Time was all we could talk about was the great resignation. And then we were quiet quitting.
Then interest rates spiked and in spite of whatever fad was taking over Tik Tok reality crept in suggesting a more reasonable approach to how we approach our jobs,
Now there's some survey out that says we workers of the world are just happy as clams and we love our jobs, indicating a higher job satisfaction rate than seen in a very long time.
Darin Kidd , a Success Coach, and author, says its time we place our feet firmly on the ground and appraise reality for what it is.
"If you listen to people like Tony Robbins who is tied in with some of the richest and most influential people in the world he’s saying look we have to be prepared for an 8-10 year winter," Kidd tells KTRH News.
Kidd suggests the buzzword we should be considering now is "layoff," because that's the concept buzzing around C-Suite. "61% of business leaders say their organizations will likely have layoffs in 2023 and 57% are estimating 30% of their workforce will be laid off or a hiring freeze."
Worker demands for flexibility and hybrid schedules could crash head on into reality as economic pressures and the business environment of 2023 is being reshaped by some paradigm-shifting pressures in which only the strong will survive.
"Yes, we’re going through the challenging times, but if you look back at some of the biggest companies that exist, the most successful companies, they use them not to get bitter, they use them to get better," Kidd says.
The next 8 to 10 years of business winter could be the ideal environment for innovative entrepreneurs to redefine the working world. Just as time-punching, long-commute industrialized jobs replaced early-rising, outdoor agricultural lifestyles we could find ourselves on the precipice of a major adjustment to the modern workforce.
Some people are gonna love it and thrive. If you've ever seen You Tube, you can assume some people are going to complain and bitch about being left behind in a world for which they do not feel they were sufficiently prepared nor warned of.
It doesn't much matter what surveys conclude about attitudes of the modern worker. What matters is how we harness the potentials of artificial intelligence and every new influence in a selfie-obsessed, socially conscious jobs of tomorrow that are going to change American's approach to our jobs.
It brings to mind Bruce Springsteen's remake of an old Jerry Butler song. Listen. Sing. Dance. Be re-inspired.
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