Sentences with phrase «in good company down»

Sounds like you will be in good company down there.

Not exact matches

In other words, the goal is to narrow down the best people to be working with — whether it's a company that needs to hire someone or whether it's someone we want to invest iIn other words, the goal is to narrow down the best people to be working with — whether it's a company that needs to hire someone or whether it's someone we want to invest inin.

While energy companies have been shutting down wells in response to the present oil price slump, there are still more job openings than job seekers in this field, according to Job Bank Canada.

Facebook also said that it was trying to promote original content over content that has shown up a lot in people's feeds already, and that may have helped push down the numbers for media companies as well.

Though Knight announced plans in June to step down as Nike chairman, he's leaving the $ 30.6 billion — in sales — company in better shape than ever, with the stock and revenues at all - time highs.

Shares in chocolate retailer Yowie Group dropped 21 per cent today after the company announced sales in the United States so far this quarter have been well down on expectations thanks to growing competition.

Chick - fil - A is very clear on this front: If you're thinking of getting a Chick - fil - A restaurant solely because it's a good investment, or because it could help you transition to something else down the road, then the company isn't interested in letting you run one of its restaurants.

Armed with that viewpoint, she whittled her management team down to a well - chosen few, parted company with her partner, and bid her existing business farewell, and — in what amounts to overnight in company - evolution terms — McCann's new company, International Product Options, was born.

It gives us the essential freedom to think about our company in a way that's best for the long - term as opposed to what's best two months down the road.

Facebook Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg told a Brussels audience in January that the U.S. company promised «to do better» to boost privacy, stem the spread of hate speech and clamp down on the abuse of the social network to influence votes.

In the current challenging economic environment, a company's worst - case scenarios might include the bankruptcy of its biggest and once - best customer, a banker's decision to close down its corporate credit line, the postponement or cancellation of an impending initial public offering, or the meltdown of a company's value.

Answer: Unlike large public companies with many shareholders, your boss's business isn't likely to attract many buyers, so you are in a good position to get a relatively low price without a lot down.

This gives the candidate better opportunities further down the line, and can result in a referral or some good old - fashioned positive word - of - mouth about your company.

Having spent 50 + years in the timber industry I have been tracking this company for the last two years and consider them a good bet I don't hold shares but if the short sellers force them down below a dollar then I will swoop like a bald headed eagle

Other food producers Smucker and Hormel Foods were down as well, but these companies were already bogged down by weak earnings earlier in the day.

When you consider the full cost of hiring and firing employees — on top of the fact that it's going to get harder and harder to find and keep top performers — nailing down your employment contracts could be a huge factor in how well you or your company fares in the coming talent wars.

As companies begin to fill positions they cut in down times, employees are buoyed by the promise of higher pay and better opportunities, making them quicker to jump ship.

With muted tones, fast - growth companies in many industries are preparing for what could be a prolonged period of unrest that may involve additional attacks, as well as governmental actions that could tamp down on future business growth.

I don't think we're there yet in terms of getting it down to the one - to - one marketing level, but at least leveraging it for insights that can provide better direction is the fact that, payments companies have essentially customer behavior data of purchases before and after someone leaves your store.

We turn down roughly 80 % of the companies that reach out to us because we only want to work with brands that are a good match with Tofu's brand and something we would actually use in real life.

That way, they can hit their near - term financial goals (think: paying down debt) and invest in companies that do good for society — two common objectives among millennials.

Much like NBCUniversal's $ 200 - million investment in Vox Media, and a similarly - sized investment in BuzzFeed, the DreamWorks acquisition provides the company with content it can not only shove down the pipe that it owns into people's homes, but can distribute in other ways as well, especially online and through streaming services.

That was not the case at P&G back in 2009, when Lafley, who had presided over a decade of dramatic innovation and renewal, as well as the company - doubling $ 57 billion acquisition of Gillette in 2005, prepared to step down.

But top - down policies won't bring about meaningful change, warns Yost, founder and president of the Work + Life Fit Inc. consulting firm based in Madison, N.J. Instead, she recommends that companies adopt a «partnership» approach, encouraging employees to suggest arrangements that fit their own needs while still ensuring that work gets done — and gets done well.

As for Glickman's penchant for turning the company upside down to deliver on impossible promises, there are signs that, for better or worse, a certain pragmatism and even maturity may be setting in.

What they've done in Maryland and what they're doing in Connecticut and what they hope to do soon in Virginia and other locations up and down the East Coast may turn out to be the foundation of an iconic, visionary company — one that really does work differently from most companies, and better.

While in August Trump told the online publication Circa that he would like to see «a carve - out of sorts for our small - business owners,» that may be too late for entrepreneurs who were already well down the road raising salaries or switching workers to hourly non-exempt, says Jacqueline Breslin, director of human capital services at TriNet, an HR outsourcing company.

If the payroll system goes down in any given week, the company can kiss a big piece of its workforce good - bye.

Sands says that there is «huge upside» in the company's best performing brands when it comes down to retail exposure.

Asking them to spend a bunch of time with investors may not be in the best interest of your company, so I would limit that activity to once you've narrowed your search down to the firm you want to work with.

On a conference call to discuss fourth - quarter earnings that beat analyst expectations, the Calgary - based company said Thursday it plans to drill only 59 net Alberta heavy oil wells in the current quarter, down from 116 drilled in the fourth quarter.

If your company too is looking to find locations rich in potential young employees, you'll probably want to narrow things down, aiming not just for any old inner - city location but one that is the among the hottest for well - educated young people.

Hundreds of companies do extremely well financially, but people aren't exactly breaking down the doors trying to get in.

The company isn't rigid in sticking to the processes that were laid down at the beginning; it's always looking to evolve in ways that best suit its goals.»

Every single person, from the CEO all the way down to someone like me in frontline customer support, is completely engaged in making Zendesk the best company it can be, both for our customers and for ourselves.

Though Knight announced plans in June to step down as chairman of Nike, he's leaving the $ 30.6 billion (in sales) company in better shape than ever, with the stock and revenues at all - time highs.

Unless Tidal tones down the self - importance and presents a compelling offer to consumers that goes beyond better financial terms for mega-rich celebrities (we assume man - in - cowboy - hat is famous), then the company is as doomed to failure as this high - five -LRB-?)

The Justice Department on Friday handed down indictments to 13 Russian people and three Russian companies for meddling in United States political and election processes, the latest item in a litany of evidence that Russia, well, did it.

Look for fund companies to dump the «ballast» of revenue sharing in order to better compete on price as market competition continues to drive fees down.

You have to trust that remote workers will do their best, not because they're afraid that they're hearing the boss» footsteps coming down the hallway, but because they believe in your company and want to do their best.

The White House argues that will result in global capacity gluts that could drive down prices and destroy the viability of tech companies in the West, as well as in countries, like Japan and South Korea, that are allied with the United States.

Andrew Smithers, one of the few other analysts who foresaw the credit implosion and remains a credible voice now, concurred last week in an interview with my friend Kate Welling (a former Barrons» editor now at Weeden & Company): «The good news so far is that the stock market got down to pretty much fair value or even, possibly, a tickle below it, at its March bottom.

Rather than restrict participation to the well - connected or seriously wealthy, anyone who plunks down $ 10,000 in a Portfolia fund — each of which invests in six to eight female - run companies — immediately becomes a Portfolia LP (limited partner).

The oil company incurred a $ 12.7 million write - down in 2012 due to the drilling of dry oil wells.

The only company in Figure 1 to earn an Attractive - or - better rating, UPS, had only one write - down.

With print revenues still declining the company was originally hoping that 2016 would be the year that it finally started posting revenue gains — but in reporting third quarter results it told Wall Street that 2016 revenue would be, at best, flat or down slightly.

Well, because, while PepsiCo has been in the same business for decades, the company still has the potential to pay out even bigger dividends down the road.

In addition, Athene executives appear skilled at growing the company from within and hunting down new sources of capital from institutional investors to pay for operating expenses, A.M. Best analysts also said.

Small startups with limited cash have managed to attract some of the world's best talent because the chance to own a stake in a company that could become valuable a few years down the line is extremely enticing

Since the end of last year, we've purchased shares in what we'd consider good businesses with growth opportunities in the UK and Australia; additional shares in a couple of mining services companies as tax selling and a further decline in sentiment drove down prices; and a couple of Hong Kong - listed companies with decent businesses and real estate portfolios.