Difficult employees can affect every aspect of a business, no matter what characteristic it is that makes them a problem. Lazy employees aren’t as productive and can miss deadlines. Angry employees can drive away your good ones. Gossipers can distract [...]
Whether or not your company allows its employees to dress up in costume for Halloween depends entirely on your company. There are pros and cons to each decision. However, most of the cons revolve around inappropriate costumes, so if your [...]
No one likes firing employees. It’s a difficult decision, but any HR manager or business owner will eventually have to make the choice to do what’s best for the company. While it’s important to give problem employees a chance to [...]
There isn’t much that demotivates an employee faster than having a bad boss. Chances are good that, at some point in your career, you’ve had a manager that made you want to quit. In fact, in the U.S., the top [...]
Employees who are happy and satisfied with their jobs are good employees. They tend to be more productive and aren’t planning on leaving at the soonest available opportunity. Therefore, it’s essential to ensure that any complaints you hear from your [...]
Employee turnover is expensive. It’s often estimated to cost between six and nine months of the employee’s salary, but when calculating in the cost of advertising for a replacement and the onboarding process, it can end up being much more. [...]
It can feel like you’ve struck gold at first when you hire an ambitious employee that takes ownership over their part in your business. Hearing ideas and seeing exuberance for the mission of the organization can be very refreshing and [...]
Every single person will deal with a personal crisis at some point in their lives, whether it is a death in the family, a divorce, or another situation that makes the emotions run high and demands time. Employers and HR [...]
