In this month's issue we look
at employees who were «only following orders», TUPE and employees on sick leave, inappropriate intervention by HR, secondments to Russia, «goings - on» at the zoo, a coffee row at Harrods and the government's response to modern slavery.
Not exact matches
Most call centers motivate
employees through fear, punishing them for not hitting targets or spending too long on the phone, says Daniel Cable, a professor
at London Business School
who has studied the industry.
Walmart supposedly fired four
employees who managed to disarm a robber
at a Utah store, according to the Consumerist.
Under the plan, which launched last year, T - Mobile divided its customers into blocks of about 120,000,
who are each assigned to a specific group of a few dozen
employees at a specific call center.
CastLight searches for for
employees who have stopped filling prescriptions for birth control, and then looks
at their ages and, if applicable, the ages of their children, to see if they might be about to get pregnant.
Tuition assistance offered: According to Glassdoor,
employees who have worked
at Fidelity for
at least six months can earn up to $ 10,000 per year for work - related courses
at an accredited college or university.
At least one Google
employee thinks so (thanks to Motherboard,
who found this tweet and covered the document first):
Walmart fired
employees at a Kentucky store
who posted a video of themselves throwing and dropping boxes containing iPads in the storeroom, according to NBC News.
According to an American Psychological Association study, «Almost all
employees (93 percent)
who reported feeling valued say they are motivated to do their best
at work.»
A recent study in Sweden titled «The relation between office type and workplace conflict: A gender and noise perspective» and published in the Journal of Environmental Psychology, looked
at the data of 5,229
employees who participated in the Swedish Longitudinal Occupational Survey of Health.
«
At our client - appreciation events, I made sure that both the front - line team [of salespeople] and behind - the - scenes team [account managers] attended,» says business coach and inspirational speaker Nancy Brunetti,
who built a successful financial firm with just 10
employees.
Employees who have been
at the company for a year, they can be selected to earn up to $ 25,000 per academic year for a nursing degree, associate degree, undergraduate degree, graduate degree, or any job - related degree.
Every employer
at some point has hired an
employee who simply wasn't a good fit for the company.
I keep track of the comments, and
at the end of the year, the
employee who received the most gets an extra vacation day.»
Yellow Businesses using yellows and bright accents can create a sense of happiness for
employees who may be bored or unhappy
at the office.
An
employee who decided to stay
at Zappos wrote on Glassdoor on March 31 that Zappos is «still a great place to work» on account of its benefits, pay, and its
employees, but that it's necessary to deal with a «disruptive atmosphere» and «bothersome social experiments.»
«One of the biggest attractions of Invoke was that [people] could wind up getting hired in an agency and being
employee number four or five
at Hootsuite,» says Tedman,
who is no longer involved in the company's day - to - day operations.
Current
employees asked not to be identified by name to protect their standing
at Zappos, as did those
who took the severance package, to uphold their nondisclosure agreements.
Video from a closed - circuit security camera revealed that the drop was caused by an
employee who began work
at that hour and took a long time to get going.
Handrail compliance can be one of the more touchy subjects with small business owners
who want to create the most open space possible, either to help customers feel
at ease or to promote an open workspace atmosphere for
employees.
Employees who want to finish up a project
at home may send confidential information to insecure home computers, or an IT administrator, privy to all of the company's infrastructure, could make a small mistake that has devastating consequences.
And
at her party, 100 - plus
employees gathered for chips and heartfelt speeches from both Gimbel and Fandino,
who choked up as she said, «I had no idea, two years ago, that working here would be so awesome!»
And through a translator, he interviewed nine Segen
employees, including three
who'd worked
at Bisha since 2008.
Focusing on «culture fit» alone makes it difficult to hire and welcome
employees who are different than the prevailing culture, even if they'd be an asset and great counterbalance
at your company.
For example, Gordon points to two
employees who at merger time did effectively the same job: managing field personnel, which included recruiting, training, and scheduling staff, plus managing projects day to day.
One former
employee of the bank recalls a ceremony 10 years back
at which Fridman's partner Pyotr Aven, a deputy prime minister
who has headed the group's government relations, was due to receive an award from Putin.
If you're setting individualized goals, practitioners and experts agree that each
employee's goals should change
at least once a year — if only to stay ahead of people
who outsmart the system.
Butterfield is among the few elite CEOs
who has spoken about the topic
at length, and he has given the limelight to his underrepresented
employees during key moments, like the night Slack won the Crunchies award for Fastest Rising Startup.
Restaurant owners
who spoke to Fortune stood in solidarity with their immigrant
employees who participated in the nationwide «Day Without Immigrants» strike, which organizers hoped would highlight their importance to the American economy and daily life
at a time when they feel under siege following the election of President Donald Trump.
Companies can use «statistical sampling and other measures to determine
who is likely to be the median
employee and base a calculation off of that,» said Mike Stevens, a partner in the compensation group
at law firm Alston & Bird.
An
employee who spends 250 days a year with his employer,
who spends more time
at the office than with his or her own children on any week day, is investing most of their human experience with that employer.
Bill is an entrepreneur
who constantly complains about how terrible his
employees are
at delivering customer service.
Pretty much the only folks
who will receive these benefits are government
employees and a small percentage of workers
at large corporations.
For
employees at the corporate headquarters (
who account for 3 % of its workforce), the company provides 18 weeks of paid parental leave for mothers and 12 weeks for fathers.
Cameron points to the example set by a senior executive
at Korean manufacturer LG Electronics,
who makes a point of expressing appreciation to
employees everyday.
He also told The New York Times that Xapo's team included three people
who,
at the time, were still full - time Lemon / LifeLock
employees.
So Kim,
who at the time was earning minimum wage as a personal trainer and campus
employee, invested about $ 1,000 into the stock market.
One group looked
at the effect of sleep loss on productivity
at four American companies and found
employees who weren't sleeping well or enough to be roughly twice as likely to report difficulties with time management, decision - making and motivation.
Although laws have been passed in order to protect
employees who have been the victims of unwanted advances
at work, not much has been done for entrepreneurs facing a similar situation with an investor.
«If you have a bank
employee who is in connivance with creating these nonexistent people in the first place, it's easy to launder,» says Vencent Salido, head of investigations
at the Philippine government's Anti-Money Laundering Council, which is leading the local investigation into the theft.
The only significant source of turnover
at the company is
employees becoming romantically involved with people
who refuse to move there.
«In start - up companies, it's all about «
who do I trust» and sometimes nepotism will come in,» Fraedrich says, and family - run businesses have to be especially vigilant against an ethical lapse that could lead
at best to
employee dissatisfaction and
at worst to a discrimination suit.
At the same time, employers in some industries paid markedly more to keep the most in - demand talent from leaving, most noticeably among younger Millennials and Gen Z. Consider: While all U.S. employees who stayed put in the first three months of 2016 saw an average raise that works out to 4.6 % annually, the 24 - and - younger age group almost doubled that, at 9.1
At the same time, employers in some industries paid markedly more to keep the most in - demand talent from leaving, most noticeably among younger Millennials and Gen Z. Consider: While all U.S.
employees who stayed put in the first three months of 2016 saw an average raise that works out to 4.6 % annually, the 24 - and - younger age group almost doubled that,
at 9.1
at 9.1 %.
While there's nothing wrong with enjoying the thrill that comes along with running a company that is performing
at its very best and generating lots of sales, as a leader, it's important not to forget exactly
who is making those numbers go through the roof — your
employees.
Leaders
who do not show appreciation for their
employees are putting their business
at risk for higher turnover, lower output and malaise.
«They weren't in a competitive position compared to all our
employees,» said Becky Cantieri, head of human resources
at SurveyMonkey,
who explained the company's decision in a blog post.
That's according to Joel Smith, cofounder and CTO of email and web security company AppRiver,
who says a slew of affordable options exist for keeping a company's machines from «getting owned» due to the dumb things
employees might be doing while
at work.
At a Pizza Hut in Jacksonville, Fla., a manager threatened to punish
employees who evacuated for too long during Hurricane Irma.
Keep an eye out for
employees who inspire you to be your best — and be sure to reward those whose performance lifts the bar
at the business.
Global Security's digital forensics also helped catch several
employees who were feeding confidential details about new products including iPhone X, iPad Pro and AirPods to a blogger
at 9to5Mac.