#56: Inflation Disproportionately Hurts Midwest, $1t Infrastructure Passes, 4.4m Workers Quit, Portugal Makes It Illegal To Contact Employees After Hours, Seoul Enters The Metaverse
So is remote work a dinosaur now that major cities embrace the metaverse?
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💩 Inflation is disproportionately impacting the middle of the country. Shoutout Sahil Bloom of Curiosity Chronicle for highlighting this.
🤔 The $1.2T infrastructure bill is signed into law.
🚩 4.4 million workers quit in September, second straight record month. Thanks for the great chart 👇 David Hanrahan!
🇰🇷 Seoul Metropolitan Government (SMG) announced on Monday it will be the first major city to enter the metaverse, "allowing citizens to conveniently meet with avatar officials to deal with civil complaints and consultations, which are currently handled only by visiting municipal offices."
👀 Portugal has made it illegal for bosses to contact their employees after hours. Is this the start of a better work-life integration or will Portuguese companies lose out to more productive economies? And how will this work for executives and 24x7 mission-critical roles like IT operations? Thanks Tim Haldorsson for sharing this with us!
💪 What do the bosses really think about return to office? This NY Times interview with four CEOs show that they long for the days of office culture and their own climb to the top, but they also recognize the world has changed and they need to adapt to thrive.
🤖 Ready Player One? See what it was like for this WSJ reporter to spend 24 hours in the Metaverse. Hint: we’re not quite ready to slip into the ether for good…
💃 The Human Cloud Goes Latin
No not from our dance moves…rather our ability to create sustainable talent ecosystems by using the Human Cloud to connect local companies with local talent.
Some crazy cool quotes from her story:
“En las últimas semanas se repite una crítica, casi como cantinela recurrente: varios recién licenciados han hecho las maletas para trabajar en diferentes ecosistemas de innovación dentro de Estados Unidos.” 👇👇👇
“In recent weeks a criticism has been repeated, almost like a recurring chant: several recent graduates have packed their bags to work in different innovation ecosystems within the United States.” [BRAIN DRAIN]
“Su plan pasa por la creación y promoción de Micro-Internships; algo así como microbecas, con una estructura parecida a la que tienen los trabajadores por cuenta propia (freelancers) para que puedan probar diferentes posiciones en diferentes empresas, pero con un proyecto claro.” 👇👇👇
“His plan goes through the creation and promotion of Micro-Internships; something like micro-grants, with a structure similar to that of freelancers so that they can try different positions in different companies, but with a clear project.”
Thanks Rosa!!!!
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