Image by Pexels from Pixabay And I feel as though I have seen this movie before. I feel the same ring of familiarity. Oh, wait. I do. I do. Because Henry Paulson said the same thing. In an article on CNBC, that was originally published on Tuesday, July 22nd...
-https://finance.yahoo.com/news/britain-return-office-push-pays-112217527.html -https://finance.yahoo.com/news/return-office-mandates-aren-t-191245629.html Yeah. LOL. OK. But think about the argument here. On one hand, you're told that remote work has "never been more difficult" to find but on the other, you're supposed to believe that RTO mandates are failing. That seems an oxymoron to me. If RTO mandates...
https://riabiz.com/a/2023/10/30/with-the-swiftness-of-a-lightning-strike-charles-schwab-corp-fires-as-many-as-2000-employees-with-no-public-announcement-affecting-legacy-schwab-as-well-as-td-ameritrade-staffers Do you have a job loss survival plan mapped out? The reality in Corpo America is that you can be employed one day, thinking all is well, and be tossed out the door the next. Charles Schwab Corp. pulled the trigger Monday on what is likely...
[buzzsprout episode='13047720' player='true'] A favorite jibe at "conspiracy theories" - often used by neolibs, I find - is the idea that someone would talk, someone would squeal, someone would spill the beans. They just can't bear the idea that drinking their pro-state kool-aid might be a...
Image by Jan from Pixabay What's ole Jamie Dimon up to? Jamie Dimon will do something he has never done before in nearly two decades as the head of JPMorgan Chase & Co. - sell shares in the company. The top executive of the nation’s largest bank will sell 1 million...
Image by Pexels from Pixabay A while back, I worked on a project for John Doe (not his real name, obviously) and his small company. It was a true mom & pop shop with a handful of employees and it was located in a suburb of a major US...
"CEOs are secretly plotting against hybrid work and pushing for a 5-day office return by 2026" -https://finance.yahoo.com/news/ceos-secretly-plotting-against-hybrid-221009842.html a) It's only a secret if you've been asleep for the past two years à la Rip Van Winkle. b) I don't think it will take another 2+ years for this...
-https://fortune.com/2023/01/21/companies-planning-attrition-quitting-instead-of-layoffs/ Remember that little gem? Back on Saturday Broadcast 33, I reported on "gentlemen's layoffs" because we were still getting force-fed the nonsense about how supposedly great the job market was, yet layoffs were plentiful. “2 day a week office requirement = 20% voluntary departures,” [Jason] Calacanis wrote...
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/bank-america-warned-consumers-pushed-105605526.html It’s a message now echoing in every corner of Wall Street: Consumers have finally run out of steam. It’s also an eventuality Bank of America has predicted since March, when analysts warned that the Fed would push consumers to the “point of pain” in order to tame inflation. And now, according...
Image by StartupStockPhotos from Pixabay I've reported for months and months that RTO was and is an inevitable conclusion, IMO. I don't agree with it, but I don't think it's fair to put out hot air and hopium just to get likes and shares. Key topics: ✔️ With more and more...