So you’ve received a job offer. Now comes the part where you try to understand the intricate web that is also known as your employer’s benefits program. This is no easy task, which is why you might find yourself calling your dad crying, asking “what is life insurance, and should I be worried about someone stealing my social security number enough to sign up for identity theft protection?" as you try to decipher all your different options. READ MORE
16 Tips To Transform Employee Performance Evaluations In 2022
As hybrid and remote work solutions continue to become the new norm throughout the Covid-19 pandemic and beyond, many business leaders are rethinking how to adjust what used to be an in-person employee annual review process now that there are more people working from home on a regular basis. READ MORE
Do you or don’t you do performance reviews?
For the rest of you, its more like a “Sorta” and a “Would love to, but …” READ MORE
How to Do Market Research for a Startup
So, you have plans to create an industry-disrupting startup. Before you get started, ask yourself this: Do I know the industry well enough to disrupt it?
It’s exhilarating to start a new entrepreneurial endeavor. However, it’s easy to get caught up in the tangible elements of establishing and advertising your business: designing a website, getting the message out, and building your brand. READ MORE
Small businesses still struggling financially, Fed survey finds
Small businesses continue to struggle financially and many are facing greater challenges with managing supply chain challenges and hiring enough workers, according to a survey released Tuesday by the Federal Reserve.
While some small businesses have seen their revenues increase, the recovery has been uneven, with smaller firms and those owned by racial minorities seeing fewer gains, the report showed. READ MORE
What's it really like to work at a company? Here's how to find out
You shouldn't be the only one answering questions during a job interview.
While you want to showcase why you are the best candidate for the position, you also want to learn as much as you can about what it's really like to work there. READ MORE
Why are so many workers considering quitting their jobs?
As experts and employers scratch their heads over why so many American workers have left their jobs in recent months as part of the "Great Resignation," research shows it all might come down to alignment in values. READ MORE
Another U.S. Inflation Gauge Is Heading Even Higher
Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell and his colleagues in the coming week can expect to see their key inflation metric accelerate to a fresh four-decade high last seen when Paul Volcker led the U.S. central bank.The personal consumption expenditures price index, which the Fed uses for its inflation target, probably jumped 6% in January from a year earlier, according to the median of a Bloomberg survey of economists. The core measure, which excludes food and fuel, is forecast to climb 5.2%.Less than a month before the Fed’s next policy meeting, a sharper-than-projected advance in the price gauge could turn up the heat for a half-point increase in the benchmark interest rate. January’s consumer-price index rose more than forecast, with broad advances in the costs of goods and services. READ MORE
Performance management must change for hybrid work to work
AS WE transit to an endemic phase with Covid-19 and its variants, companies are now moving from a heightened fight-or-flight state to tackling some of the fundamental shifts that the pandemic has brought to the global workforce. READ MORE
Executive greed is driving the labor shortage, says leader whose workers own 100% of the company
Bob Moore, 93, goes to work every day doing what he describes as his dream job, running Bob’s Red Mill, the Oregon-based whole-grain foods manufacturer he founded with his wife in 1978. But having a nonagenarian president isn’t the only thing that makes Bob’s Red Mill a special place to work. As of April 2020, the company is 100% employee-owned. READ MORE
Billionaire Carl Icahn targets McDonald's over pig welfare
Legendary investor Carl Icahn is known for his aggressive campaigns to shake up Corporate America. Now, he's leveraging his reputation to tackle an issue close to his heart: the welfare of pigs.
McDonald's (MCD) said Sunday that Icahn had nominated two new directors to its board. The move "relates to a narrow issue regarding the company's pork commitment," the fast food chain said in a statement. READ MORE
SEC responds to Elon Musk harassment allegations
The US Securities and Exchange Commission has responded to Elon Musk’s harassment allegations. In a letter it filed on Friday with a New York federal judge, the SEC said its frequent check-ins with Tesla were consistent with expectations from the court overseeing the company’s 2018 settlement.READ MORE
Could artificial intelligence REALLY wipe out humanity?
They use Siri to check the weather, or ask Alexa to turn off their smart lights – these are all forms of AI that many people don't realize.
However, despite the widespread (and relatively harmless) use of this technology in nearly every facet of our lives, some people still seem to believe that machines could one day wipe out humanity. READ MORE
Facebook is rebranding everything but faces the same old problems
Nearly four months ago, amid a firestorm of critical coverage stemming from a whistleblower's leaks, Facebook shifted its strategic focus to building an immersive version of the internet it calls the "metaverse" and changed its company name to Meta. READ MORE
New York’s Adams Tells CEOs to End Work-From-Home Policies
New York City Mayor Eric Adams told leaders of major companies in the city it was time to get their workers back in offices, emphasizing that empty buildings are holding back the city’s pandemic recovery. READ MORE
These Countries Have Introduced a Four-Day Week: Here's Where the US Stands
This week, Belgium became the newest country to offer workers the right to complete their workweek in four days, rather than the typical five, without a loss of salary.
Bloomberg reported that the move was made as part of an agreement "that aims to make Belgium's notoriously rigid labor market more flexible." READ MORE
The "Crapification" Of The US Economy Is Now Complete
The U.S. economy has fundamentally changed, and not for the better. There are numerous dynamics behind this decay, and I'll discuss a few of the more consequential ones this month.
One consequential dynamic few mainstream pundits dare discuss is the "crapification" of the entire U.S. economy. That isn't my description, "crapification" is now in common use. If the word offends you, substitute terminal decay of quality, competition, utility, durability, repairability and customer service. READ MORE
Facebook is staring down a 'perfect storm' of challenges that will define its future
Facebook has had an abysmal week.
In its fourth-quarter earnings report, parent company Meta revealed a major revenue shortfall, missing Wall Street expectations amid challenges spurred by its multibillion-dollar investment in its augmented reality “metaverse,” setting off a wave of stock-price volatility Thursday. Markets closed with Facebook down 26 percent, having shed roughly $230 billion from its market value — the biggest-ever one-day loss for a U.S. company. READ MORE
Beyond the Great Resignation, 7 trends that will shape work in 2022
At the start of 2021, many of us expected the world to return to normalcy, including a large-scale return to the workplace for many employees. But 2021 proved more volatile than anticipated given the rise of new COVID-19 variants, a massive war for talent, quit rates at an all-time high and the highest inflation levels in a generation. READ MORE
Dotdash Meredith ends print editions of six magazines
Dotdash Meredith, owned by media mogul Barry Diller's IAC, has decided to stop publishing the print editions of six magazines including Entertainment Weekly and InStyle as part of a digital push.
The move would result in 200 job losses and impacted titles also include EatingWell, Health, Parents and People en Español, Dotdash Meredith Chief Executive Officer Neil Vogel said on Wednesday in a memo to staff that was seen by Reuters. READ MORE