Business, Nutrition: Another vegan restaurant chain is bankrupt
When only 1% of the population claims to eat "vegan", the concept of vegan restaurants cannot meet long term business success.
Economy: Tariffs will not bring jobs back to the U.S.
Instead they will bring robots and automated factories - duh.
Nutrition: Plant-based meat products fading away
Poorly positioned and marketed, ultraprocessed fake meat products have faded from view.
Business: Unintended consequences of laws
Higher hourly wage law resulted in lower annual income for affected workers.
Automation: UPS lays off 244, replaces with automation
UPS will eliminate 244 union jobs when Portland site closes for automation – oregonlive.com
Business: Meta (FB, IG) puts laid off workers on a “do not hire list”
Even high performers are being let go because they did not have enough low performers to meet head count reduction targets.
Amazon ends 2-day Prime shipping for many
The Amazon Prime brand was built on 2-day shipping. In 2024, Amazon quietly stopped the service for many, without an announcement, while raising Prime member fees.
Tesla protesters want Tesla employees to lose their jobs?
Nothing makes any sense. The media is failing to inform readers as to why DOGE is happening.
Policy: Tariff madness
Trade restrictions make everyone worse off. How does this make sense?
All the layoffs you did not hear about last week
From the saturation media coverage you might think only Federal workers lost jobs in the past week, but you would be mistaken.
Business: Meta/FB announces plans to layoff 5%
Many tech companies terminate more than that each year, for performance issues. 5% is not a big number.
Efficiency: How Audits Really Work
You do not need a CPA to do many kinds of audits. Many people may be confused by this and what an audit really is ....
Demographics: Japan’s Gen Z sees huge hiring bonuses
Soon to come to the U.S. as Gen Z labor becomes the most sought-after labor cohort in U.S. history.
$60,000/year for PhDs to work on AI?
Outlier.AI offers $30/hour to Masters degree holders in math. Guessing they'll make a stink they can't find workers.
Economy, International: U.S. launches trade war
Starts high tariffs on imports from Canada and Mexico; both countries retaliate with tariffs of their own.