Te-Ping Chen
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373 appearances
7 recordings
1 series
first heard Mar 2022
last heard Oct 2024
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Owners continue to have a big say in management, still wanting them to keep major stakes in the company.
And that kind of ethos and worldview in the end was what ended up being persuasive to him.
And he's been happy.
He's stuck around and he plans to stick around for another seven odd years until he retires.
We are still in the early phases of this sort of investor interest.
There's a lot of potential for this to continue to take over more of the industry.
I think you will be facing a industry with potentially fewer players that have been rolled up into bigger entities that will be more professionalized and have better technology and better training for their players.
technicians.
So maybe instead of waiting around for half the day, you'll have access to snazzy text message system that will let you know when your technician is on route, you'll get faster callbacks and potentially bigger fleets to service you in the case that something breaks in the middle of the night, like you might get faster response.
And these are all things that can be great for consumers.
There is also concern, certainly among some homeowners and folk in the industry, that this will have
the impact of essentially raising prices for consumers because, of course, you've got investors who are looking at the bottom line and who are trying to make sure that these companies that they're taking stakes in are operating to the best of their financial ability and meeting their targets.
As a homeowner, you may end up potentially with better service and you also likely will be paying more for it.
For a lot of applicants, even being presented with the opportunity to opt out is just a really confusing moment.
Many applicants might not realize that their applications were being processed with AI.
And there's also that ambiguity, namely, OK, if I opt out, am I going to get a human reading my resume or my cover letter?
WSJ Your Money Briefing · Why More Gen Z Workers Are Pursuing Skilled Trade Jobs · 5 Apr 2024
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We're also seeing rising disenchantment with the four-year college path, both with the expense associated with getting a degree like that, and also with some doubts about prospects for graduates.
We're talking about jobs that have a skill involved, often maybe requiring a license or some kind of certification.
That can range from anything from an electrician to a plumber to a welder.
There's a lot going on here.
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