December 2007
Thursday December 27, 2007
Posted by: eyoung at 2:48PM CST on December 27, 2007
Did you get a gift from your company this holiday season? If so, consider yourself lucky. According to a new study by Hewitt Associates of more than 350 organizations, 63 percent of companies won’t offer a holiday bonus this year. More than half of those companies never had a holiday bonus program anyway, and 10 percent discontinued their programs due to cost, development of performance-based bonuses or other reasons. Of those companies that do offer a holiday bonus, most offer gift cards (42 percent) or cash awards (41 percent). Another 25 percent give employees a gift of food (think turkey or ham), and 20 percent give employees some type of catalog gift. The average value of a bonus gift card is $52, according to the study. The average cash gift given is $842. So, how merry was your Christmas? Wednesday December 19, 2007
Posted by: eyoung at 11:14AM CST on December 19, 2007
Did your company have a holiday party this year? Did you go? Was it fun? Friday December 14, 2007
Posted by: eyoung at 3:11PM CST on December 14, 2007
A few people posted this week about the sites where you can make a snowflake. What are some other sites you visit when you need a quick break from work?
Thursday December 6, 2007
Posted by: eyoung at 1:20PM CST on December 6, 2007
From burping contests to cubicle aerobics, those of us with desk jobs have unusual ways to break up the workday. CareerBuilder.com recently surveyed 5,600 full-time employees and developed a list of the Top 10 unusual ways workers have used their coffee breaks: 1. Proposed marriage. 2. Judged a "Best Legs" contest. 3. Shrink wrapped a co-worker’s new car. 4. Did step aerobics by his cubicle. 5. Left the office to chase a weasel outside. 6. Had a burping contest. 7. Ran a race in a wedding dress. 8. Kissed another employee in the stairwell. 9. Did a fast re-enactment of the "Rocky Horror Picture Show." 10. Walked a newborn turkey around the building. According to the survey, 49 percent of workers take a coffee break at least once during the workday and 32 percent take a coffee break twice a day or more. When asked if workers search for jobs during their coffee breaks, only 15 percent said yes. However, when broken down by industry, banking and finance workers are the most likely to search for a job during their coffee breaks at 29 percent followed by health care at 21 percent. So how do you spend your breaks at work? How many breaks do you get? How many breaks do you take?
New Year Resolutions
Posted by: JT Reporter Brendan O'Brien at 12:12PM CST on December 6, 2007
With the new year right around the corner, what is your work-related resolution? Could it be to get a raise or a promotion, or a drastic step in finding a new job? It might even be as big finding a new career or as small as cleaning your desk or your office?
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