🌖 Axios PM: Last chance till 2025

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Open in app View in browser   Presented By Amazon   Axios PM By Mike Allen · Nov 07, 2022 Happy election month! Today's PM — edited by Justin Green as he airp0rt hops — is 492 words, a 2-minute read. 💬 Join the conversation: Tomorrow at 1 p.m. ET, Axios CEO Jim VandeHei will host a virtual conversation with Liz Jarvis-Shean, DoorDash's VP of communications and policy, about how to lead and inspire amid uncertainty. Register to join.     1 big thing: Too many apps Illustration: Aïda Amer/Axios   The "toggling tax" is putting a damper on the benefits of remote work, Axios Closer co-author Hope King reports. Why it matters: The smorgasbord of software needed to do any given task can make it feel like we're working multiple jobs at once. A study in Harvard Business Review suggests workers are switching from app to app, website to website, nearly 1,200 times a day. That so-called "toggling tax" amounts to a total of 9% of an employee's annual work year. Zoom in: A salesperson switches among as many as eight applications just to meet with a client: Email, calendar, enterprise chat software, a customer relationship management platform, a videoconference system, maybe a conference room system too, a note-taking application, and a presentation maker. How to help: Employers should enable workers with lots of "digital dexterity" to help their peers, Tori Paulman, senior director analyst at Gartner, told Axios. Gartner's research has shown that a colleague showing another colleague a tip or trick is more effective than an IT department forcing new programs onto workers. Share this story.     2. Pics du jour Photo: Kirill Kudryavtsev/AFP via Getty Images Above: Two weeks and counting until World Cup 2022, Argentina national football team fans cheer in front of a World Cup sign in Doha, Qatar. Below: NASCAR Cup Series driver Joey Logano celebrates with his crew after winning the Cup championship at Phoenix Raceway yesterday. Photo: John David Mercer/USA Today Sports via Reuters     A message from Amazon "My salary has increased 3-4 times"     Francisco started at Amazon in a fulfillment center and is now a trained technician thanks to Amazon's Mechatronics and Robotics Apprenticeship. What you need to know: Employees who complete the apprenticeship program on average earn up to 40% more. Watch employees discuss their career growth.     3. Catch up quick Photo: Joseph Prezioso/AFP via Getty Images Above: Massachusetts Democratic gubernatorial nominee Maura Healey speaks to the press at Maverick Square in Boston today. Twitter owner Elon Musk endorsed the GOP, saying a divided government would be good for America. Go deeper. Close Putin ally Yevgeny Prigozhin, a Russian oligarch, admitted he had previously interfered in U.S. elections and would continue to do so in the future. Go deeper. President Biden congratulated Israeli opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu on his bloc's election victory last week. Go deeper. New Florida warning: Subtropical Storm Nicole, currently spinning about 500 miles east of the Bahamas, is forecast to intensify and strike Florida at or near hurricane intensity midweek. Go deeper.     🌖 4. How to view tonight's eclipse The moon as seen from Moscow, Idaho, during a full lunar eclipse last May. Photo: Ted S. Warren/AP   Set your alarms early tomorrow to witness the last total lunar eclipse until 2025, Axios' Kelly Tyko reports. 🔭 Special equipment isn't needed to observe the eclipse but "binoculars or a telescope will enhance the view and the red color," NASA said. The initial phase begins at 3:02 a.m. ET. The partial eclipse begins at 4:09 a.m. ET — it will look like a bite is being taken out of the lunar disk, NASA describes. ⏰ Totality begins at 5:17 a.m. ET, with the Moon turning a coppery red. Totality ends at 6:42 a.m. ET.     A message from Amazon "I had zero programming experience before this"     Amazon offers hourly employees like Ama technical training programs so entry-level jobs can turn into long-term, better-paying careers. The impact: More than 90% of Amazon Technical Academy graduates move into software development engineer roles and earn an average of 93% more. Watch more.   Thanks to Sheryl Miller for copy editing today's PM. Are you a fan of this email format? It's called Smart Brevity®. Over 300 orgs use it — in a tool called Axios HQ — to drive productivity with clearer workplace communications.   Axios thanks our partners for supporting our newsletters. If you're interested in advertising, learn more here. Sponsorship has no influence on editorial content. Axios, 3100 Clarendon B‌lvd, Arlington VA 22201   You received this email because you signed up for newsletters from Axios. Change your preferences or unsubscribe here.   Was this email forwarded to you? Sign up now to get Axios in your inbox.   Follow Axios on social media: