The Employment Cost Index (ECI), released quarterly by the U.S. Labor Department, provides a key insight into the cost of keeping an employee on board, encompassing wages, salaries, and benefits such as health insurance, paid time off, retirement benefits, and other perks that make up the total compensation package. The latest report for Q3 shows […]
Category: Employee Engagement
The Top Three Things You Shouldn’t Talk About At The Holiday Party
Ahhh, the Holiday Party. That time honored ritual where large groups of employees get together, often under the influence of alcohol, and party like it’s 1999. Some companies throw amazing, unforgettable Holiday Parties. Others through parties reminiscent of Russian Gulags—not you, of course. Your parties are awesome but you hear horror stories, right? The thing […]
Career Wellbeing: Why Loving Your Job Leads to a Better Life
Career wellbeing is the foundation of a fulfilling life. Think about the most successful people you know. If you ask them about their success and inquire as to the specifics of what they do from one day to the next, a striking commonality is bound to appear. Career Wellbeing The most successful people love what […]
Three Reasons You Should Give Employees Gifts this Holiday Season
Giving gifts to your employees isn’t just a nice gesture; it’s a powerful tool that can significantly improve your workplace environment and culture. If you limit gift giving to the holidays only, you’re almost certainly missing a golden opportunity to strengthen your team all year long. Here are three reasons why regular employee gift giving […]
What is Resenteeism?
Resenteeism is a recent addition to the lexicon of the modern workplace. It’s a word used to describe an employee who remains at his post, staying at a job he doesn’t like, even though he’s deeply dissatisfied with continuing to work there. This is essentially the flip side of the Great Resignation, where employees will […]
What is Rage Applying?
“Rage applying” is a term that has only recently come to the fore (originally appearing on TikTok in December of 2022). It is a behavior that a deeply frustrated employee may engage in after something negative happens at work, resulting in the employee responding by firing off a number of internet job applications back-to-back. It […]
What is Quiet Vacationing?
Among the new words and phrases that have entered the collective vocabulary of workers everywhere, you’re likely to find the term “Quiet Vacationing.” If you’re not sure what that is, here’s the scoop! You know how, in olden days when an employee wanted to take a vacation, they ran it by their manager, and if […]
What are Bare-Minimum Mondays?
Let’s face it, we’ve all been there. We’ve all had a weekend that went by far too quickly and then were faced with the looming dread of Monday morning, which led inexorably to sitting around for the first couple of hours of the workday, not really accomplishing much of anything. What is Bare Minimum Monday? […]
What is Coffee Badging?
Coffee Badging is one of a slew of new work-related terms to hit the public’s consciousness since we put the pandemic behind us and some companies have begun mandating that their employees spend a certain amount of time at the office. Specifically, Coffee Badging describes showing up to the office because the boss says you […]
The Biggest Drag On Your Company’s Morale Right Now Is Probably…
Here’s something that almost nobody in management likes to talk about but the simple truth is, in your capacity as the owner of the firm or a member of its upper management team, there are probably things you are doing right now…today, that are having a negative impact on the morale of your employees. The […]