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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
“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...