Performance review season was never my favorite time at MegaCorp. We used to call the time of year before reviews “key season” – as colleagues would jockey to hype their accomplishments in front of the boss & each other. Otherwise soft-spoken managers would miraculously show up for routine staff meetings holding a list of “all the amazing things my team got done this past year”. … Continue reading Key Season Crying
I did a double-take when I saw this job satisfaction chart this past week. Employees surveyed by The Conference Board were LESS satisfied with EVERY aspect of work except … “Overall Satisfaction”. Quite curious, isn’t it? The data is from a recent survey by The Conference Board which pinned overall job satisfaction at 63%. Up 40 basis points from last year’s study. If you look … Continue reading Job Satisfaction/ Dissatisfaction
The Big Tech companies have been in the news lately, after announcing record numbers of layoffs. The Chartr graph below shows the tens of thousands of layoffs at Facebook/Meta, Google/Alphabet, and Microsoft. Only Apple has kept their employee ranks whole. Google was heavily criticized for the way they handled their layoffs. They sent out “best wishes in your future endeavors” emails to 12K employees in … Continue reading Layoffs – There’s Gotta Be A Better Way …
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