Daily RedAlert - 1/19/23
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Thousands of remote workers took $10,000 to move to Tulsa for a year. Now they don’t want to leave - Fortune
“Since the program’s launch in 2018, more than 2,000 people have moved to the city of 411,000 on the Arkansas River—and in 2022 alone, 20,000 applied. According to the Harvard Business Review, two new studies suggest that so far, everyone’s happy.”
Wall Street’s biggest WFH advocate is bringing underperforming staff back into the office - CNN Business
“We do want people collaborating, and they do collaborate better together,” Fraser said. “But at the same time we don’t have to go back to the ’80s model that sort of epitomized Wall Street, either.”
What is 'loud quitting' and 'rage applying'? The latest workplace trends in 2023 - Sky News
“Rage applying is the process of firing off your CV at dozens of companies with the aim of getting out of your current job as quickly as possible - and ideally getting a hefty pay rise in the process.”
A new Supreme Court case could turn every workplace into a religious battleground - Vox
“The Supreme Court announced on Friday that it will hear Groff v. DeJoy, a case that could give religious conservatives an unprecedented new ability to dictate how their workplaces operate, and which workplace rules they will refuse to follow.”
Patient Experience Impacted as More Healthcare Workers Consider Leaving Their Jobs - Yahoo Finance
“38% of healthcare employees are at risk of burnout and 39% are considering leaving their organization.”
Microsoft, Amazon and other tech companies have laid off more than 60,000 employees in the last year - CNBC
“Microsoft said Wednesday that it’s letting go of 10,000 employees, which will reduce the company’s headcount by less than 5%. Amazon also began a fresh round of job cuts that are expected to eliminate more than 18,000 employees and become the largest workforce reduction in the e-retailer’s 28-year history.”
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The Great Reset FAILS as the Great Escape FLOURISHES!!! - Turley Talks
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