WEBVTT - How the Workplace Will Change in Trump's America

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<v Speaker 1>Ferry dot com slash up. Welcome to game Plan. I'm

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<v Speaker 1>Rebecca Greenfield and I'm Sam Grobart, and this is our

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<v Speaker 1>last episode of sen Yes, go away, don't let the

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<v Speaker 1>door hit you on the way out. So we're going

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<v Speaker 1>to spend this episode taking a look at some things

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<v Speaker 1>look out for in the workplace and work related things

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<v Speaker 1>in the next year. I got a question before you, Becca, shoot,

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<v Speaker 1>what would you say was the biggest issue in the

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<v Speaker 1>workplace personally? I think that talking about sexual harassment in

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<v Speaker 1>the workplace. It was talked about this year in a

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<v Speaker 1>way that it hadn't been talked about in a while

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<v Speaker 1>because of the high profile allegations and fire presidential campaign

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<v Speaker 1>Donald Trump. That was huge. The other thing that's huge

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<v Speaker 1>and is something that we're going to talk about um

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<v Speaker 1>I think has been the push for parental leave that

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<v Speaker 1>you've seen and a lot of companies still a lot

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<v Speaker 1>of people don't have it, but also the push for

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<v Speaker 1>parental leave. In that, um, we don't talk about maternity

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<v Speaker 1>and paternity leave as much. It's now this all encompassing

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<v Speaker 1>parental leave. So those were the two biggest things for me.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, I know I cover these things, but what

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<v Speaker 1>about you. The death of Prince affected me deeply in

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<v Speaker 1>the workplace. Yeah, you probably lost some productivity but also

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<v Speaker 1>got some good tunes to listen to while working. I'm

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<v Speaker 1>still working it out. Yeah, I'm sorry. I think that

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<v Speaker 1>more seriously, and thank you by the way for your sympathy.

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<v Speaker 1>I think that automation also something that we'll be talking

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<v Speaker 1>more about later. Given the discussion during the presidential campaign

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<v Speaker 1>regarding jobs, immigration kind of took the four but there

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<v Speaker 1>was also some acknowledgement that technology is advancing making things

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<v Speaker 1>more productive with fewer people. And I don't see that

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<v Speaker 1>abating anytime soon. Yeah, it's it's not and we'll definitely

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<v Speaker 1>talk about that coming up. But yeah, those are some

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<v Speaker 1>big issues. Other things that I wrote about was the

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<v Speaker 1>rise of companies paying off your student debt as a

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<v Speaker 1>new benefit that we're seeing, which is interesting. Um, again,

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<v Speaker 1>you have to work for all these benefits because the

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<v Speaker 1>labor markets tightening, they tend to happen in very competitive fields,

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<v Speaker 1>so not the very unevenly distributed was something I saw. Also.

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<v Speaker 1>Another other thing that's rising is bonus compensation. You mean

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<v Speaker 1>just in the absolute or as a proportion of total,

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<v Speaker 1>proportion of total camp I see something that is familiar

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<v Speaker 1>to people who may work, you know, on Wall Street

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<v Speaker 1>or at startups where they're granted options. You're saying that

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<v Speaker 1>it's actually spreading to even more sort of ordinary. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>because companies it's a lot safer for them to offer

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<v Speaker 1>bonuses instead of raises, raises or something you can't really

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<v Speaker 1>take away that cost a lot of money every year.

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<v Speaker 1>A bonus is something you can offer at once if

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<v Speaker 1>you're doing well that year. And after the recession, companies

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<v Speaker 1>are doing better, but they're still nervous um and so

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<v Speaker 1>we're seeing a move towards bonuses. Well, that's been the

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<v Speaker 1>year sort of in review, but as far as the

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<v Speaker 1>year ahead, what is on your radar? So it's what

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<v Speaker 1>I brought up as the biggest, one of the biggest

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<v Speaker 1>things last year, and I think parental leave is going

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<v Speaker 1>to be really big next year. Um I us wrote

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<v Speaker 1>a story about how American Express up to its parental

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<v Speaker 1>leave It didn't have parental leave. Before, it had primary

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<v Speaker 1>and secondary leave, which is basically maternity and paternity leave.

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<v Speaker 1>Now it offers this all encompassing leave. It's twenty weeks

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<v Speaker 1>of paid leave to any new parent of any kind.

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<v Speaker 1>It's it's a big deal. It's they're doing it to

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<v Speaker 1>attract employees and keep employees around in a competitive market.

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<v Speaker 1>I've been pitched at least three more companies doing that

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<v Speaker 1>since I wrote that story. But the bigger story, I

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<v Speaker 1>think is going to be what if any legislation happens

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<v Speaker 1>on this. That was going to be my question. Obviously,

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<v Speaker 1>companies can choose to use this as a perk in

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<v Speaker 1>a in a competitive situation, but are there any laws

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<v Speaker 1>being proposed or any activity that you've heard about going

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<v Speaker 1>on right now that might take effect or at least

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<v Speaker 1>gain steam during So it was pretty unprecedented that a

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<v Speaker 1>Republican candidate would run on paid family leave of any sorts,

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<v Speaker 1>and Donald Trump, pushed by his daughter Ivanka, did that.

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<v Speaker 1>When he campaigned, he said that he would push for

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<v Speaker 1>six weeks of paid maternity leave for employees whose companies

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<v Speaker 1>don't already offer it um and it was going to

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<v Speaker 1>be paid for by some rewriting of the tax code.

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<v Speaker 1>I think it'll be interesting to see if this does

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<v Speaker 1>go anywhere because Republicans have been so against any type

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<v Speaker 1>of federal paid family leave. Remind me, are there any

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<v Speaker 1>laws on the books at either the municipal or state

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<v Speaker 1>level right now? Yeah, so that was a big story

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<v Speaker 1>last year San Francisco and New York State passed a

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<v Speaker 1>bigger parental leave laws New York State and that will

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<v Speaker 1>be going into effect. So for you and me, Sam,

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<v Speaker 1>who live in New York State, um and there, right,

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<v Speaker 1>But if you work in New York, you know, we

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<v Speaker 1>already have We have two kids, kids, we're full. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>So there are a lot of moves happening in states

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<v Speaker 1>and cities. There are some states that have their own laws.

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<v Speaker 1>That's cool. Yeah, it's great for families, but it's just

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<v Speaker 1>so unevenly distributed, basically. And this is particularly true in

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<v Speaker 1>terms of the kinds of jobs and the kinds of

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<v Speaker 1>companies that are offering these perks. So if you work

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<v Speaker 1>at um McDonald's, right, you're probably not getting you're not

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<v Speaker 1>going to get that family leave of any sort. Software engineers,

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<v Speaker 1>on the other hand, yeah, are probably fine. It won't

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<v Speaker 1>really affect think all the good stuff tired of that.

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<v Speaker 1>So yeah, I think that's a really big story to

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<v Speaker 1>look out for. I think it'll be interesting to see

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<v Speaker 1>if anything happens. I hope people hold Donald Trump to

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<v Speaker 1>this campaign promise. And I think that some people on

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<v Speaker 1>the other side of the ai'll, are you hoping to

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<v Speaker 1>use this presidency to get something post through that they've

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<v Speaker 1>been trying to make hapbin for a while? Sounds cool?

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<v Speaker 1>So yeah, what's what's your number one thing? Well? I

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<v Speaker 1>also just referred to this moments ago. But automation is

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<v Speaker 1>clearly taking greater and greater hold in the American workplace.

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<v Speaker 1>And when we think about automation, we often think of

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<v Speaker 1>it in an industrial setting, UM, large robots, if you will,

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<v Speaker 1>working in auto plants. We've seen that now for a

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<v Speaker 1>couple of decades, but we're beginning to see it appear

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<v Speaker 1>in many other ways. UM. At the time that we

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<v Speaker 1>recorded this, Amazon just successfully completed its first drone delivery

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<v Speaker 1>to an actual customer, and according to the company, it

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<v Speaker 1>only took thirteen minutes from the time the customer ordered

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<v Speaker 1>their product, which was popcorn. I was going to ask

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<v Speaker 1>what the product was, and yes, I think it was

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<v Speaker 1>popcorn and you can understand what what you need delivered

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<v Speaker 1>by a jone. I need it now. Yeah, a weird

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<v Speaker 1>thing to get delivered because in thirteen minutes, doesn't popcorn

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<v Speaker 1>get kind of I don't know, but it's certainly lightweight.

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<v Speaker 1>It was it was it was popped popcorn. I don't

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<v Speaker 1>think it was popped. It might have already got it.

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<v Speaker 1>That would be awesome though, Um, that's gonna be like

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<v Speaker 1>a new movie theater. But yeah, so obviously it's a

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<v Speaker 1>lightweight product, easy to transport, doesn't require a big, heavy

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<v Speaker 1>duty drone, which would not only be expensive but also

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<v Speaker 1>fright ing. And that's just the tip of the iceberg.

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<v Speaker 1>I think that, you know, we're going to see a

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<v Speaker 1>lot more automation, particularly when it comes to software, and

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<v Speaker 1>we're beginning to already see some of that. There's been

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<v Speaker 1>a rise of companies, particularly when they're trying to communicate

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<v Speaker 1>and interact with their customers with chat bots, so that

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<v Speaker 1>you're just entering sort of natural language questions or requests

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<v Speaker 1>through a messaging service and then they're responding as if

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<v Speaker 1>it's a human in this sort of like testing the

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<v Speaker 1>Turing test kind of way, and that is going to

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<v Speaker 1>have an effect on jobs. Yeah, I wrote about these

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<v Speaker 1>chat bots and they it's not even necessarily in customer

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<v Speaker 1>service facing roles, but some companies were using them internally

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<v Speaker 1>and replacing job functions internally. So for example, there would

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<v Speaker 1>be like, um, you worked in a call center and

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<v Speaker 1>you needed to viewer. Normally you would call in sick

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<v Speaker 1>to your manager, but actually now you just do it

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<v Speaker 1>with a chat butt right, right, So you know there

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<v Speaker 1>are efficiencies to be had. Unfortunately that result in some

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<v Speaker 1>jobs being lost, right, And I know you said that

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<v Speaker 1>most of the time we talk about this in manufacturing.

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<v Speaker 1>I think it's obviously going to continue happening in manufacturing.

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<v Speaker 1>I saw that, um that the carrier plant that Donald

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<v Speaker 1>Trump made the deal with to keep some human jobs

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<v Speaker 1>here in the US and Indiana, they're going to be

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<v Speaker 1>investing money that they're saving and research and development that

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<v Speaker 1>they will use to automate jobs that will lead to

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<v Speaker 1>further layoffs. So those jobs are continuing to go away.

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<v Speaker 1>That's right. I mean, immigration isn't really the issue. It

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<v Speaker 1>never really was the issue. The issue is going to

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<v Speaker 1>be what do we do when robots, be they big

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<v Speaker 1>machines or lines of code, are able to do many

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<v Speaker 1>many things that we count on humans for today. Up

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<v Speaker 1>dot com slash up. So, Becca, what's next on our list? So?

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<v Speaker 1>This is something we haven't talked about on game plan yet,

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<v Speaker 1>but I think a big thing to look out for

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<v Speaker 1>will be minimum wage increases. Obviously a hot button issue

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<v Speaker 1>over the past year. Are we going to start to

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<v Speaker 1>see some of those changes take effect? Yeah? So? Uh,

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<v Speaker 1>for states voted for minimum wage increases, Washington State, Arizona, Colorado,

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<v Speaker 1>and Maine, they all voted for various different increases, so

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<v Speaker 1>they're not all necessarily going to fifteen. So yeah. So

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<v Speaker 1>the minimum wage fight for minium wage increases is often

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<v Speaker 1>talked about as the fight for fifteen, which is fifteen dollars.

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<v Speaker 1>It's very catchy slogan. Sure, and there's a big movement

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<v Speaker 1>of people that was a protest at the beginning of December.

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<v Speaker 1>But yeah, so the minimum wage increases that happened, I

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<v Speaker 1>don't don't believe any of them made it to exactly

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<v Speaker 1>none of the state ones. This is something that people

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<v Speaker 1>have been talking about and it's been gaining steam. Earlier

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<v Speaker 1>this month, there was actually a win for people doing this. Um,

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<v Speaker 1>a group of New Jersey airport workers they unionized and

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<v Speaker 1>got a fifteen minimum That's great. How many how many

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<v Speaker 1>workers are we talking about here? That's a not insignificant

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<v Speaker 1>number of people to suddenly get minimum wage, right or

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<v Speaker 1>even more than minimum and symbolically, I think it's a

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<v Speaker 1>thing that's happening. Another thing that people say, especially um

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<v Speaker 1>the fast food companies, they claim that a higher minimum

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<v Speaker 1>wage will lead to quicker automation and kill more jobs.

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<v Speaker 1>See I find a flaw in that argument, because if

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<v Speaker 1>higher wages lead to automation, well why aren't they just

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<v Speaker 1>going to automation already? Like the higher wages should have

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<v Speaker 1>nothing to do with it, right, I mean, I guess

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<v Speaker 1>they're they're saying, we are automating a little bit like

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<v Speaker 1>I think there was. I think at McDonald's you can

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<v Speaker 1>order from more kiosks. Now, that's right, But they're like,

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<v Speaker 1>if we have to pay more, we're just going to

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<v Speaker 1>do it faster. Yeah. Although I got to say, if

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<v Speaker 1>we're I a sort of you know, cold blooded, rapacious

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<v Speaker 1>CEO of McDonald's, I suspect I would want to be

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<v Speaker 1>putting the kiosks in as soon as possible, in as

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<v Speaker 1>many places as possible, using minimum wage as some sort

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<v Speaker 1>of like cudgel doesn't seem to line up with just

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<v Speaker 1>sort of business strategy. I mean, I wish you were

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<v Speaker 1>the CEO of McDonald's. Obviously they would be oh man,

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<v Speaker 1>I'd fire everybody. Yeah, it would just be robot Burger City. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>So I mean that these are the exact arguments and

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<v Speaker 1>fights that are playing out now. But yeah, this this

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<v Speaker 1>movement is definitely gaining some steam and I think it

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<v Speaker 1>will be something to look out for. So the last

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<v Speaker 1>thing on our list is something that is very dear

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<v Speaker 1>to my heart. We've discussed this from time to time.

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<v Speaker 1>I believe the office temperature issue. I you know, stereotypically

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<v Speaker 1>as a woman get cold, right, do you get warm? Yes?

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<v Speaker 1>I like it. I like it cooler in the office,

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<v Speaker 1>and I presume you like it warmer, right, So this

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<v Speaker 1>is a a perennial issue, and I predict in seen

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<v Speaker 1>that maybe we're going to start to see the end

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<v Speaker 1>of that, the end of the wars. You're crazy, what

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<v Speaker 1>are you talking about. So there have been a couple

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<v Speaker 1>of apps that came out or have come out in

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<v Speaker 1>the last year where employees tell the app, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>they're too cold, they're too hot, and the building will adjust.

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<v Speaker 1>But also the app is collecting all this data all

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<v Speaker 1>the time so people, so it knows how warm and

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<v Speaker 1>how cold to make it for the people who sit there.

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<v Speaker 1>So I feel like there are two sort of trendlets

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<v Speaker 1>embedded in what you're describing. First of all, it reminds

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<v Speaker 1>me a little bit going back to our automation discussion. Right,

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<v Speaker 1>if you are fortunate enough to work in an office

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<v Speaker 1>where they actually will adjust the temperature, presumably that is

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<v Speaker 1>done because you have placed a request, maybe over the phone,

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<v Speaker 1>maybe via email, and a human being receives that and says, fine,

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<v Speaker 1>moved tempers Often they say I'm not changing this because

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<v Speaker 1>I got ten competing requests. But yeah, that's right, that's right.

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<v Speaker 1>But it's still a person who's making that decision. Of course,

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<v Speaker 1>now that is being sort of outsourced to an algorithm.

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<v Speaker 1>And then the other trend is the what we've already

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<v Speaker 1>seen in our homes, which can be when you install

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<v Speaker 1>a nest, thermostat or a competing product. Right, the idea

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<v Speaker 1>that enhanced and increased sensors can pull more information together

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<v Speaker 1>and then software can sort of try to come up

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<v Speaker 1>with some solution. Right. And that's another trend that I

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<v Speaker 1>think we're going to start seeing in new office buildings

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<v Speaker 1>there will have these sensors built in um, which is

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<v Speaker 1>slightly controversial because you don't want to be working surrounded

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<v Speaker 1>by sensors. No, it's creepy. On the other hand, I

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<v Speaker 1>do want to be warm. You want to be warm,

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<v Speaker 1>and I and I will make a pro sensor argument,

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<v Speaker 1>which is that first of all, that information doesn't necessarily

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<v Speaker 1>have to be identifiable. It can just be there is

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<v Speaker 1>movement in this room, there is a person in this room.

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<v Speaker 1>And the benefit makes buildings more efficient, and that obviously

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<v Speaker 1>has some ramifications ecologically building. That's why companies are doing that. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>it saves it saves them money. And buildings traditionally have

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<v Speaker 1>been tremendously inefficient use users, if you will, of fossil

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<v Speaker 1>fuels and other things. So some of these steps are

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<v Speaker 1>actually quite good for the environment. I do have a question, though, Yes,

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<v Speaker 1>what will we complain about in the summer if not

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<v Speaker 1>office air conditioning? Sunlight? Sunlight? Yeah, that's the next time.

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<v Speaker 1>Just the shades adjust the shades, got it, can't wait,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm going to be pro shades up. Oh no, blackout

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<v Speaker 1>total all the time. You can't wait for see you

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<v Speaker 1>in the summer. And before we close out, we will

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<v Speaker 1>do a final New Year's resolution. Half bake takes. Half

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<v Speaker 1>bake takes. Okay, Sam, what you got? My lunch is

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<v Speaker 1>the Achilles heel, if you will of my diet. I'm

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<v Speaker 1>here at work. I like to go out for lunch.

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<v Speaker 1>I think lunch can be a useful break from the

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<v Speaker 1>work day. Also it can be obviously a time to

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<v Speaker 1>conduct business as well. And I order too much food. Um,

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<v Speaker 1>this is true. I think whenever you go to a restaurant, right,

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<v Speaker 1>you just get large portions and then I proceed to

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<v Speaker 1>eat all of it. Um. So my half bake New

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<v Speaker 1>Year's resolution is to try to get a better handle

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<v Speaker 1>on my lunch because I think my breakfast is pretty

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<v Speaker 1>good and my dinners actually are also reasonable. But it

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<v Speaker 1>can just all kind of go to hell during lunchtime.

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<v Speaker 1>It's hard because you want that pick me up in

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<v Speaker 1>the middle of the day. Yeah, it's like a little

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<v Speaker 1>reward or something, or an encouragement, but it maybe it

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<v Speaker 1>doesn't have to be a cheeseburger. Definitely not. How about you.

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<v Speaker 1>Mine is too. I get a lot of emails as

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<v Speaker 1>a part of my job. Obviously of them are not

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<v Speaker 1>useful or interesting none, but I skip a dent of them,

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<v Speaker 1>and I think if I were slightly better about reading

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<v Speaker 1>through my emails, I wouldn't miss that one percent. Hey Becca,

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<v Speaker 1>what if there was a bot? Oh my god, is

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<v Speaker 1>there that could sort through your emails for you? I

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<v Speaker 1>bet there is. I'm sure that's right. Final prediction bought

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