Jo Constantz

Exciting news: Bloomberg Work Shift is live! It’s our new home for all things future of work. Follow us at @thefuture and sign up for our newsletter: bloomberg.com/account/newsle…. Stay tuned! 💫

Looks like big tech is hiring again - @Benioff told me Salesforce is adding 3,300 people. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Working in retail has always been hard. Following the pandemic, issues such as theft, violence and tight staffing have only worsened. Many employees have had enough. Listen below for more from me, @devinleonard, @rzgreenfield and @weskosova bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

RTOR (RETURN TO OFFICE ROMANCE): As companies push for a return to offices, romantic relationships that blossomed between coworkers during the pandemic might get harder to hide -- story w/@lc_hurst bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via @thefuture @BBGEquality #officeromance #Management

@GrahamStarr @technology @BradStone @sarahfrier @tsgiles @Lynnmdoan Congratulations, Graham!! 🥳

Some professional news: I'm now team leader for Bloomberg's US East Tech coverage Excited to take on a larger role in our @technology coverage, and work alongside journalists I've admired for so long, including @BradStone @sarahfrier @tsgiles @Lynnmdoan! talkingbiznews.com/media-news/blo…

Ever wonder what it'd be like to be a pro sports team mascot? The @Phillies Phanatic gave me a behind-the-scenes look, from the subtle art of the hot dog launcher to working a room of Supreme Court justices. @thefuture @business bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

Time is money, and @Shopify wants to prove that to its employees by calculating the cost of every internal meeting. bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via @thefuture

Some big-name companies are pushing for four days or more in the office, testing the norm of two to three days that's emerged as a post-pandemic equilibrium. bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via @business @thefuture #WFH #remotework #RTO

SCOOP (with the great @josheidelson): Accenture workers who have helped to train Google's generative AI products, including in Bard and its search generative experience, are seeking to unionize. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

We're excited to welcome @MiaGindis as a summer intern for @Bloomberg @thefuture!

Where wildfires are common, state #OSHAs have adopted emergency standards to protect workers from risk. In CA, when the AQI exceeds 151, employers have to provide respiratory protection equipment & have respirators on hand. In NYC today, the AQI is 161. No NY OSHA requirements

Call it RTO creep: Chipotle is ordering its corporate staff back into the office four days a week, joining other large companies in tightening return-to-office rules bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via @thefuture w/@dani_lsc

Word on the street is that WFA weeks are the new summer Fridays bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via @business @thefuture

These are the US cities with the most (and least) remote job opportunities, per new data from @I_Am_NickBloom and his @WFHResearch crew. bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via @thefuture #WFH #remotejobs

Scoop for @business: The first study of generative AI at a real-world company, outside the lab. @Stanford, @MIT found customer service workers at a Fortune 500 software firm given access to AI became 14% more productive on average than those who were not. bloom.bg/3mZLwVu

Brookfield Defaults on $161 Million Debt for Office Buildings bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via @markets

What's the best #career for your child? @_constantjo has the scoop. It depends on the age of the kid. If you have a 5-year old, think about the medical field bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

✨Lola publishes tomorrow✨ I’ve spent 4 years on this girl, her family, and the summer unlike any she’s ever had. I hope you love her and her whole family, even the fresa cousins from hell. Last call for preorder: penguinrandomhouse.com/books/673276/v…

Key nugget from the March jobs report gain of 236K, according to Glassdoor Lead Economist @DanielBZhao, the Black unemployment rate fell to 5%, a record low based on 50-year old records.

Overall participation is still well below its prepandemic peak, of course. But that's almost entirely about the aging population. Adjusting for demographics, participation is pretty much back to where it began, and employment is all the way back.

So much for "nobody wants to work anymore": 80.7% of prime-age (25-54) Americans were working in March, the highest rate since May 2001.