What is “Quiet Quitting”?

Quiet quitting is a term that took off on TikTok, in July, in a video by content creator Zaiad Khan.  In the video, which currently has 3.5 million views and with the sound of a piano playing a ragtime-style tune and summertime shots of New York City flashing across the screen, Khan narrates a 17-second video …

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What is Quiet Firing?

We talked about “quiet quitting” and now we have “Quiet Firing.”  Why all the quiet?  Maybe we should make some noise. Quiet firing refers to a phenomenon in which employers demoralize unwanted workers to the point that they decide to quit.  Paul Lewis, Chief Customer Officer at Adzuna, defines it as “employers treating their staff …

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What Would Ben Franklin Do?

Making the Environmental Case for Paper. Ben Franklin, the father of the Postal Service. By Kathi Rowzie, President, Two Sides North America This article was originally published in the March/April 2022 edition of Mailing Systems Technology Magazine. Mail center professionals, who already operate in a challenging business environment, are increasingly faced with the task of responding …

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Surviving the Paper Storm

Why are the Paper Markets remaining extremely tight? Post-pandemic demand for graphic paper is outpacing an already thin global supply. All graphic paper grades and basis weights and finishes are oversold for Q4 with orders exceeding saleable capacity. All paper manufacturers have moved to an allocation/reservation system. Why? The main reasons for the decrease in paper supply …

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Paper Products Are Not a Major Contributor to Climate Change

Submitted: Kathi Rowzie, Two Sides, March 30, 2022 If you’ve been following Two Sides or other authoritative sources, you know that the paper products you use do not contribute in any major way to climate change. Why? Because most of the energy used to manufacture them is generated using renewable, carbon-neutral biomass. But what does …

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Paper, Print, and Planning, the New PPP

We all use paper, lots of paper. From toilet paper, paper towels, Kleenex, diapers, paper bags, and cardboard boxes, just to name a few items.  Then you add the envelopes, copy paper, marketing materials, and documents used in a multitude of businesses every day.  With demand for paper increasing daily why do we have a …

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