Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been categorized as “Benefits”
Last week The Wall Street Journal reported a 17-year high for folks leaving their roles to take new positions this year. This comes with reports of 30 percent plus increases for those in executive and management level roles. The average annual increase for employees this past year across all organizations in the USA is under 4 %, with promotions less …
Yeah, I have a cat. I brought her home one day (then a kitten) without asking my husband. Needless to say, he wasn’t happy. But guess who is still with us 4 years later? My cat. So, why do I love this cat so much? The answer is simple: she loves me. And, now that I work mostly from home, …
I’m not a benefits expert. I know just enough to be dangerous, but it’s not something I spend a lot of time on each year. I partner with a great broker firm out of Michigan, Grace & Porta, who I trust probably more than any other single HR vendor I’ve ever worked with. But my broker is the exception, not …
For about 134 years I’ve been suggesting that to be good at HR you should be good at humans. Operations managers and factory foremen needed to know about the machines they were charged with maintaining and running at peak efficiency and HR should be judged similarly. If you are in HR, you are responsible for making sure the machines of …
Be forewarned. I am experiencing writer’s block. It’s so bad, I just poured myself a glass of bubbly and then proceeded to leave it in the kitchen. Which meant I had to get up, lost my train of thought once again, but brought back the bubbly. Why do I have writer’s block? I’m totally uninspired by pop culture, current music, …
As we approach year-end, be prepared to hear alarming stats about how no one saves enough for retirement. ‘Tis the season for breathless stories about how underfunded we all are. Scary stuff, of course. Most common proposed solution? Don’t retire. How many family members at holiday functions will trot out this gem? “Aw, I’m never gonna retire. I’ll work forever.” …
There are many aspects and elements of HR and Talent Management that are really hard. Identifying future leaders, determining succession strategies, developing and implementing that “just right” compensation plan that simultaneously helps retain employees while also rewarding your best performers fairly—these are tough, tough challenges. Not to mention the just-about-daily slog to find, engage, and hire increasingly hard-to-find candidates with …
I have two teenagers… both were gainfully employed last summer. Which meant I had a summer of bliss. You know what I mean if you have teenagers. Both did great at their jobs, their bosses loved them, and they were asked to come back this year. But there were some fails along the way that damaged their candidate experience. What …
I know many of you run into the same thing. You introduce yourself to someone in a non-professional setting—say a neighborhood picnic or some other social gathering. The person finds out you work in HR and/or Talent and immediately has a response. The response usually has to do with some sort of myth that is perpetuated about our profession. “Oh, …
What the hell is going on in America? My friend and FOT colleague Tim Sackett dropped some science earlier this week that indicated he actually might be in favor of a proposed law/tax that funds fully paid maternity leave (click to read the post). Since I’ve routinely called him BARON VON SACKETT in a call out to his free market/Fox …
