No matter who you are, money talks. But it’s not just the salary figure that employees look at when evaluating job opportunities. Financial perks and benefits, or a lack thereof, often come into play. Benefits Benefit Everyone A few years ago, when unemployment numbers were high and the job market was slow moving, benefits packages […]
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At this point, you’ve probably heard about “Google’s Ideological Echo Chamber,” a controversial memo written by a Google employee that went viral over the weekend. The 10-page manifesto, which argues (among other things) that women on average are have a “lower stress tolerance” and are more prone to “neuroticism” than men. These traits are due
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MailChimp has always been proud to call Atlanta home, and since 2013 we’ve been dedicated to helping it be better, weirder, and more human by investing in people and organizations that add value to the city. Last year, we took our community involvement one step further by giving all full-time employees 16 volunteer hours to
heathergunn / Pixabay All of us have days where we’re not feeling as motivated or as energetic as usual. That’s perfectly normal. But when that aimlessness lasts for days or for weeks, the only name for it is burnout—and when burnout starts spreading to your employees, it can derail the productivity of your entire team.
Would you ask your employees to implant a microchip into their hands? Do you think they’d even agree to it? One tech company in Wisconsin is taking this step. Three Square Market has offered employees the option of being microchipped, which could allow them to easily enter the office, unlock their devices and even make
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Just about everybody has worked, at one time or another, in a toxic team or organization where people can’t trust each other as far as they can throw them. Improving such a workplace should be every worker’s responsibility, and not fall squarely on HR’s shoulders. So what do you do if you’re a well-meaning employee
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The idea of losing your employees to freelance side work seems pretty terrifying. After all, how can you compete with the freedom and flexibility that the gig economy offers? In the first 12 years of this century, income fell eight percent while rent went up by thirteen. Meanwhile, the average duration of unemployment has lengthened,
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For nearly five decades now, ever since Robert K. Greenleaf wrote his seminal essay, The Servant as Leader, leadership thinkers have attempted to replicate, rehash and reinterpret the concepts of great leadership. Stripped down to its basic and most practical form, leadership has always been and will always be about meeting the needs of people
Post sponsored by Aurora University Half of all U.S. adults have left a job to get away from their manager at some point in their career, according to a recent Gallup survey. And less than one-third of Americans are engaged in their jobs, a number that hasn’t changed much since 2000 when Gallup first began
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When your top employees are offered more money by a competitor, it is easy to fall into a bidding war. While sometimes this is an effective route, it increases your overhead cost, often unnecessarily, and may only retain them temporarily. Throwing money at the problem does not have to be your first or only step.
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