by Christine Moukazis | Jul 1, 2022 | Latest News
1. “From here on out, make, ‘What was your company’s COVID response?’ a standard interview question.” “I don’t want to work for a company that cares little about the health of employees and their families ever again....
by Christine Moukazis | Jul 1, 2022 | Latest News
Fewer than two in 10 European employees feel engaged at work, workplace data from management consultancy and advisory firm Gallup suggests – lower than any part of the world. Gallup’s 2022 State of the Global Workplace Report found that engagement amongst...
by Christine Moukazis | Jul 1, 2022 | Latest News
More than 1,200 Delta pilots and staff engaged in seven airport-wide demonstrations on Thursday calling for higher pay, among other things, all while flight cancellations continue around the U.S. on the eve of the holiday weekend. The demonstrations at major airports...
by Christine Moukazis | Jul 1, 2022 | Latest News
For employees today, job satisfaction is about much more than just pay and benefits. New hires are increasingly looking for companies that affirm their values. Tyrese Thomas, who graduated from college in May with a bachelor’s degree in sociology, East Asian studies...
by Christine Moukazis | Jun 30, 2022 | Latest News
The year was 1944, and the Allies were at war. In Washington, the precursor agency to the CIA had an idea on how to help. The plan: Write and publish a how-to guide to creating toxic workplaces, and smuggle it to sympathetic workers behind enemy lines who hoped to...
by Christine Moukazis | Jun 30, 2022 | Latest News
Ketanji Brown Jackson has been sworn as the 116th Supreme Court justice and the first Black woman to serve on the high court. The ceremony caps a months-long process that essentially began February, when Biden, fulfilling a campaign promise to nominate the first Black...
by Christine Moukazis | Jun 30, 2022 | Latest News, Remote Work
Hybrid work is a big, ongoing experiment. But we’re finally starting to draw at least some conclusions. Experts, businesses and workers alike have spent the past two years touting hybrid work as ‘the future’. And now, it seems, the future is here. As many countries...
by Christine Moukazis | Jun 30, 2022 | Latest News
Michael Burry said on Tuesday that the U.S. labor market is about to be sliced in half, with blue-collar workers remaining a sought-after commodity, while white-collar workers see job losses and falling wages. In other words, the good times are ending for office...
by Christine Moukazis | Jun 29, 2022 | Latest News
At a macro level, the job market is still hot and companies aren’t yet shedding jobs in earnest. Layoffs were at a historic low in April, unemployment claims are around pre-pandemic levels and the unemployment rate is hovering near a five-decade low. But cracks are...
by Christine Moukazis | Jun 29, 2022 | Latest News
The dominos are starting to fall in the U.S. economy. As the Federal Reserve pumps the brakes on the economy, many American companies are retrenching. There is a growing fear that as the central bank aggressively hikes interest rates to fight high inflation, it could...