To be fair it isn't all about the money but that is certainly a huge factor in people's decisions. Justifying lower pay because people like each other is definitely bull **** though.
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well in the context of actively asking for a raise it definitely comes across poorly.
I suppose the answer given was somewhere between my blunt interpretation and your "lip service" version. I do recall the exact phrase (regarding the RTW) that it is "still absolutely the right thing." It was very clear that it's not open for debate.
As for the compensation part, it just really had the vibe of "no, we pay fair!!! Look! Here's a man in a sweater to prove it!" And then man in a sweater tells about the great improvements coming to a web site that tells you how good your total compensation package is.
Well, since we went public in 2001, well before I started .... guess I missed that boat!
The beatings will continue until morale improves!
“Total compensation” is right up there with salary MRV bands for best/worst HR fantasies. Healthcare cost/coverage really can make a difference, but I’m guessing there’s not a big variance within the industry.
From the outside… the actions you’re describing sound a lot like like what I would do if I was trying to reduce my workforce without announcing layoffs/paying severance.
To bad no one had the balls to ask him about his 186:1 pay ratio. I have no problem CEOs making money but it is so out of whack.
I swear that's what most of these rtos are. RIF without the paperwork.
sounds on brand. Any CEO or exec that gives a ****** answer like that one, you should run away from. Everyone needs a job but as soon as another option appears, take it
Free Coffee! I feel like attitudes are changing/
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It ain’t free….thats your raise!
Seems very environmentaly unfriendly and is a terrible machine choice with each single use plastic pod.
The seduction continues!!
You'll be begging to work 6 days a week from the office!
I worked for a large corporation in my early career. They did the standard company-wide survey each year. One year we had a new VP and he had kuerigs installed the week before the survey went live (before this we had to pay for coffee from the lobby cafe). There were several critical comments in the survey stating "you're just trying to buy good reviews by finally putting in a coffee machine." That VP never stopped b*tching about it to anyone and everyone. "I get everyone a coffee machine and all I get are complaints!"
Spoiler alert: morale did not improve based on the survey.
I'm all for taking the temperature of the employees, but management also knows it's impossible to be everything to everyone.
We put on a very big training each year. Presentations are basically graded by the audience. Well best of luck if lunch isn't up to their standard or the smoking lounge is too far away for their taste. Blast the entire event because they can't sneak in an American Spirit fast enough.
So that VP.....get the **** over it
It probably took 14 HR EE's to decide if the environmental impact could be offset by the social impact of supporting a local minority owned business and how that would impact the ESG score . I'm only kind of kidding,
I'm trying to get old school drip back into the mainstream.
Tip of the cap to the Keurig folks who knew how to sell a clunky trash producer well.
