Jun
29
Salary Reduction, Now What?
June 29, 2009 | Leave a Comment
An alternative to being laid off could be a reduction in salary. Companies are doing it when they do not want to lose trained and valuable employees, but they do have to reduce costs. I do not think I would advice a company to do so. A salary reduction makes everyone [...]
Jun
27
You do not have to be employed
June 27, 2009 | Leave a Comment
In an age of around 10% unemployment, a question comes up to my mind: Why do we want to give the impression that everyone needs to be employed? It doesn’t even reflect current practice. Half of the people are completely happy with the idea of not working. And I do not even [...]
Jun
12
Cashing on Rewards
June 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment
It used to be that American Airlines was the only one giving miles. Then all airlines started giving them, followed by hotel chains. Then the credit cards, and lately the stores. Everyone seems to be giving points or miles for every dollar you purchase. Over time you end up accumulating a bunch of ‘currency’ that [...]
Jan
29
Fair Pay leads to Lower Pay
January 29, 2009 | 1 Comment
Today Obama signed his first legislation, one that doesn’t has anything to do with the current economic crisis, but that certainly is well regarded by most Americans as a fair and just thing to do. He signed a Fair Pay legislation that makes it easier for employees to sue their employers for pay discrimination. [...]
Nov
7
Don’t Do It! (Time Management)
November 7, 2008 | 1 Comment
Often I get asked how I get so many things done in the day/week/month/year. One way of answering that question is: By not doing things!
The Infinite List
First problem we all have: We have many more things on our list of things to do than we could possibly do ever. If we start keeping a simple [...]
Nov
7
The Unemployment Dilema
November 7, 2008 | Comments Off
Unemployment levels are expected to reach 7 or 8% in 2009. Those rates are disastrous in my opinion: worse than I have seen in the US in all the time I have been following the unemployment levels. Close to those of development countries. Yet, CNNfn.com reports that there is an expected 3% salary increase coming [...]
Oct
24
The Other Glass Ceiling – Not the Gender One.
October 24, 2008 | Comments Off
I have a totally unscientific theory: There is a non-discriminating glass ceiling: one that doesn’t discerns between men or women, or between whites, blacks and browns. One that will not be punished by the court system and may even be encouraged by lawmakers. I call it the $200,000 glass ceiling.
Graduate from college and you get a [...]
Sep
15
Technology is Everybody’s Responsibility / Green Energy Technology
September 15, 2008 | Comments Off
Often, in social conversations, I listen to people saying that the solution to our Energy Crisis lies in discovering or creating new Technology that will enable us to be more efficient, greener, or produce safe/clean energy cheaper. More often than not these people are nor scientists or engineers. More often than not I get the [...]
Sep
11
5 Years Experience: The Sweet Spot
September 11, 2008 | Comments Off
I find that a person with 10 years of experience is one of two things: A great Vice President, or a Terrible Individual Contributor. And yes, I say it from personal experience, using my freedom of speech and expecting some of you to freely disagree. The former can lead with experience, the latter is an [...]
Aug
9
Monopoly of a Union
August 9, 2008 | Comments Off
A monopoly exists when a specific individual or enterprise has sufficient control over a particular product or service to determine significantly the terms on which other individuals shall have access to it. — wikipedia at Aug 09, 2008 – See also oligopoly, and U.S. Anti Trust Laws.
Our society has created laws against the traditional monopolies [...]
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