Daily RedAlert - 1/23/23
Relevant Press
“While there have been layoffs in the tech sector as of late, this sliver of the American labor market is relatively small. The vast majority of the job market is hot, though the headlines we’ve been seeing may lead us to believe otherwise.”
How Big Tech’s pandemic bubble burst - CNN Business
“Microsoft isn’t the only company experiencing such a dramatic reversal. Days later, Google-parent company Alphabet followed suit, saying it plans to cut around 12,000 jobs, amounting to more than 6% of its staff.”
7 mistakes organizations make that cause good workers to quit - Fast Company
“Unhappiness is a main reason employees leave organizations. Yet, what exactly causes people to be unhappy? There are a number of factors that come into the equation that can cause people to conclude they could be better off working somewhere else.”
Survey: Firms Expect Job Cuts in '23 Amid Recession Fears - US News
“A survey of national economists says more businesses now expect job reductions at their firms and to spend less on expansions for the first time since the pandemic.”
Gen Z isn't ashamed of 'job-hopping' and will even quit unfulfilling jobs without a backup plan, study finds - Business Insider
“They're happy to ditch unfulfilling jobs that don't offer the perks they want — and are always on the lookout for something better. Indeed, 70% of Gen Zers who say they're ‘loyal’ to their employers are either actively or passively seeking a new job, the research found.”
RedBalloon in the News
US fighting a remote work ‘tug of war’ as employees look for ‘compromise,’ expert says - Fox Business
"We've got this kind of interesting tug of war that's happening right now between workers and the employers," RedBalloon CEO Andrew Crapuchettes said on "Varney & Co."
US fighting a remote work ‘tug of war’ as employees look for ‘compromise,’ expert says - Yahoo Finance
"You don't have the water cooler, you don't have all the distractions," Crapuchettes noted of remote productivity, "but all of a sudden, you find out you're not doing the same collaboration and innovation that you have when you're in an office environment."
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