Business: Odd way to fund raise via trickery
I am starting posts on business practices, both good and bad. Here is an example of dishonest business practices. I was once a member and donator to The Nature Conservancy;…
Business: Remote work options becoming curtailed
Disney CEO Bob Iger told hybrid employees on Monday they must return to corporate offices four days a week starting March 1, according to an email obtained by CNBC. Source:…
Personal finance: Excellent advice about buying a home
Lots of good examples in here: “It’ll Cost Us $100K To Make It ‘Legal'”: Homeowners Are Sharing The Entirely Avoidable Errors They Made When Buying Their Homes So many good…
Demographics, Business: The Growth of Planned Obsolescence
Fast-forward a handful of decades, and now several generations of people are conditioned to buy the new thing and to keep replacing it. Source: From clothes to tech, why is…
Automation: Most restaurants investing in automation
Restaurant chains experimented with automation this year as the labor crunch pressured their profits. Source: Restaurant chains are investing in robots, bringing change for workers The labor shortage is a…
Global: Is the world “de-globalizing” now?
Covid, and then Russia’s war on everyone, have led to numerous changes in global trade. Some argue that the multi-decade period of global trade expansion is ending and we will…
Business: Dan Price and Gravity Payments perhaps not what it seemed
Famous for setting an employee base salary of $70,000/year, Gravity Payments was perhaps not what it seemed: But, in interviews with the Seattle Times, more than two dozen former Gravity…
Demographics: “Value of graduate degrees is going down”
Yep: Another report from the New York Post suggests that students are pursuing graduate degrees to distinguish themselves in the job market. With degree inflation, or the rising percentage of…
Demographics: The end of “everyone needs to go to college”?
The labor shortage is a long-term trend, not a short-term problem. This shortage is caused by smaller cohorts of new young workers due to the collapse of the fertility rate.…
Demographics: Less demand for college degrees
‘Instead of focusing on demonstrated competence, the focus too often has been on a piece of paper,’ Utah governor stated Source: Utah axes degree requirement for 98% of civil servant…