Photo by Sebastian Pena Lambarri on Unsplash AI will give everyone the chance to hang out on the beach, sip a daiquiri, and avoid work. 😆 Yeah, sure. Discussions of A.I. in the workforce oscillate between alarm bells of mass unemployment and fantasies of a future utopia where everyone is free to pursue...
[buzzsprout episode='13279857' player='true'] Key topics: ✔️ ICYMI news, 7/24-7/28. ✔️Middle-income Americans are stressed about inflation but somehow, Barbenheimer had a blow out box office weekend. WTF, people. ✔️Things are wonderful and people are doin' great yet: further cost cutting measures and layoffs and protracted job searches. Seems like one...
*slips on tinfoil hat* Yeah. About that. Where will they go? This is the same kind of talk we heard during The Great Resignation: treat your employees with decency or they will leave. But now? You can read this article in its entirety on the job market...
Image by Steve Buissinne from Pixabay "Lyft's new CEO reversed its WFH policy. Now he says employees should want to come back to the office 'for the snacks.'" -https://finance.yahoo.com/news/lyfts-ceo-reversed-wfh-policy-145042654.html 😆😅🤣😂😁 Is it the mid 90s? Come to the office for snacks? What's next - a slide in the office and ice cream...
Photo by Tim Mossholder on Unsplash In spite of all we've heard of a low unemployment rate and a resilient economy and a robust labor market, boots-on-the-ground reality just doesn't seem to be cooperating with this hot air & hopium. Not long ago, I encountered a...
[buzzsprout episode='13239384' player='true'] Key topics: ✔️ ICYMI news, 7/17-7/21. ✔️Digital currency is comin' whether you're ready or not. ✔️No recession to see here, people. Move along, move along. ✔️$7000 mortgages and AI taking jobs. What a time of sunshine and roses. 😎🌹 Links: https://fortune.com/2023/07/17/i-dont-expect-recession-janet-yellen-economy-good-path-inflation/ https://www.cbsnews.com/news/inflation-janet-yellen-wrong-treasury-secretary/ https://www.foxbusiness.com/economy/conagra-ceo-notes-hunkering-down-behavior-grocery-shoppers https://www.linkedin.com/news/story/employers-renew-push-for-rto-5349545/ https://www.linkedin.com/news/story/boston-tests-office-conversion-plan-6352202/ https://www.cnbc.com/2023/07/18/heres-how-bidens-student-loan-forgiveness-may-impact-your-taxes.html https://www.linkedin.com/news/story/households-struggle-to-borrow-6361402/ https://www.linkedin.com/news/story/big-banks-upbeat-on-us-economy-6357242/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sUDXfWBDtFY https://finance.yahoo.com/news/forced-retire-60-firefighters-finances-040129459.html https://www.businessinsider.com/lost-job-chatgpt-made-me-obsolete-copywriter-2023-7 https://fortune.com/2023/07/19/remote-work-commercial-real-estate-distress-24-billion-second-quarter/ https://finance.yahoo.com/news/fed-launches-new-payments-system-that-lets-you-send-money-in-seconds-140305052.html https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-olfLz6AgE&t=1127s https://finance.yahoo.com/news/loan-officer-m-seeing-middle-000641114.html https://finance.yahoo.com/news/billionaire-seth-klarman-says-everything-140349429.html https://www.cnbc.com/2023/07/20/june-home-sales-drop-to-the-slowest-pace-in-14-years.html https://www.linkedin.com/news/story/some-bosses-oppose-return-to-office-6355858/ https://www.linkedin.com/news/story/blackstone-hits-1t-milestone-6362170/ https://finance.yahoo.com/news/something-very-strange-explains-why-224230549.html https://www.linkedin.com/news/story/recession-coming-its-a-toss-up-6362866/ https://www.linkedin.com/news/story/fed-launches-instant-payments-5701348/ https://www.linkedin.com/news/story/home-sales-slow-even-as-prices-fall-6355874/ Links where I can be found: https://causeyconsultingllc.com/2023/01/30/updates-housekeeping/ Need more? Email me: https://causeyconsultingllc.com/contact-causey/ Transcription...
You can read this article in its entirety at the job market journal: https://thejobmarketjournal.com/f/still-its-different-when-it-happens-to-you...
Just when you thought the RTO push couldn't be justified by anything weirder: eavesdropping. LOL. Employers renew push for RTO With office occupancy sliding back down to 37.4% in July, bosses are bearing down on the message that team productivity and careers take a hit from remote...
Image by Michael Gaida from Pixabay 'Cause I do! Perhaps your overlords would like that idea...
Image by OpenClipart-Vectors from Pixabay 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, thx!" Who...