SWC’s Fast Five
What’s old is new again with that job you left, food bank lines and remember landlines? Meanwhile office occupancy trends continue their downward track and Ukraine – good on you if you’re sending money, just don’t get scammed.
So, here’s this week’s Fast Five:
1 Landlines on a comeback!
Some hybrid and remote workers are embracing the joys of hardy old-school technology, untangling wired headphones, unearthing cords from that box in the back of the closet and rediscovering the delight of a ringing phone that’s tethered to the wall.
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Office occupancy continues downward trend.
Nationwide, office vacancy rates have risen to 12.2 percent from 9.7 percent over the past two years, according to Barclays, which cited data from Costar, a commercial real estate database. Those numbers likely overstate how much of that office space is actually being used.
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3 Donating to Ukraine? Don’t get scammed.
Wise Giving Alliance says to check out donor sites with a third-party like guidestar.org; avoid newly created organizations and crowdfunding platforms; and when you donate, do so from a charity’s website not social media.
4 Welcome back?
So now the Great Resignation is spurring a jump in employees returning to former jobs and employers think it’s a dandy idea. Not so long ago, this was thought of as questionable at best for the employee and employer. Now it’s a celebrated homecoming.
5 Inflation’s unique toll on food banks
It’s not just the cost of the food itself but increases in utility and transportation costs also are driving food banks to pull back at a time when demand for their services is back to levels seen in the first half of 2020 when people waited in lines that formed at dawn and stretched for blocks.
