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Booze at Work? There’s an App for That
While drinking is a fire-able offense at plenty of workplaces, it seems to have a place at some offices, according to Bloomberg. Employees at Yelp Inc. in San Francisco can gather ’round the company...
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Sex, Drugs and Harrassment – The Early Days of ESPN
Behind the news desks, fancy suits and snappy quips is a dark side of ESPN including drug use, rampant sexual harassment and a frat house atmosphere, according to excerpts of a new tell-all book. A CNN...
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Enticing the Hipsters
A year’s supply of Pabst Blue Ribbon, Buddy Holly glasses, skinny jeans and $10,000. Sounds like hipster heaven, doesn’t it? But those are actually the offerings from a San Francisco-based tech...
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Recognizing Candidate Experience Winners
The candidate experience has long been the Achilles heel of the recruiting process. But thanks to the efforts of HR Technology® Conference regulars like Elaine Orler (The Talent Function), Gerry...
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Attractive vs. Promotional Recruiting
Intriguing post by John Sumser on his HRExaminer site recently. His premise — I’m pretty sure — is that there’s good recruiting and bad recruiting … and way too many companies are still doing the bad...
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Branding, Schmanding
HR hears a lot of talk about the importance of building a solid employer brand in order to lure top talent, and to make the company known as much for its cool, unique culture as the products and...
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‘The Death of Customer Service’
Came across an interesting blog post with the same title as my header here, written by Rick Conlow, leadership expert and CEO/co-founder of Minneapolis-based WCW Partners. He believes customer service...
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Ford Fouls Up
Editor’s note: Correction appended below. Will they ever learn? Amid all the talk recently about the need to re-engage employees and strengthen your employment brand against the backdrop of an...
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In Search of Quality Job Seekers
It’s not 2010 anymore. Alan Momeyer, vice president of human resources at Loews Corp., delivered that helpful message to attendees who came to check out yesterday’s “HR Tips and Trends” session at the...
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Starbucks Doubles Down on College
Starbucks, the Seattle-based coffee giant, announced yesterday it was doubling its free college tuition plan for employees to cover a full four years of college instead of two. Starbucks will offer...
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Can Glassdoor Remain Objective?
Now here’s one worth watching. Glassdoor.com, the career website that lets employees trash or praise employers anonymously (with more doing the former than the latter), has just opened its doors to...
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Vacations are Good for You
OK, a bit of soft news, but worth sharing: This recent release from the University of the Rockies suggests week-long vacations aren’t long enough for optimal benefits to occur — for both employee and...
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Economical Employee Engagement
So everyone’s got the post-holiday blues, especially at the office. What to do? Luckily, Bob Kelleher has some suggestions. Kelleher, the former CHRO at AECOM (a big consulting firm based in...
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The High Cost of Warm Fuzzies
I admit the following with a recently delivered dash of remorse: I am an avowed Amazon Prime customer and I always get a “warm fuzzy” when a product I ordered in the morning arrives on my front porch...
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Chipotle and the Full-Court Hiring Press
If at some point today you feel overwhelmed, take a second to consider what hiring managers at Chipotle Mexican Grill are up to at the moment. As you might have heard, the Denver-based casual eatery...
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A New Forum for Employee Complaints
Yesterday the New York Times ran a story that examined Starbucks’ attempts to rectify the difficult working conditions uncovered by an earlier Times investigation, which profiled Starbucks employees...
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Retailers: ‘No Thanks’ to Thanksgiving Hours
REI made news recently with its announcement that its stores will be closed on Black Friday this year. “Instead of reporting to work, we’re paying our employees to do what we love most — be outside,”...
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Beware What Constitutes Concerted Activity
You may not “Like” this much, but the warning shot from a recent ruling broadening the definition of protected concerted activity is still reverberating and worth keeping front of mind as you go about...
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Billionaire Busts Out Big Bonuses (Again)
When your company — the largest privately held oil and gas producer in the country — also makes frequent appearances on Fortune’s 100 Best Companies to Work For list, chances are good that you’re doing...
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The Perils of Anonymous Feedback
A number of firms have reached out to us recently about their internal feedback tools, which they say can increase engagement and improve performance by letting employees send their colleagues kudos or...
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