When PR is more important than principles
This week, David Rowat was fired from his job at Argos for taking to Facebook to have a moan about a bad day at work. Now, we don’t need to tell you that it’s inadvisable to badmouth your employer on social networks. It’s about as subtle as writing “I hate my job” on your forehead [...]
Continue Reading →Horrible Bosses
While recently watching the summer blockbuster Horrible Bosses, I began to wonder why I, and the cinema full of people, found the tales of bullying, sexual discrimination and law breaking in the workplace so hilarious. The story of three friends seeking revenge on slave-driving, egotistical bosses who regularly manipulate, humiliate and undermine them provides some [...]
Continue Reading →The end is nigh….again
I was listening, as usual, to the Radio4 Today programme the other day as I was getting ready for work. I had risen with a feeling of positive anticipation for the business year ahead. We’d had to work harder than ever in 2010 but our turnover and profit were up on 09 and our work pipeline was looking good [...]
Continue Reading →Recruitment and company culture
I recently spent the day with Twenty Recruitment at a vision and values day they were holding for their most recent hires. I have to say it was really refreshing to see a recruitment firm not just talking the talk and paying lip service to the notion of values – but really living them. The [...]
Continue Reading →Overtime bad for your health?
I recently came across an article in the Times titled ‘Too much overtime is bad for your health’. According to the article, studies suggest that those who regularly work a nine or ten hour day are more likely to suffer from heart-related illness – well surely that’s pretty much all of us?! We’ve all been [...]
Continue Reading →Rewarding recruiters – is it all just about numbers?
Now here’s a debate. Should recruiters be rewarded solely on their billings? Should big billers be promoted into senior roles bcause they are big billers? Are big billers always the best managers?
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