Why are market leaders behaving like non-profits, and what does this mean for your workforce and company culture? Today, a surprising number of global … Read more
Weekly Wrap: The Downside of Flex Work – Feeling Really Out of the Loop
In all the many words that have been written about the Yahoo and Best Buy decisions to quit allowing out of the office flex work, one point seems to have … Read more
The Flex Work Dilemma: How Do You Optimize Motivation and Productivity?
Now that the dust has settled a bit about Marissa Meyer’s controversial “no working from home” policy at Yahoo, I thought I’d weigh … Read more
February Surprise: Job Growth Solidly Up, Unemployment Drops to 7.7%
Economists were surprised and investors pleased by the latest monthly jobs report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics Friday that said 236,000 jobs were … Read more
Is It Time to Agree That Merit Increases Have Run Their Course?
It’s that time of year! You can feel it in the air. The anticipation … the preparation … the dread. No, not the coming of Spring. The annual performance … Read more
New Report Lists Fastest-Growing Temp Jobs – and HR Makes the Cut
In all the angst over the unemployment numbers during the Great Recession and not-so-great recovery, one area of recruiting has been going gangbusters: … Read more
Do You Know How to Pay Employees For Daylight Savings Time Work?
By Eric B. Meyer This Sunday, Daylight Savings Time begins, as we push the clocks forward one hour at 2:00 am on March 10, 2013. Did someone say Clocks? … Read more
Goodbye ROWE: Best Buy Ends Flex Work Program It Was Famous For
All things must pass, as George Harrison once observed, and so it is with Best Buy’s famous Results Only Work Environment, known simply as ROWE. … Read more
Proposed Bill Would Ban Credit Checks on Employees and Applicants
By Eric B. Meyer Yesterday, I discussed some pending federal legislation that would expand the FMLA to cover part-time employees. Now, I hear that another … Read more
The Yahoo Effect: It’s All About Collaboration — One Way or Another
Marissa Mayer and telecommuting each took some hits last week. A Yahoo search identified 219,000 results last week for “Yahoo + telecommuting” – and a … Read more