rillaman said:

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I don’t know, I’m not convinced this happens in a culture of excellence

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dtrain79 said:

Outkick wrote a whole article about the commercial and multiple MAGA “thought leaders” melted down over it. Gonna be amusing to watch those types get the same backlash as the woke lefties did, as they aren’t doing a good job of recognizing they’ve won the public debate on the topic (which was fait accompli, DEI is belligerently stupid and anti-meritocracy, so it was never going to have the staying power many feared).

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dtrain79 said:

What does that have to do with the Allstate commercial that prompted the Outkick backlash?

I’m as anti-DEI as you and while I don’t think my employer would go down that route for some fairly obvious workforce-related reasons, I’d actually be in a position to oppose such efforts if needed.

Outkick wrote a whole article about the commercial and multiple MAGA “thought leaders” melted down over it. Gonna be amusing to watch those types get the same backlash as the woke lefties did, as they aren’t doing a good job of recognizing they’ve won the public debate on the topic (which was fait accompli, DEI is belligerently stupid and anti-meritocracy, so it was never going to have the staying power many feared).

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ILisBest said:

Mad 🤣 🤣 🤣

Companies are jettisoning DEI for a reason including lawsuits and payouts over the problems it causes. I know of a Top 100 company that made it a priority to promote based on diversity. A year later they put out a directive to let go of the bottom 10% performers. Take a guess at what that group was mostly made up of. If you promote or hire people that are not prepared for the position, that is your fault. Not the employee you put in a bad position to be terminated. Unconstitutional hiring/promoting practices are made even worse when the group you are trying to help sues you for firing them.

I have no reason to care personally one way or the other. My rat race is over. But DEI is doomed for good reason.

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dtrain79 said:

People are mad about the Allstate video? Man I don’t think MAGA should be calling anyone “snowflakes” any longer. That was a generic and bland “let’s get along” speech, and Outkick getting worked up suggests it’s searching for content (not good for the long-term biz model if this is what drives outrage now).

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AzIllini said:

I get a news feed from Google each day. I do it because they include most of the mainstream media so I can see what they are saying. Usually not impressive.

Anyway, yesterday the police/FBI held a news conference in Las Vegas and said they had recovered a "journal" and a "manifesto" from the guy who blew up the cyber truck. After the news conference they were going to release them to the media.

Most of the mainstream media is reporting on his mental state, failed relationships, regrets in life, and angst about our country/govt. So far not much on the manifesto except this from the NY Post:

"The feds also found “strong evidence” that links Livelsberger to a conspiracy-laden manifesto he allegedly penned and emailed to a US Army Intelligence officer ahead of the fatal explosion.

In the email, read on “The Shawn Ryan Podcast” on Friday, the dad of one claimed federal officials were working with China to develop and deploy the mysterious drones that caused hysteria across the New York metro region last month.

Livelsberger referred to the drones as “the most dangerous threat to national security,” alleging the flying objects used gravity manipulation technology and had the ability to evade detection, the retired US Navy SEAL revealed on his show."

I assume the reporting will sort out in a few more days. It is kinda sad that this guy who served his country ends up like this.

ps. in my reading, he was a big Tesla fan and that is probably why he rented what he rented.

Matthew Livelsberger claimed Cybertruck bombing was to ‘cleanse his mind’ of brothers he lost — and trashed ‘feckless leadership’ of a USA ‘near collapse’

“Why did I personally do it now? I needed to cleanse my mind of the brothers I’ve lost and relieve myself of the burden of the lives I took.”

nypost.com

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Uncoach said:

IOW they aren’t practical outside of local driving, which is why they suck. 20 minute stops do not equate to a full charge. I know this, because I have a PHEV. It takes 2 hours to go from 1% to fully charged at 220v (Level 2 charge) Most people want to get where they are going and not stopping frequently for fuel. Here is the Ford CEO going on Route 66 with Tesla Level 3 charge (80% charge in 36 minutes). I don’t know about you, but when I gas up my F150, it doesn’t take more than 10 minutes to get off the road, to the gas station, get a full tank, and get back on the road.

Ford CEO Road-Trips F-150 Lightning and Gets EV Charging ‘Reality Check’

Congested chargers and long charge times were among the "challenges" CEO Jim Farley faced on his recent Route 66 journey.

www.thedrive.com

I have no chargers at my office, and I’m not about to install any. Call me a scrooge. Electric vehicles are for locals at this juncture or people who like to waste their time. I thought you told Rillaman there was no issue with productivity? You know what the difference is between a 10 minute fill up and a 36 minute charge to 80% capacity is? Whatever the difference is, it’s extremely unproductive comparatively.

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dtrain79 said:

The only people who attribute the primary reason for the decline of OD deaths to “Narcan availability” appear to be the junkies they interview. I can’t remember ever saying it’s not a contributing factor … but I will say again it’s not the primary factor. If anything, the articles I sent you suggest the primary factor is a decline in the lethality of the fentanyl being mixed into the drugs. I’d also suggest that there’s probably some decline in extreme abuse as we get further than Covid, exacerbated by the fact that a higher level of junkies croaked over the last decade (a point we agree on). But it’s very hard to measure whether there is a decline of 10-20% in people becoming junkies … because only a small percentage of the population becomes junkies.

Let me suggest an alternate commentary on what HR professionals have been fretting about in recent years, another thing which is abating some. We had unprecedented turnover in 2021-2023, as worker shortages meant many lower level employees could find a better job quite quickly. I’m sure it sucked hard for many HR departments and they spent time looking for explanations that didn’t involve the hard convos of “we need to pay a lot more.”

I did look up worker motivation, and the one article I found comparing the entire workforce of countries listed the US as having 33% of its workers be “motivated” while Europe was only at 10% lololol. This is why I cite to something like productivity as it’s a real objective measure of worker performance. The US has killed it on productivity for a long time.

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Uncoach said:

I am curious when the suburbs will become just as burnt out and poorly managed as the big Dem cities they surround. Naperville is going to get ruined. It went blue. Some great suburbs (40 years ago) just south of Chicagoland are now very gang infested.

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rillaman said:

I’m just sharing articles from Bloomberg and NPR that support my position.

A few months ago I told you that the availability of Narcan was a huge reason why we are having less overdose deaths. You told me I was wrong and that you believed behavior had changed. Then a month later you sent me something that highlighted how the availability of Narcan had significantly reduced deaths.

I’m telling you what I see, hear, and read. I work with HR directors on a daily basis. They constantly talk about how they need to get their employees engaged, and ask how we can support them. Many, many people have written articles about how it’s a problem. Every survey out there says it’s a problem.

I don’t think people like you, probably making high 6 or 7 figures, have a motivation issue. I think a high % of workers do have that issue, and it could impact our production going forward.

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OhioIllini said:

That’s not how EVs work in practice. Especially now that ranges have increased, few charges are ever being done outside of your own garage. Sure, most everyone drives a long distance once in a while and that’s what DC charging stations are for. BTW, you stop for maybe 20 minutes or so, not a few hours, plus it’s actually faster to stop frequently than to stretch out to the max range.

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Ford CEO Road-Trips F-150 Lightning and Gets EV Charging ‘Reality Check’

Congested chargers and long charge times were among the "challenges" CEO Jim Farley faced on his recent Route 66 journey.

www.thedrive.com