Apr 20, 2020
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Good Monday morning, everybody. Craig Peterson here. I was on with Jack Heath this morning. We discussed what we may expect in the future in regards to working from home in a post-COVID-19 world and why people may consider a new career during this time. Here we go with Jack.
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Craig Peterson
So you know, the bosses are looking over their shoulders, and
they're getting a little bit messier job. You can think of this
jack a little bit like what's happened over the years with some of
the businesses that decided they weren't going to restrict the
number of sick days people can have or vacation days, and some
people are abusing it on both sides. Hi, everybody, Greg Peterson
here on with Mr. Heath this morning, jack Keith and with New
Hampshire today. And we were talking about the opportunities that
are presenting themselves with this COVID-19 thing, as well as what
businesses are doing to help supervise so
Jack Heath
here we go. Craig Peterson, with a little Tech Talk, joins us live
now to philosophize, Craig, how are businesses going to react
because they all are utilizing these tools now more than ever? Now,
arguably, a lot of people work from home offices two or three days
a week, long before COVID-19 in this pandemic. But they will, I
think, more continue after working from home. They are now due to
the stay at home order. Many of these tools that weren't well
known, like Microsoft Teams. We've heard way back of WebEx, but
like Microsoft Teams or Zoom are being used routinely. If you read
anything about technology, it appears to work very well. How are
companies balancing about the number of these calls each day? Are
they doing too much? In other words, are they sort of hindering
their employees from doing the job? But do they feel like they got
to be doing every hour or something?
Craig Peterson
Very Good morning, Jack. Yeah, there are several problems that
companies are running into, now that have to do with the oval. How
do we supervise people in this era of working at home? We've got
all of these productivity tools, the Department of Defense, just
rolled out, Microsoft Teams. It is a unique version that exists on
the government cloud. How do we supervise? We're not used to it,
and we're looking to the post-COVID-19 age. According to Gartner,
which is a large research group, 41% of employees are going to be
working from home at least some of the time. So we'll get right
down to the usual things that businesses are doing, which is hiring
people. How do you employ when they're not in front of you because
you can't read all of those signs, those body signs, the meetings
like what you were just talking about, how do you supervise, you
know, it used to be you just kind of dropped by the cube and talk
to someone you're bumped into them when you were at the
watercooler, etc. It's a big problem.
So, on the one hand, I think businesses will end up figuring that
out. But on the other side, companies are looking at it in the same
way it's cutting the need for travel. We're eliminating physical
office space or making this commute obsolete. But on the other
hand, what's already turned out is they're expecting that there
will be high employee turnover as well, as people are starting to
move the light a little bit. So, you know, the bosses are looking
over their shoulders, and they're getting a little bit of another
job. You can think of this jack a little bit like what's happened
over the years with some of the businesses that decided they
weren't going to restrict the number of sick days people could
have, or vacation days, and some people are abusing it on both
sides.
Jack Heath
Interesting. Interesting. Yeah. You know, the other thing too, is,
I think, you know, it's an exciting time, and you're not if you are
still working, but you know, we look at the people who've been
furloughed or laid off. It's an incredible time to be
entrepreneurial. Think about, you know, what, what can I do with my
time I've said before, and we're going to get Jason Koon back,
who's a motivational speaker, former retired Navy SEAL this week, I
think on Wednesday, I'll try and get him on but, you know, in these
times, goals you set for yourself, think about, think about what
The world's going look at the need if there's a problem and you
have an idea, and people pay for it you can have a business, and
you know this is an excellent time to look at the changes as sad
and harsh as it sounds, it is an opportunity versus just you know,
keep your head under the covers and be depressed all-day
Craig
All of us have these built-in fears right and, and Maslow's
Hierarchy came from all of that. But when we don't start a business
because our job is good enough, we've got enough money, and my boss
is just the worst one ever. We just don't do it. But now, during a
recession during a time like this COVID-19, the number one worry is
losing our jobs. But when we look at the real statistics, some of
the biggest companies ever General Electric, General Motors, IBM,
Disney, HP, Trader Joe's, FedEx that list goes on and on. All
started their journey in a recession.
Jack Heath
Can you repeat that?
Craig
Okay, so there's a list of 13 companies listed on medium dot com.
The list includes General Electric started 1892 during the
recession, General Motors back in 1908, IBM in 1911, Disney in
1929, remember the year 1929 that whole thing of the depression, HP
1939, Hyatt 1957, Trader Joe's 1968, FedEx 71, Microsoft 75. Yeah,
and, you know, competition. You know, sometimes when you have an
idea, an idea is one piece of it, then you got to put it on paper,
then you got to execute it, you got to figure out a way to do it.
But in good times, whenever when things are bustling, there are a
lot more people doing stuff, but it's sometimes times like this
when there's not as much competition because no one is thinking
about starting something. We hear this, already.
Jack Heath
Craig about this stay at home, social distancing pandemic crisis,
if you will. One, you're hearing things that people are getting a
little frustrated that they can't even go to some necessary medical
appointments that are not COVID-19 related. They can't see the
stylist or their hairdresser or barber. So people are, you know,
cutting each other's hair and doing all that, but they'll get that
they can get through that. You hear about maybe, you know, the
pregnancies go up. What about divorces? You know, all these things.
But what I wonder, you know, a year or two from now, we'll hear
about startup and some entrepreneur that flourished during this
time. I bet we will. I bet we will.
Craig
One more real quick thing, Jack, and that is if you're looking to
start a business advertising campaign, Facebook, Google, and
YouTube advertising costs are down 40% in the last month.
Jack Heath
Well, so opportunity there too, I guess in one respect. Thank you,
Craig, for taking care of us. Our tech talk guy Craig Peterson with
an "ON" you can find him on Craig Peterson dot com. We'll be right
back
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