S1 E6: Out of Office

12/13/21 • 32 min

Resolve - Stories from a Stop Start Nation

Today, you can’t open LinkedIn without being polled on the topic of working from home. Up there with LOL, WFH has become one of the most recognisable acronyms and sayings over the last two years with COVID-19 fundamentally changing our relationship with the office and with very few of us wanting to return to the pre pandemic status quo.

It’s an experience we thought was temporary, only intended to last the length of our lockdowns. However, as the months went on many have realised that they prefer this approach and want to continue regardless of being able to go back into the office setting. Some would like a hybrid approach, getting to choose when they do either. Others never want to work from home again, relying on the face-to-face and immediate interaction from their peers, or simply missing the social aspect of working in a team.

Whatever your preference, the lockdown experience has made it clear that when it comes to work, there’s no one size fits all model.

Our guests for this episode include Sophie Pank from Deputy, Simon Kuestenmacher from The Demographics Group, and Melbourne Lord Mayor Sally Capp.

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Whatever your preference, the lockdown experience has made it clear that when it comes to work, there’s no one size fits all model.

Our guests for this episode include Sophie Pank from Deputy, Simon Kuestenmacher from The Demographics Group, and Melbourne Lord Mayor Sally Capp.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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S1 E5: Not in Service

Whether you survived on Uber Eats during the lockdowns or turned to the surplus of frozen goods you panic bought at the start of the pandemic, one thing we all looked forward to was being able to go out for a meal with our friends and family

As we re-open, the message we are receiving is that if you’re fully vaxxed, it’s time to get on the beers and support our hospitality venues, with some governments providing vouchers and cash back schemes to encourage people to come back to our city centres.

While everyone in the hospitality industry is desperate to open their doors and fill their venues with happy diners again, many are facing a new challenge - they can’t find enough staff to serve them.

For this episode, we spoke to Melbourne hospitality owners and operators about the process of reopening and the workforce shortages that are putting their livelihood at risk.

Our guests for this episode include Michael Bacash from Bacash Restaurant, Jessica from the Peppercorn Hospitality Group (Stalactites, Hella Good), and Wes Lambert, CEO of the Restaurant and Catering Australia.

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Next Episode

S1 E7: The Farmer Wants a Hand

Agriculture isn't the first industry that comes to mind as having been dealt a blow from the COVID-19 crisis. After all, it has been deemed essential from the start; with farmers, workers, and contractors able to continue their work, for the most part, unimpeded.

But as we’ve discovered, no one has escaped from this pandemic. As soon as the international borders shut we noticed the crippling absence of workers from overseas who we relied on to fill the gaps that our local workforce could not.

Both skilled and unskilled workers went home, or couldn’t enter the country, and it revealed a large hole in the industry that farmers and contractors have desperately been trying to fill ever since.

We speak to to sheep shearers, fruit farmers, and industry experts to unpack the issue of staff shortages in the agriculture industry during Covid.

This is the last episode of Resolve for 2021 - we'll be back in mid January 2022 with new stories. Have a suggested topic we should cover? Reach out at [email protected]

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