The Causey Consulting Podcast

👻 Ghosts and bad hiring managers and lack of remote work, oh my. Allegedly, the job market is still BLAZING HAWT ! Yet simultaneously, job seekers are looking for back-up employment, side hustles, and/or part-time jobs. So... what's actually going on? If the job market was really that robust and we still had a so-called labor shortage, then why would people feel nervous and look to hedge the...

Not content to settle for generational clickbait , now we need to point fingers based on gender. 😒 On November 13th, I published the article, " The poop storm is your fault " because that's where we're at. The fat cats who created this mess are NOT gonna blame themselves. But they and their corporate shills are more than happy to blame others. According to Mike Rowe's pod...

Key topics: ✔️ ICYMI news, 11/28 - 12/2. ✔️ Forced fun is not fun ? Wowee, ya don't say! ✔️Some candidates will apply to a job they don't actually want in an effort to get a raise, a promotion, etc. IMHO, if you are commanding everyone to RTO and you're getting ghosted or your hiring funnel is relatively empty, well, you're playing yourself. ✔️Layoffs via Zoom were bad enough b...

It would be nice if those Progressive Insurance commercials where you could ask for an official review/replay in life actually existed! Unfortunately, in the business world, you may occasionally encounter someone who behaves like Jon Lovitz as the Pathological Liar. Hence we add to the Hall of Infamy Lenny the Liar, who can also be a gaslighter, too. Key topics: ✔️ Beware of the phrase, "I AM...

Even people with little or no expertise in the job market have started to look around and say, "Uh-oh. Maybe, um, things are not so great after all... maybe these stats we're hearing are complete nonsense..." Yet we still have so-called experts telling people, "Just go get another job. Go stir up a side hustle. Just get yerself over-employed and you'll be fine." Riiii...

Key topics: ✔️ ICYMI news, 11/14 - 11/18. ✔️ More six-figure earners are shopping at Walmart because they have to. We're also finally allowed to know that credit card debt is going through the roof. ✔️Are there people who game the system and lie? Of course. But not everyone does that. IMO, any boss who feels like Covid is just a lame excuse to stay home can go straight to hell. ✔️Is Lord Elon...

According to Fortune.com, "The Great Remorse takes over the Great Resignation as most workers who quit their job are having a hard time finding a new one." And so it begins... Back on April 4th, I published the blog post " When the Pendulum Swings... " because I knew it would. "Just as the pendulum will swing away from being an extreme sellers' market with buyers will...

Key topics: ✔️ ICYMI news, 11/7 - 11/11. ✔️ Post midterms we see a tale of two economies. People'r'doin' great and inflation is coming down - but ha ha not really. ✔️Also: mortgage rates are going down but banks are looking for a bailout. So which is it? Things are improving now but they're not? ✔️Lord Elon hath told the Twitter staff that work from home forever is done-zo. Do...

Last week, a couple of important yet relatively unnoticed articles popped up on MarketWatch: "Hedge-fund giant Elliott warns looming hyperinflation could lead to 'global societal collapse'" and "A U.S. labor shortage is planting the seeds for lots of layoffs. Here's how." Even though the topics may seem a little different, they are not unrelated, IMO. Key topics:...

On September 1st, I published the episode, " Whatever Happened to the Middle Class American Dream ?" Apparently now, even the MSM is asking that question. Better late than never, I guess.  Key topics: ✔️ "The American middle class is experiencing the biggest wealth drop since the Great Recession." -Fortune.com  Well, at least we're allowed to bring up 2008. I think back to...

Key topics: ✔️ ICYMI news, 10/31 - 11/4. ✔️ So... wait a minute. Is it a buyout for "underperforming" people or is it just an attempt to get rid of workers 55+? Let's be real about things. ✔️A 3.7% unemployment rate? 😆 OK, sure. ✔️On Monday - Twitter layoffs are just a rumor. By Friday - they are a reality. Yet another reason why I advocate for critical thinking and common sense ov...

" The war for talent is over. Talent won, says PwC U.S. chairman Tim Ryan ." Uh... OK. "Companies are moving back to mandates, anywhere from two days to five days in the office citing the need for connection, but Ryan said what is important is redefining what connection means in the workplace, and mandates no longer make sense for today’s workforce. " -CNBC Have you ever heard...

It's easy for someone else to tell you what to do. Ya know, like " rules for thee, but not for me. " I heard it a lot when I was running my business that failed. "Well, I mean, I wouldn't   go work an overnight shift at the DG for $8/hr but, I mean, you could." The same thing has gone on during the peak FOMO & YOLO of the housing market as well. "Oh, your hou...

Key topics: ✔️ ICYMI news, 10/23 - 10/28. ✔️ The Dollar Tree is the $1.25 tree with some items now $3, $5 & $7. Even the discount stores are not very discount anymore. ✔️More and more neighborhoods showing economic distress. I drove by a neighborhood that was built around 2006 or 2007 during the 125% loans + no money down fiasco, and some of the houses are falling apart. ✔️ Lots of articles go...

On September 28th, I bucked the social media trend and told you that GM walking back its RTO mandate was temporary. It didn't represent a total capitulation on RTO in favor of WFH. Instead, IMO, it was a temporary stop-gap for people to either warm up to coming back or leave. And now we're here: "GM employees will be back in the office next year. Not all of them are happy." Tol...

Let's kill the notion of forced corporate fun. You know what I'm talking about. The kind of bull 💩 that strikes fear in the heart of every introvert working for you... Happy Hours... Team Building Events... Trust Falls... Lunch'n'learns... Saturday BBQs at Bob's house... 🙅🏻‍♀️ A recent viral TikTok where not even the person who organized the event showed up says a lot. ...

Key topics: ✔️ ICYMI news, 10/17 - 10/21. ✔️ 1 in 4 Americans say they will skip Thanksgiving this year due to the costs. But on the same day, CNBC is telling us how great the stonk market is. Uh, is that helping any of you in any real way? ✔️"Credit reporting agency Equifax has turned its own employment record tracking tool on its own employees." IMAGINE THAT! Corpo America using a tool...

"It's all about money, not freedom. Nothing to do with freedom. If you think you're free, try going somewhere without money." " Go back to bed, America. Your government is in control again... You are free to do what we tell you!" -Both quotes from Bill Hicks I recently watched the documentary " Neuromarketing: How Brands are Manipulating Your Brain | Consumer Dec...

Recently, Orlando Miner published a great video titled, " The Housing Market Bubble Just Popped ." Someone needs to tell greedy sellers here in the Midwest LOL. A lot of them haven't gotten the memo yet. At about 8:30, he makes the comment about "sitting out with purpose" and that concept is amazing, IMO. Key topics: ✔️ My friend, Eric, likes to say, "You're not...

Key topics: ✔️ ICYMI news, 10/9 - 10/14. ✔️ The war hawks want war and they're not being shy in saying so. As soon as you drop the term "regime change" in the media, your agenda is really obvious. ✔️ The yard sales and garage sales seem totally empty, even when it's sunny and 75. Unfortunately the window of time to sell unwanted stuff to make extra money may have passed. ✔️ Mor...

As I've said many times before: IMO, naivete is coming at too high of a price these days. BoA is warning: "US economy will soon start losing 175,000 jobs a month." They also predict job losses all through 2023. Do you have a job loss survival plan ? Who is your first job-related phone call after a layoff? A good rule of thumb: 3 is 2, 2 is 1, 1 is none. This information is not comin...

In the same way that real estate websites are FINALLY starting to admit the housing market is a hot mess, we're seeing the early wave of reports that the labor market isn't quite so hawt either. IMO, the new narrative appears to be: Yeah, OK, the job market is slowing down but, like, you don't need to worry about layoffs. Really?!? Article I reference: https://www.vox.com/policy-and...

О Боже! Not unlike Kevin O'Leary's napalm on LinkedIn about quiet quitting , Dr. Phil has weighed in on the subject. On Thursday, 9/29, the episode " Quiet Quitting: Lazy Employees or Taking a Stand ?" hit the air waves and it featured people on both sides of the topic, including Attorney Ryan who has become a social media sensation on this issue. Key topics: ✔️ According to Dr...

Key topics: ✔️ ICYMI news, 10/3 - 10/7. ✔️ CBS News is telling you outright that The Fed wants to crash the job market and increase unemployment. Please, please do not ignore this info. ✔️ Housing prices are set to decline across the country. I'd love to print that article out and mail it to every arrogant realtor and broker I encountered last year who INSISTED we would never see a decline in...

Cue N'Sync here. Oh, the treasure trove that is Fortune.com these days. Yesterday, they published an article titled, "Bosses admit they’d start with remote workers during a layoff. How to make sure it doesn’t happen to you." IMO, we're moving from the dress rehearsals to the opening night of whatever this economic 💩 storm is about to be. Corporate America is emboldened and the...