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This week on The Issue Is, Elex Michaelson welcomes two former small-town Mayors, both elected in their 20's, who now, in their 30's, have recently accepted new roles on the state and national stages.
by Tyler Durden Friday, May 14, 2021 - 10:00 PM Restaurant owners are blaming generous unemployment benefits for the current labor shortage. Ahead of the busy summer season, some restaurateurs are warning they might have no other choice but to use robots. According to Andrew Gruel, founder and CEO of Slapfish seafood, with 11 locations in the Southwestern US and new ones quickly opening up across the country, if the labor shortage persists, significant changes to the restaurant industry are coming in the form of automation. "What I fear in terms of the long-term effects of this is that ...
ZeroHedge - On a long enough timeline, the survival rate for everyone drops to zero
Laure Vega conducted this interview for Catarsi magazine. We begin, as always, with a brief explanation of what Basic Income is and its defence from a
by Tyler Durden Tuesday, May 11, 2021 - 05:45 AM It looks like the hiring (and retention) shortage isn't just for rank-and-file minimum wage jobs. UBS has now said that, amidst historic competition and a "retention crisis" in the investment banking world (which we noted weeks ago), it is going to pay a one time $40,000 bonus to its global banking analysts when they are promoted. This is double what some of the bank's competitors are offering. It's part of a push for lenders "to reward and retain younger employees weighed down by a surge in business and a prolonged work-from-home grind," ac...