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Podcast: Shady Statistics and the Status Quo
A recent Forbes article titled, “Study shows people working from home are having sex, dating, taking naps and doing hustles on company time” (yes, that’s the actual title) leads us […]
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Busy-Bites: This Is What Happened After A Bunch Of Employees At A Burger King Quit
The trend of post-pandemic quitting we discussed in “Take This Job and Shove It” is alive and well in Lincoln, Nebraska.
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Podcast: Take This Job and Shove It
It’s April 2021. We’ve spend the past 15 months in a global pandemic. Unemployment rates are staggeringly high. What do you do? If you’re like 4 million Americans, you quit […]
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Busy-Bites: Et Tu, Frito? Frito-Lay Workers Strike Over Long Hours, Poor Conditions | Food & Wine
If this is true, which it seems likely that it is, then they should strike. This is what we mean by taking things too far, covered in our latest podcast: […]
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Busy-Bites: UBS Joins Others on Hybrid Work
We can add UBS to the growing list of banks that are looking to allow more hybrid work. HBSC has already committed it this and is shrinking office space as […]
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Busy-Bite: Southwest Airlines, Doing Good While Doing Well
In a recent WSJ article (www.wsj.com/articles/southwest-airlines-offers-extra-pay-to-avoid-july-travel-snags-11624992632), Southwest is doubling worker pay to avoid disruptions in service during peak travel times. This is the sort of flexibility that is good to […]
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Podcast: Couch or Cubicle?
With Covid seemingly on the ropes, the world of work is poised to finally return to normal. Not everyone is thrilled about that. Some savor the end of makeshift home […]
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Podcast: Who You Callin’ WUSI?
An employee accuses you of being an abusive boss. Their proof? They THINK you’re an abusive boss. Research has led many states to pass laws intended to protect employees from […]
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Anger and Alcohol in the Air
Anger and alcohol have never been a fun combo. Take a large metal tube, cram it to bursting with angry people, add alcohol, shake it violently and unpredictably while launching […]
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Podcast: Show Crap Jobs Some Love
We Americans tend to look down on jobs that perform essential services while heaping praise on any gig that involves an office and a desk. We Americans can’t figure out […]
