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What if the future of work is exactly the same?

Recode Daily

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Society & Culture, Science, Technology

4.61.3K Ratings

🗓️ 14 June 2022

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Summary

For many, the work revolution that’s supposedly going on across the country right now doesn’t feel very revolutionary. This episode originally aired April 29, 2022. It was produced by Taylor Maycan, mixed by Melissa Pons (Hemlock Creek Productions), and hosted by Rani Molla. Read Emily and Rani's reporting: https://www.vox.com/the-highlight/22977654/future-of-work-restaurants-retail-hospitality Support Recode Daily by making a financial contribution to Vox! bit.ly/givepodcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Think about cheese.

0:02.0

Make your thoughts cheesier.

0:04.2

Now add 100% chicken breast fillet,

0:06.3

Chipotle sauce and Amadea cheese melt.

0:08.3

And it's giving the new cheesy chicken stack at McDonald's.

0:12.0

Did we mention it's cheesy?

0:13.9

Cheese.

0:15.8

Availments at the 4th of Jan, 226 from 11am.

0:18.1

Plus and participation may vary.

0:19.2

Subject's availability.

0:31.2

It's Rico Daily. I'm Ronnie Mola. Across the country, there's a certain something in the air right now.

0:40.5

Well, pollen and something else. It's optimism. The pandemic turned the world of work totally upside down. And right now, more than two years later, there's actually a lot of positivity

0:45.8

surrounding the future. I mean, everybody's probably seen at least some of these headlines,

0:50.6

right? That the future of work is awesome and here to stay.

0:54.6

That's our guest today, Vox's Emily Stewart. She's here to explain if the work revolution

0:59.0

is, in fact, as revolutionary as it seems. So wages are rising. People are getting paid more,

1:08.9

especially people who make the least. We've seen all these

1:11.8

stories about companies really scrambling for employees, having to give a lot of benefits to

1:17.5

employees, having to give more paid employees, really having to say, we want you to work for us.

1:23.2

And that gives workers more bargaining power. And so we've seen stories about high-profile union efforts like Starbucks and Amazon.

1:31.4

And overall, there are just all of these stories about remote work is here to stay.

1:35.6

And there is all of this work-life balance.

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