Ray A. Smith
Reporter, Commercial Real-Estate at The Wall Street Journal
lifestyle reporter at The Wall Street Journal
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2 weeks ago |
wsj.com | Ray A. Smith
Nationwide, the number of lunches bought from restaurants and other establishments fell 3% in 2024 from the year before to 19.5 billion—fewer than were purchased even in 2020—the height of the pandemic work-from-home era, according to consumer-analytics firm Circana. Meanwhile, purchases of food from grocery and other stores that shoppers intend to eat at home or bring to work for lunch climbed 1%.
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1 month ago |
wsj.com | Ray A. Smith
Employee confidence fell to its lowest level in nearly a decade, as concerns about layoffs and the economy mount. The share of employees who held a positive six-month business outlook fell to 44.4% in February, according to a new report by Glassdoor, where employees rank and review their employers. That ratio is the lowest since Glassdoor started running its Employee Confidence Index in 2016. Glassdoor collects tens of thousands of employee ratings each month.
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1 month ago |
jp.wsj.com | Natasha Khan |Ray A. Smith
「先週は何をした？」 米政府効率化省（DOGE）を率いる実業家のイーロン・マスク氏が連邦政府職員に電子メールで投げかけたその質問は、労働組合や職員の間で怒りや不安を引き起こした。同時に、米国の企業が抱える難題に光を当てることにもなった。企業の間では、マスク氏が放ったような問いに対する答えをリアルタイムで把握するため、従業員の生産性を細かく追跡する技術を利用する動きが広がっている。Copyright ©2025 Dow Jones & Company, Inc. All Rights Reserved. 87990cbe856818d5eddac44c7b1cdeb8
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1 month ago |
msn.com | Natasha Khan |Ray A. Smith
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wsj.com | Natasha Khan |Ray A. Smith
What did you do last week? The question that Elon Musk lobbed to federal workers in an email set off anger and angst from unions and employees. It also prompted some head scratching from corporate America, where technology tracks worker productivity at a granular level to answer that question in real time.
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Inside the office fridge, maybe behind a “Don’t Touch!” Post-it Note, is a telling economic indicator: More employees are eating lunches brought from home than they have in years. My latest - https://t.co/cLVRlPF5hl via @WSJ
