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Steven Slater Tells Fed Up Employees Not To Try This At Home…And More News From This Week
- October 29th, 2010
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While you were busy winning America’s hearts, if not Project Runway, feeling relieved to know it’s not just you, taking all of the fun out of Halloween, here’s what was happening in the world of workforce management this week…
- Sure, they can run entire companies, but most CEOs still can’t tell their Farmvilles from their Mafia Wars
- Speaking of…employees in Germany are unfairly being forced to play Farmville on their own time.
- Drug testing involves some tricky questions for employers. (Yes, that was a pun. But also true.)
- Research suggests the reason some companies thrive is a cultural thing.
- McDonald’s employee sues the company for what could be called a $17.5K wellness benefit of sorts…
- Companies and employees pretty much agree: technology rules.
- Steven Slater thinks that perhaps telling Jetblue to shove it wasn’t the ideal way to quit his job now that he thinks about it. And finally…
- Timing is everything.
About Mary Lorenz
Mary is a copywriter for CareerBuilder, specializing in B2B marketing and corporate recruiting best practices and social media. In addition to creating copy for corporate advertising and marketing campaigns, she researches and writes about employee attraction, engagement and retention. Whenever possible, she makes references to pop culture. Sometimes, those references are even relevant. A New Orleans native, Mary now lives in Chicago, right down the street from the best sushi place in the city. It's awesome.
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