Employment – The Musings of the Big Red Car

Non-Competes Are Dead?

Big Red Car — Thu, 25 Apr 2024 15:31:25 +0000

Comes now the Federal Trade Commission with a new self-generated rule (meaning not the result of Congressional legislation) killing non-competes in the workplace except for senior employees making more than $151,164 — no idea what that number comes from — and who are part of the employers’ policy making process. This has been brewing for […]

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Artificial Intelligence Will Eat Jobs

Big Red Car — Mon, 01 Jan 2024 14:58:08 +0000

And, so it begins with the announcement by Google (they want y’all to call them “Alphabet” but I refuse to comply) of its elimination of 30,000 jobs on the heels of a previous reduction of 12,000 jobs.These jobs are being eaten by artificial intelligence. Google is quick to explain it is not just because they […]

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The Generation Z Worker Challenge

Big Red Car — Fri, 23 Sep 2022 18:00:28 +0000

The Gen Z worker presents a challenge to employers particularly startups and small businesses. First, let’s define our terms: Generation Z workers are 25 and younger Millennials are 26 – 41 Gen X workers are 42 – 57 Boomers II are 58 – 67 Boomers I are 68 – 76 How does Gen Z see […]

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Quiet Quitting

Big Red Car — Mon, 12 Sep 2022 13:36:19 +0000

Once the folks have left the farm and seen Paris, it is hard to get them back in the traces. During the pandemic — which is officially over, right? — the work force got used to working from home. WFH had huge real and perceived benefits: no commute, no cost to commute, no commute stress, […]

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Austin By God Texas

Big Red Car — Fri, 23 Jul 2021 15:22:21 +0000

“Why is everybody moving to Austin By God Texas?” a chap emails me. He’s from the Dark Continent and we were discussing the Chinese involvement in Africa when he asks the question. I send him this chart. It’s the jobs, baby. Austin has a ton of open jobs at great companies in the tech space. […]

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Ghosting — An Economic Indicator

Big Red Car — Wed, 19 Dec 2018 19:11:44 +0000

Big Red Car here in the wet and gray ATX reading the Beige Book. Oh, you don’t read the Beige Book? How quaint. The Beige Book is the Summary of Commentary on Current Economic Conditions authored by individual Federal Reserve Districts. The Chicago District had a mention of “ghosting.” Ghosting has crept into the hipster […]

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Recruiting v Hiring

Big Red Car — Sun, 16 Dec 2018 14:35:26 +0000

Big Red Car here on a day with brilliant sunshine, bit of a chill, and off to church to pray for all of us. Glorious Sunday! So, the other day we were talking with some overcaffeinated CEOs about hiring. One point that was left off was the utilization of recruiting as a part of the […]

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