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“Notorious B.I.G. said it best: ‘Either you’re slinging crack rock, or you got a wicked jump shot.’ Nobody wants to work for it anymore. There’s no honor in taking the after-school job at Mickey D’s. Honor’s in the dollar, kid. So I went the white boy way of slinging crack rock. I became a stock broker.” —Seth Davis in Boiler Room In …
Are performance-based pay structures worth all of the hassle? It feels like the amount of effort that goes into these pay structures might not be worth the squeeze. Typically performance-based pay requires the measurement of key performance indicators. That means that I’m paying someone to measure all of the “stuff.” That’s fine for me because as we know, you can’t …
Raises. Of course you should ask for them. Don’t get caught thinking the market inside your company will take care of you. But with that said, let’s break down a couple of realities: 1. Only good-to-great performers really have leverage to ask for more money. If you’re not in that group, you can throw a legal fastball by somebody for equity, …
You know ADP right? Payroll. Basic HR services. Been around since your grandma was running a sweet little personnel department at the 3-location department store in your hometown. ADP is like IBM. The saying about IBM used to be that “no one ever got fired for choosing IBM“. The same could be said for ADP. Safe. Secure. Risk-free in an …
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 …
Admit it—you don’t really know what Bitcoin is. It’s one of those topics that’s always in the news for some reason or other, but the concept is still a little bit cloudy for you. No judgement here—instead, we’re going to clear it up for you in today’s CYA Report with guest Rebecca Heyman, Director of People Operations and Product at Zuman, who …
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 …
LeBron James famously once said that he was going to take his talents to South Beach to play for the Miami Heat. That was three years ago and the results have been pretty good since then—assuming you call two championships, two MVPs and an Olympic gold medal pretty good. His reasons why were pretty clear: there are worse places to …
The most important part of Human Resources isn’t talent management or talent acquisition. It doesn’t matter if you hire for culture or competency. And nobody cares about your learning management systems or your diversity and inclusion programs. The most important part of Human Resources is your payroll department. Do you pay people on time? Do you have an accurate time …
