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Taking Care of Business: Four-Day Work Week, Facebook vs. TikTok, Fake LinkedIn Profiles

Skimm This

theSkimm

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4.53.6K Ratings

🗓️ 31 March 2022

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

First: We’ve got the context on the biggest stories from the week – from the war in Ukraine, to the latest booster shot recommendations. And a major immigration announcement from the White House. Next up: A bombshell new report revealed that Facebook’s parent company hired a private firm to dish dirt on fellow social media giant TikTok. We’ll skimm the digital drama…in 60 seconds. ICYMI: As we head into the third year of the pandemic, scientists are taking a closer look at long COVID symptoms. And new research suggests there are a lot of similarities between long COVID brain fog and other brain conditions. We’ll break down the findings with a professor pioneering this research. Then: We’re diving into the latest tactic companies are using to keep employees happy: the four day work week. But are permanent long weekends too good to be true? We’ll ask an expert.  Finally: If your LinkedIn has been blowing up recently, you may have been networking...with a robot. Researchers at Stanford found a lot of AI-generated LinkedIn profiles floating around. We’ll tell you how to spot a fake – and keep your network human-only.  On this episode, you’ll hear from:  Dr. Michelle Monje, professor of neurology, Stanford University Gabriel Stein, head of operations and product, Knowledge Futures Group Jennifer Liu, work reporter, CNBC Make it Want more Skimm?  Sign up for our free daily newsletter Email us your questions about what’s going on in the news right now  Subscribe and leave us a review wherever you get your podcasts Skimm'd by Alex Carr and Will Livingston. Additional help from Sagine Corrielus. Engineered by Andrew Callaway. TheSkimm’s head of audio is Graelyn Brashear. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Welcome to Schem this.

0:05.2

Have you been feeling stressed out at work recently?

0:08.5

Or just really tired of doing your same job?

0:12.1

This week we're taking a look at one of the burnout fixes that's taking over the country,

0:17.4

the four-day work week.

0:18.7

The push to shorten the work week from five days to four, gaining momentum around the

0:23.2

globe.

0:24.2

Some companies are testing a four-day work week to see if it makes employees more productive.

0:29.2

Four companies are giving this a go as they rethink what returning to the office looks

0:33.6

like.

0:34.6

We'll ask a workplace expert, are permanent long weekends too good to be true?

0:39.5

We've also got the latest on the war in Ukraine, another round of booster shots, and a scientific

0:45.2

breakthrough for people with long COVID.

0:48.3

And did you see that latest drama online?

0:51.4

Facebook's parent company is making some shady moves against TikTok.

0:55.7

And it turns out that some of your LinkedIn connections might actually be AI robots.

1:00.7

We're here to make you smarter, and the news less overwhelming.

1:05.2

I'm Alex Carr.

1:06.8

Let's skim this.

1:11.5

Let's start with some headlines from the week's news, and give you some context on why they

1:15.8

matter.

1:16.8

First up, Russia claims it's scaling back military operations in parts of Ukraine as the

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