Santa’s warehouse workers

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4.6 • 8.5K Ratings

🗓️ 23 November 2024

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Seasonal hiring is in full swing and demand for temporary workers is back to pre-pandemic levels. But unemployment is down, so retailers are gonna have to be flexible to fill those jobs. A lot of those open spots are for warehouse jobs, not brick-and-mortar store positions. Also in this episode: After nearly two years of ChatGPT, who’s using it? And, we visit the only master’s-level nurse-midwife program in California.

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0:36.6	Tis the season for consumption.
0:39.0	So today we'll talk about the businesses, workers, and shoppers who make it happen.
0:43.6	From American Public Media, this is Marketplace.
0:57.2	In New York, I'm Kristen Schwab and for Kyrisdal.
0:59.5	It's Friday, November 22nd.
1:00.4	Thanks for listening.
1:03.2	Yeah, a lot happened this week.
1:09.2	News of the political kind, also about the economy, from inflation to retailers to consumers.
1:14.9	To help sort through it all, we have Sadipe Reddy at Politico and Courtney Brown at Axios here with us.
1:15.6	Hey, you two.
1:17.0	Hi, Kristen.
1:18.4	Hey, Kristen.
1:20.0	Hello, hello.
1:22.9	Well, it was a big week for retail earnings.
1:27.6	Ahead of a big week for retail, there was Walmart, Target, Lowe's, The Gap, all reported.
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