Job satisfaction reached a 36-year high in 2022, a survey showed, as labor shortages and shifting expectations led to a better work experience for millions.
Management & Careers
More executives believe these initiatives are a crucial way to retain and attract the best employees in a tight labor market.
Companies from Amazon to Wayfair are tapping the brakes on their hiring of college grads this year, forcing seniors to cast a wider net as they search for that crucial first job.
Seeing a career path to advancement—and believing the process is fair—motivates employees, studies show.
The process can involve weeks of debate as employee performance and skill sets are reviewed.
As bosses fret over generative AI, many employees are embracing it.
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The FTC says noncompetes can keep lower-wage workers from better jobs—and prevent companies from hiring the help they need.
Some of the hottest job markets for software developers and programmers now are on the East Coast.
The details of a downsizing—when exactly to fire employees, whether to cut once or multiple times and how much severance to offer—can vex executives.
Vanguard Group, Paycom Software and others push staffers to return on required days, but some employees are pushing back.
Employers have long applied the seniority principle to job cuts. That’s no longer a given.
The Twitter CEO’s explicit ultimatum to staffers is consistent with the hard-driving approach that helped him build some of the world’s most valuable companies—but there are risks.
The power, perks and demand that many workers at big tech companies enjoyed over the past decade are giving way to angst over layoffs and shrinking net worths.
Pay. Productivity. Commuting. Rarely have bosses and workers been so at odds over so much.
The in-office policy has been pushed to next year as the company seeks worker feedback.
Many employers are dialing down how much paid time off they give new moms and dads.
Some companies report difficulty keeping operations going due to illness and vacations, saying that maintaining workforces is tougher than at any previous time during the pandemic.
Some companies that have called workers back to offices are carving out weeks for remote work to keep employees happy.
Employees who switched jobs during the pandemic received salary bumps and permission to work remotely. Those perks are now under threat.
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