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✔️ Look Who’s Driving America’s Great Resignation

September 23, 2021

Thursday, September 23rd Edition

Cory Ohlendorf, Editor in Chief of Valet.

Weird flex, but I got the Moderna shot.

Cory Ohlendorf, Editor ⋯ @coryohlendorf

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Look Who’s Driving America’s Great Resignation

“Geriatric millennials” have the most power in the workforce right now

Have you been thinking about making a career change? Or just quitting your job because you feel burned out? You’re not alone. By now, you’ve no doubt heard about the “Great Resignation” happening across the country.

Nearly 4 million people quit in April, May, June, and July, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. But a certain cohort is leading the wave of workers walking away from their jobs.

Harvard Business Review analyzed more than 9 million employee records from more than 4,000 companies, and found that midcareer employees are driving the quits. Resignation rates are highest among 30- to 45-year-old employees, increasing on average by more than 20% over the past year.

Smack in the middle of this job-resigning group is the “geriatric millennial.” This is a term I found so offensive, I believed it was a joke, but it’s an actual term used to describe those turning ages 36 to 41 this year.

But according to Business Insider, the geriatric millennial ultimately holds a lot of sway in the workplace right now. For example, they know to send a Slack message to a Gen Z co-worker instead of calling them out of the blue. But they’d also know to be mindful of an older co-worker's video background and help walk them through such technology.

Being able to act as a generational bridge gives this group a unique toolset, “making them an asset to any employer seeking to create a cohesive and communicative environment.” So the joke’s on ... well, I don’t know who. But not on us geriatric millennials.

↦ Dig Deeper: Before you impulsively quit your job, CNBC suggests doing these four things

Shot Talk

FDA OKs Pfizer’s booster shot for people at high risk, while Moderna outlasts the others

The Food and Drug Administration authorized a third dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine Wednesday for emergency use in people ages 65 and up, as well as those 18 and older at high risk of exposure to the coronavirus or severe illness.

According to NBC News, the boosters are to be given at least six months after people get their second doses of the Pfizer vaccine.

But recommendation from a CDC advisory group, called the Committee on Immunization Practices, is needed before booster shots can be given. They will vote today on who would qualify for third shots.

Meanwhile, a series of studies found that the Moderna vaccine seemed to be more protective as the months passed than the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine. And earlier this week, Johnson & Johnson (whose vaccine is given as one shot) released more information on use of a booster dose: Giving people a second shot two months after the first one boosted protection against moderate to severe disease from about 75% to as much as 100%.

↦ FYI: Moderna has submitted data about its booster dose to the FDA, and Johnson & Johnson is said to be doing the same.

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It sounds like a very Amazon way to sell clothes

Amazon's buzzed-about department store experiment could take a similarly high-tech approach to selling clothes as the company took with groceries.

Amazon was previously reported to be considering opening department stores in California and Ohio—a natural expansion of the company's push into physical retail, and those department stores will reportedly feature its own clothing brands too.

Like the company's cashier-less Go stores, the department store concept will focus on customer convenience, using several possible tech solutions. According to the Wall Street Journal, customers might “scan QR codes of items they want to try on by using a smartphone app,” before sales associates gather and place those items in a dressing room.

Once in a fitting room, “customers could ask for more items using a touch screen, which might be capable of recommending additional clothing based on the pieces shoppers liked,” the article reads. Amazon has also reportedly considered introducing robots or automation to streamline the shopping experience. Exactly how is unclear.

↦ FYI: This year, Amazon surpassed Walmart as the country's largest seller of clothing.

Impossible Pork Is Here

But it’s nearly impossible to get

Just a couple of weeks after bringing its “chicken” nuggets to restaurants, Impossible Foods is launching another plant-based product. Its spin on ground pork, the inventively named Impossible Pork, will be on restaurant menus later this fall.

However, for those in New York, the hotly awaited faux meat will make its public debut at David Chang's Momofuku Ssäm Bar today, reports The Takeout. An Impossible Pork ragu will be served atop the restaurant’s famous sticky rice cakes.

According to Engadget, Impossible's pork is more sustainable than ground pork from pigs. The product uses up to 85% less water and as much as 82% less land than is needed for typical pork production—while reducing greenhouse gas emissions by up to 77%. In addition, Impossible claims the ingredient has fewer calories, less fat and more iron than traditional USDA ground pork.

So, what's it in? The main protein is soy, and the major fat sources are sunflower oil and coconut oil. Impossible Pork also includes amino acids, vitamins and sugars, as well as heme, an iron-containing compound found in all living organisms, which catalyzes the flavor chemistry to produce meaty flavors and aromas. It's certified gluten-free, and there are no nitrates, animal hormones or antibiotics.

↦ FYI: Impossible Pork was originally designed for halal and kosher certification, but the authorizing bodies will not certify a product called “pork.”

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