Now may not be the right time to ask for a raise. But it’s a good time to lay the groundwork.
No, seriously, the entire world. The Great Place to Work Institute (we didn’t know it existed either) just ranked the best multinational company workplaces around the globe. And the winner is …
Over the last three years, households with incomes of $75,000 and up have experienced a dreary, often harsh employment landscape. In more than one-quarter of these households, someone has lost a job.
In honor of Labor Day, here are a bunch of observations, stats, and survey revelations about the state of work (or lack thereof) in the U.S. and around the globe.
Something tells me that even though (on the East Coast anyway) it’s late in the work day on a Friday that kicks off a holiday weekend celebrating the working man and working woman, there are still plenty workers still at work as they read this. How’s that working for ya?
As full-time jobs dried up or disappeared during the recession, more and more workers became independent contractors, signing on for short-term projects and part-time responsibilities. And an undetermined number of these so-called “disposable workers” prefer the life of free agents, floating from gig to gig, with no benefits, and no delusions about the work lasting [...]
To begin with, they know that such a position is better than having a job without benefits—or not having a job at all.
A press release from staffing company OfficeTeam crows that Raising a family while working can be a challenge for most parents, but it seems many businesses are lending a helping hand. According to a survey, more than three in five (62 percent) companies have made policy changes to better accommodate working parents. Oh, really. How [...]
