Bosses and leaders continue to be disillusioned and disconnected with employees
From Gallup: More Americans this year (38%) say they are very conservative or conservative on social issues than said so in 2022 (33%) and 2021 (30%). At the same time, the percentage saying their social views are very liberal or liberal has dipped to 29% from 34% in each of the past two years, while the portion identifying as moderate (31%) remains near a third… When Americans are asked to describe their views on economic issues, 44% identify as very conservative or conservative, 33% moderate and 21% very liberal or liberal. The percentage saying they are conservative averaged 40% between 2020 and 2022. The current figure is the highest since 46% in 2012. TLDR: Please don't let this uprising social conservative trend to entice you to vote away your labor rights. We did that in the 1980s with Ronald Reagan. We don't need to do it again. Anyone over the…
I don’t get it. If my workers work from home, I will safe rent for an office building, right? Are they so conservatively scared of change that they will literally rather waste money?
I am one of the laid off, so take this rant with a grain of salt. I was just floored today to see on LinkedIn that the Chief People Officer calls herself a “culture champion”. This company laid off 10% of staff and could not service customers, cut out all travel and in person get togethers (fully remote), eliminated the annual company party, perks like fertility benefits, peer bonuses, wellness, unlimited PTO, professional development. Also increased the amount of time to earn a sabbatical, is trying to force people near offices back in, and is talking about lowering salary for people who have moved to lower comp markets. All within time since the “culture champion” has been hired. I cant tell you how bad I want to comment on that LI post, it is infuriating to me how companies like this promote themselves as something completely different than what they…
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As seen at r/Lowes: Treated like this
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Rewarding staff with a rock
I've noticed on the job hunt that the expectations outlined on job postings have gotten even more obscene since covid. It'll say something like “office coordinator, $15/hr” but then they'll outline they want you to maintain their social media, update their websites, HR tasks, events coordinator, data entry, customer service outreach, email campaigns and marketing, logistics and office supplies. Overall tasks that easily could be 3 people's jobs wrapped up into one low paying job. Deadass had the interviewer say “we like for everyone to wear many hats!” Edit: Bachelor's degree with 5 years experience preferred, of course.