Happy And Succeeding In The Future Of Work
If Companies Really Want To Attract Candidates, Offer Them Five-Hour Workdays
Companies concerned about the Great Resignation and trying to find, attract, recruit and retain talent should first do one thing: ask the candidate what they want. It sounds simple, but this doesn’t happen. Businesses offer a take-it-or-leave-it package. Instead of customizing a total salary and benefits plan, they offer a cookie-cutter, one-size-fits-all policy.
Arianna Huffington’s Thrive And Tech Giant Genesys Partner To Empathetically Help The Employee Burnout Crisis
Customer service is mission critical to the success of a company. Call center agents are the hardworking, often overlooked, important link between the company and their customers and clients. They have to cheerfully respond to a wide array of difficult questions, and sometimes bear the brunt of angry people taking their frustrations out on a faceless voice behind a headset.
Deutsche Bank Warns Staffers Not To Delete Work-Related Whatsapp Messages
After the SEC slapped JP Morgan with a $200M fine inspired by staffers’ usage of Whatsapp and private email addresses, Deutsche Bank is worried it might be next. So, it sent a reminder to its bankers reminding them that conducting company business on private devices could be a violation of American law. Bankers who use Whatsapp for business purposes are asked not to delete any pertinent messages lest they involve the bank in a criminal matter.
Better.com Loses More Senior Execs As Employees Brace For Another Mass Layoff
Things are getting worse at Better. More executives have resigned from Better.com nearly three months after the online mortgage lender laid off 900 employees via Zoom and as the company prepares for more layoffs, according to multiple sources familiar with the internal happenings at the company. Those sources include both current and former employees.
Amazon Is Quietly Hiring for the Metaverse
Get Amazon.com, Inc. Report is hiring for the metaverse without necessarily calling attention to it. Amazon’s gaming engine Lumberyard, which has struggled to make inroads into the gaming developer space, is hiring its first metaverse person. The job titled “Senior Product Manager, Technical (AWS Game Tech)” was posted on LinkedIn four days ago and is also available on the company’s jobs page.
Credit Suisse Leak Unmasks Fraudsters And Corrupt Politicians
A massive leak from one of the world’s biggest private banks, Credit Suisse, has exposed the hidden wealth of clients involved in torture, drug trafficking, money laundering, corruption and other serious crimes.
The World’s ‘Happiest’ Countries Harbor A Dark Side, Well-Being Study Reveals
Have you looked at the international rankings of the world’s happiest countries lately? Measuring a country’s subjective levels of happiness has become something of an international sport. People look with interest (and a little jealousy) to nations such as Denmark, which consistently tops the world’s happiness rankings. It has also led to Danish practices such as the “hygge” lifestyle gaining popularity elsewhere. If only we could add more coziness to our lives, perhaps we would be as happy as the Danish!
Are You On The Verge of Burning Out? 7 Warning Signs to Look For (And How To Cope)
If you work too long, too hard, or if you genuinely don’t like the work you do, you’ll eventually be at risk of burning out. You can think of burnout as a kind of rock bottom for your disposition toward your job, and possibly your entire career.
How to Motivate Your Team When People Keep Quitting
Maintaining good morale and engagement is part and parcel of strong leadership. When you have turnover on your team, it is especially imperative that you take measures to keep your team positive and motivated. Research has shown that, due to social contagion, when a coworker quits, it can spread to affect other employees’ quitting behavior. That is, when one person leaves your team, it increases the likelihood that others will do the same.