- https://www.dailydot.com/debug/oracle-worker-laid-off-calendar-invite/ From the same article above: "While the job market is reportedly in a strong place due to the mass resignations that began during the pandemic, there is one industry being majorly affected by the potential recession: the tech industry. According to Crunchbase News, over 34,000...
[buzzsprout episode='11135311' player='true'] Agriculture is never an easy line of work. As JFK noted, "The farmer is the only man in our economy who buys everything at retail, sells everything at wholesale, and pays the freight both ways." Farmers are expected to do more than that...
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-https://www.linkedin.com/news/story/whats-your-productivity-score-4901137/ Remember in The Avengers when Bruce Banner looks around and says, "So, this all seems horrible." Yeah. It sure does. This article from LI references one from The NY Times, which you can find here: https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/08/14/business/worker-productivity-tracking.html?referringSource=articleShare I'll be talking about this in more depth over on Patreon...
[buzzsprout episode='11131724' player='true'] I'm hearing across the board from people in the emergency preparedness community about people - irrespective of age, geography, personal situations, etc. - who want everything done for them. "Hey, could you just like rough out a survival game plan for me? K,...
Riiiight. So at first, we had Lord Elon announcing that people could pretend to work somewhere else. If that narrative wasnât strong enough, weâll push the notion that remote workers are thieving! Buwaaahahaha! Now, nevermind the fact that BI itself admits, âData on people outsourcing their work...
[buzzsprout episode='11102388' player='true'] Key topics: âď¸ ICYMI news, 8/8 - 8/12. âď¸ The push for RTO is getting more and more obvious. âď¸ More layoffs. Risk analysts are warning businesses that food shortages could lead to civil unrest. âď¸ Gas and food prices are expected to go up even more,...
Photo by Nathan Dumlao on Unsplash. Also, a real-time depiction of the Toxic Positivity / Toxic Optimism crowd who are not ready for the economic poop storm a'brewing. I agree with the sentiment here, but I fear it's overly optimistic: I read this post on LI last...
[buzzsprout episode='11083486' player='true'] In last Thursday's episode, I added the Tattletale and the Blame Gamer to the Hall of Infamy. Now I would like to add the Dictator. Key topics: âď¸ Sadly, there are plenty of companies that learned nothing from The Great Resignation. IMO, this is why I am seeing...
Man, the list of RTO fluff pieces / WFH hit pieces keeps on growing. So much fodder for Cult-Like Tactics Used in Corporate America here. "With spontaneous encounters having disappeared over the last year, some have sought to romanticize office life as a sort of throwback. 'Itâs almost...