The changing face of summer foodservice jobs | Survey: 40% say financial worries are a distraction at work | Microlearning adds energy to compliance training
The number of teens in the summer workforce has fallen significantly since 1978, while demand for seasonal labor has grown. Summer jobs making fudge and serving up french fries that were traditionally filled by high school and college students are now largely filled by workers from other countries under H-2B visas, but those visas are becoming more difficult to obtain under the Trump administration. The New York Times (tiered subscription model) (5/22)
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Recruiting & Retention
Survey: 40% say financial worries are a distraction at work A PSC survey of 1,600 US workers found 25% linked financial worries to health problems, 40% said they were a distraction at work, and 15% said they caused them to miss work. Companies are offering financial wellness initiatives to address employee concerns, including Eastman Chemical's program that provides employees with regular access to personal financial advisers. Reuters (5/24)
The Executive PayWatch database from AFL-CIO compiles ratio data of CEO to median worker compensation, with Mattel reporting the widest gap of proxies released so far in 2018, coming in at 4,987 to 1. McDonald's was next, with CEO Steve Easterbrook having made 3,101 as much as the company's median employee, but rankings could change as more companies report their data in upcoming filings. CNNMoney (5/22)
Technology
Feedback apps help employees celebrate success together Apps such as Achievers, Disco and YouEarnedIt allow employees to praise co-workers instantly, which can improve morale and engagement, users say. "If I want to thank you for a job well done on a project, it's really easy to just click a button, assign you a star and recognize you, instead of having to set up a side conversation between us," says Ben Eubanks, principal analyst at Lighthouse Research and Advisory. Society for Human Resource Management online (tiered subscription model) (5/22)
Theranos, the Silicon Valley startup once poised to transform blood testing, has become a poster child for corporate greed and how not to run an organization, John Carreyrou writes. Carreyrou details how Theranos' toxic leadership prioritized revenue over public safety and silenced employees who tried to speak out. Wired (tiered subscription model) (5/21)
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