Sort of thought along these lines for a while; just didn’t have any supporting evidence to back me up. ======== James Taranto WSJ 10/28/2017 Motherhood used to be as American as apple pie. Nowadays it can be as antagonistic as American politics. Ask Erica Komisar. Ms. Komisar, 53, is a Jewish psychoanalyst who lives and practices on the Upper West Side of Manhattan. If that... Read more
Archive for the ‘Work world’ Category
The Politicization of Motherhood – WSJ
November 1 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Personal, Work worldApprenticeships!
June 20 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Economics, Education, Work worldSomething Germany has known for years. ========== WSJ 6/19/2017 One restraint on economic growth is the increasing U.S. labor shortage, especially for jobs that require technical skills. Meanwhile, many college grads are underemployed and burdened by student debt. The Trump Administration is trying to address both problems by rethinking the government’s educational priorities. President Trump directed Labor Secretary Alexander Acosta last week to... Read more
How Valuable is Flextime?
March 5 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Work worldWorkers underestimate the benefits of a flexible schedule WSJ – BY RAYMOND FISMAN AND MICHAEL LUCA EARLIER THIS MONTH, the city council in Copenhagen voted unanimously to give all municipal workers greater control over their schedules. The city’s 10,000 employees will work the same number of hours as before but with greater freedom to decide when that work gets done. Though Copenhagen’s... Read more
Do You Know Your Employee?
April 10 | Posted by mrossol | American Thought, Interesting, Work worldI believe lots of organizations are in the very same boat. ========== WSJ 4/9/2016 BY DANIEL HUANG AND LINDSAY GELLMAN Entry-level bankers from Goldman Sachs Group Inc. gathered in a lower Manhattan hotel ballroom last April to listen to the firm’s top executives try to fire them up about their budding careers. David Solomon, co-head of the firm’s investment bank, took on the... Read more
The Wrong Way to Thank Employees
November 29 | Posted by mrossol | Work world“You’re not talking their language.” Too bad this article doesn’t talk about things that companies SHOULD do. ============== No worker has ever received an engraved plaque that read “Thanks for keeping your seat warm for 10 years.” Yet that is the message employers send with awards for employees’ five, ten or 20-year anniversaries, according to human resources and recognition experts. They say that most... Read more
