Doordash CEO & the Essential Gig Economy; Reddit Co-Founder; WeWork Saga Continued

Squawk Pod

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Business News, News, Investing, Business

4.2 • 543 Ratings

🗓️ 5 May 2020

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

United Airlines is warning employees about job cuts after it accepted federal aid to avoid layoffs. CNBC’s Phil LeBeau reveals that this move may be just the beginning of Covid’s impact on the airline industry. Tech players big and small may have the ability to trace cases of coronavirus, but will they get permission? Reddit co-founder and venture capitalist Alexis Ohanian explains the challenge ahead for technologists as Americans weigh personal privacy against public health. Food delivery platform Doordash is teaming up with Pennsylvania’s Attorney General to keep essential delivery workers safe. The company’s CEO and the PA AG laud gig economy workers on the front lines of the pandemic. WeWork’s Adam Neumann is making headlines again; CNBC’s Deirdre Bosa discusses the latest chapter--and lawsuit--in the co-working intrigue. Plus, at-home haircuts, fridge staples’ rising costs, and social media tensions between China and the United States.

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0:00.0	This is Squawk Pod. I'm C. NBC producer Katie Kramer today on our
0:05.3	podcast. Technology could be the key to flattening the coronavirus curve, but
0:09.8	are Americans willing to sacrifice personal privacy for public health.
0:13.6	Reddit co-founder Alexis O'Hanian on the path ahead.
0:16.6	The challenge right now is these large tech companies are at an all time low when it comes to
0:21.6	user trust overall.
0:23.0	DoorDash is teaming up with one state to keep delivery workers safe.
0:27.0	We've got the company's CEO.
0:29.0	We really wanted to step up and make sure that there was a holistic program.
0:32.0	So that started with distributing
0:33.6	millions of units of sanitizers, gloves, masks to make sure that they would be
0:39.1	protected. And Pennsylvania's attorney general.
0:41.6	Gig workers are stepping up on the front lines
0:44.2	and really acting as essential workers.
0:47.1	Plus, United Airlines is warning employees about job cuts
0:49.9	after it accepted government aid to prevent layoffs,
0:52.9	the US-China relationship is roiling again or still,
0:56.3	and we work, yep, yet another chapter
0:58.6	in the co-working saga.
1:00.1	There's been so much written.
1:01.6	I feel like I know Adam Newman well,
1:03.4	and I'm not sure I want to get to know many better.
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