[buzzsprout episode='10142746' player='true'] Is the old school two weeks notice dead? Are more people saying, "See ya later, bye" instead of tendering a resignation? Key topics: ✔️ Open, honest communication only works if employees do not feel threatened. Can you truly say that your company can accept criticism...
Photo by olieman.eth on Unsplash Yesterday, LinkedIn published an article titled, "Workers fear inflation outrunning pay," which you can find here: https://www.linkedin.com/news/story/workers-fear-inflation-outrunning-pay-4702625/ The blurb, written by editor Taylor Borden, states, "Wages are up, but inflation is going up faster — and workers are worried. About 62% of...
Photo by Agni B on Unsplash In a recent tweet, CEO Dan Price made an observation that, quite frankly, ought to be much more self-evident to everyone than it apparently is: YES. THIS. THIS x1000000. I once had a manager who told me, "Some people like control more...
Photo by Jules D. on Unsplash Over the weekend, LinkedIn published an article titled, "What fuels the Great Reshuffle now," which you can find here: https://www.linkedin.com/news/story/what-fuels-the-great-reshuffle-now-5261980/ In the blurb, editor Jake Perez writes, "The pandemic-induced Great Reshuffle could be overly simplified as workers gaining agency and lobbying...
Photo by Drahomír Posteby-Mach on Unsplash. Recently, there was an article on LinkedIn titled, "Sometimes a job is just a job," which you can find here: https://www.linkedin.com/news/story/sometimes-a-job-is-just-a-job-5250804/ Umm, yeah. Duh. With my parents' and grandparents' generations, it definitely seemed that you swore some kind of loyalty to a...
[buzzsprout episode='10111549' player='true'] Finally, some companies are reevaluating their hiring processes and trying to eliminate needless steps in order to find people amidst The Great Resignation. 🙌 So what is second chance hiring? Key topics: ✔️ Is that the same thing as "boomerang hiring" and inviting a former...
Photo by Ryan Snaadt on Unsplash Oh boy. Another horror story of surveillance and punishments. Yeesh. As many of you know, I have written and spoke a lot about what I call the Digital Panopticon, i.e., companies creating an environment where you can be surveilled at any...
Photo by Katie Barrett on Unsplash. Over the weekend, LinkedIn published an article, "Your best employee is in sweatpants." You can read it here: https://www.linkedin.com/news/story/your-best-employee-is-in-sweatpants-4676457/ How or why that can be a surprise to anyone, I'm not sure. As is so often the case with the LI...
Photo by Scott Graham on Unsplash. With so many companies still coping - or trying to cope - with The Great Resignation or The Big Quit, many are asking the question, "What can managers do to help this situation? It can't all be the responsibility of...
[buzzsprout episode='10109363' player='true'] Two or three weeks ago, a social media post about salary lowballing went viral and, well, the interwebs blew up. Key topics: ✔️ It's way past time for salary transparency. Many cities or states have outlawed the practice of asking a candidate what their current salary is....