Archive for August, 2006
Friday Workplace Humor: True Story About a Performance Review?
A Tale of Corporate Oppression: supposedly true, yet funny (at least to my warped sense of humor).
Working for a big corporation, you can feel pretty unimportant. In fact, you can begin to wonder exactly how much anybody cares about what you’re doing.
A work friend and I decided to test the water. He would stop working, [...]
Customers vs. Employees: The Customer Isn’t Always Right
Long ago and far away, I had my first job at a McDonald’s for $1.60 an hour.
I had fun, worked hard, and learned a lot about the workworld, including memorable phrases like “If you’ve got time to lean, you’ve got time to clean.” And this one:
“The customer is always right.”
Customer service and satisfaction are [...]
Pros and Cons of 360 Degree Feedback
Susan M. Heathfield, the About.com Guide to Human Resources, takes on the subject of 360-degree feedback, providing a balanced overview of the topic and clear and concise bullet points on the pros and cons.
Susan’s definition of the term “360-degree feedback”:
“A method and a tool that provides each employee the opportunity to receive performance feedback from [...]