Summary: It is Labor Day and while many of you have the day off to relax, we are going to be talking about…jobs. Teens and summer jobs, robots at work, and ghosts at interviews. First, the economy is pumping and there are more jobs than ever, but the share of teens with summer jobs has plunged, and the type of work they do has shifted. Drew DeSilver, Senior writer at the Pew Research Center, joins us for why teens aren’t taking summer jobs anymore and what kind of work they are doing now. Next, experts have warned for years that robots will replace humans in restaurants. In a twist on that prediction, amid the lowest unemployment in years, fast-food restaurants are turning to machines—not to get rid of workers, but because they can’t find enough. Eric Morath, reporter for the Wall Street Journal, joins us to talk about automation and Flippy the burger flipping robot. Finally, in a move usually reserved for the dating world, jobs seekers are ghosting employers. It’s the hottest job market in decades and workers are holding all the cards. My producer Miranda joins me to talk about ghosting on the job: blowing off interviews, accepting offers but not showing up the first day and even vanishing from existing positions – all without giving notice.
