Bonus Episode: Mephistopheles in Manhattan
[buzzsprout episode='11205137' player='true'] Harry Angel: Louis Cyphre . . . Lucifer. Even your name is a dime store joke. Louis Cyphre: Mephistopheles is such a mouthful in Manhattan, Johnny...
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So now remote workers = dogs on a leash.
Comparing remote workers to dogs on a longer leash is just more tone deaf, crappy commentary. We can put it in the same bucket as Bloomberg advising the peons who make less than $300K (!) on how to deal with inflation. Read this article in its...
Quiet Quitting? A Word of Warning.
Quiet Quitting is a very popular but also controversial topic these days. What are some things to consider about this? [embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHvTU8m3ees[/embedyt] Check out my podcast episodes on Quiet Quitting here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1125110/10642417 https://www.buzzsprout.com/1125110/10776383 Find me on Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/saracausey Content created by Pictory....
Saturday Broadcast 13
[buzzsprout episode='11181784' player='true'] Key topics: ✔️ ICYMI news, 8/22 - 8/26. ✔️ "Apple employees claim they’re doing ‘exceptional work’ remotely as Tim Cook orders them back. They’re probably wrong." WOW. Ignore the RTO fluff pieces / WFH hit pieces at your own risk, IMO. ✔️ Most recent homebuyers...
Just be “available” because that’s what I want!
You know, like an emergency surgeon who must be on-call in case s/he needs to drive to the ER for an emergency surgery at 2am. Or a soldier who needs to be prepared for a mission at any and all times and must remain at...
State of the Global Workplace Report
[buzzsprout episode='11166348' player='true'] "The idea that 'work sucks' is everywhere. It’s been the subject of ancient philosophers, world leaders, your colleagues and even pop culture. Comedian George Carlin once quipped, 'Oh, you hate your job? Why didn’t you say so? There’s a support group for that....
Quiet Quitting, AI Firings, etc.
-https://nypost.com/2022/08/21/can-i-discipline-my-employees-who-are-quietly-quitting/ Completely by coincidence and I'm sure in no way related, we also find this: -https://www.benzinga.com/amp/content/28569824 In the Benzinga report, we read: "Meta Platforms Inc., formerly known as Facebook, in June told its employees that it planned to not only reduce its hiring target, but it was going to...
I told you so 🎶
Oh, I told you so . . . -https://fortune.com/2022/08/18/bosses-monitoring-remote-workers-digital-productivity/ On August 16th, I published "PRODUCTIVITY METRICS 😆 NAW, SURVEILLANCE," which you can find here: https://causeyconsultingllc.com/2022/08/16/productivity-metrics-%f0%9f%98%86-naw-surveillance/ Two days later, Fortune decided to say, well, basically the SAME THING. From the Fortune article: "No longer able to crane their necks around the...
Bonus Episode: “The Public Always Forgets”
[buzzsprout episode='11163035' player='true'] "The sun shines And people forget The spray flies as the speedboat glides And people forget...
“That wage data ‘freaked everyone out’”
Unfortunately, it seems to me that the working class will shoulder “the blame” no matter what. At some point, the fat cats will probably also come back to us, hat in hand, and ask for a bailout of some kind. Will it be crypto, Wall...