â Read this in its...
29 Oct Saturday Broadcast 22
[buzzsprout episode='11550940' player='true'] Key topics: âď¸ ICYMI news, 10/23 - 10/28. âď¸ The Dollar Tree is the $1.25 tree with some items now $3, $5 & $7. Even the discount stores are not very discount anymore. âď¸More and more neighborhoods showing economic distress. I drove by a neighborhood that was built...
28 Oct Corporate Ethics for the Peons, Not the Fat Cats!
https://features.marketplace.org/why-no-ceo-went-jail-after-financial-crisis/ It's complicated LOL. Is it though? I don't think so. Corporate ethics for the plebs and peons, but not for the fat cats! Rules for thee, but not for me. https://www.comicsands.com/canopy-employees-multiple-jobs-stealing-2658505007.html Bell's LI post is above. "At no point did Bell consider that people have many reasons for why...
27 Oct Cronyism, Collusion, & RTO: Do Not Be NaĂŻve!
[buzzsprout episode='11547794' player='true'] On September 28th, I bucked the social media trend and told you that GM walking back its RTO mandate was temporary. It didn't represent a total capitulation on RTO in favor of WFH. Instead, IMO, it was a temporary stop-gap for people to...
26 Oct “Just getting by” – Feudalism 2.0
https://www.cnbc.com/2022/10/24/more-americans-live-paycheck-to-paycheck-as-inflation-outpaces-income.html Make up your mind, CNBC. Which is it? https://www.cnbc.com/2022/08/29/fewer-americans-live-paycheck-to-paycheck-as-inflation-starts-to-ease.html Our media talks out of both sides of its mouth, I swear. So . . . that escalated. This is one reason why I think itâs important to ignore what the fat cats say. Usually, itâs either hot air or...