A deaf Uber drivers’ FYI-appeal to his riders, has caught the eye of the world. The cabbie named Onur had pinned a note, informing cab-takers of his impaired hearing until one of his customers shared its image on twitter. And the rest is history. The heart-melting one-pager, requesting people to feel comfortable in the car is winning people over as the re-tweets continue to pour in.
If statistics are anything to buy, then Ryanair is in a battle of its own to hire able pilots in-time. 26.6% of the pilot vacancies take more than 60 days to be successfully filled. But this is no usual recruiting that is in question. The airline is trying to pull itself up after repeated setbacks of first, technical inefficiencies & then battling employee discontentment.
Analytics is not just about the tech that draws actionable insights but easing the way people operate a particular function. This seems to be the ideology at OCBC Bank, which implements the use of advanced yet simple to use analytical tools to keep tabs on daily operations, especially those involving the Human Resources.
The Super-market chain is introducing a benefits-program targeted at part-timers. The benefits-structure, which Hy-Vee claims are like no other, doesn’t fail to impress with coverages for the hospital, life and disability included. The entire initiative will be backed by the company’s Midwest Heritage Financial services arm along with the online health insurance distribution platfor
Trouble seems to be mounting for Facebook’s Godfather, Mark Zuckerburg who’ll in addition to his testimony, be addressing congressional members in regards to a controversial report. The Center for Responsive Politics has done the digging on the social network employees, who they claim made contributions towards the Congress, worth $607,000. The favors were traded by vis-à-vis Facebook’s Political Action Committee, as per
The National Institutes of Health have unveiled their plan to gather genetic information of a million people over the next decade. The scientific community, eager to utilize medical-advances for ethnic as well as sexual minorities, will strive to innovate precise medication as per the demographic. The due laurels of the program are to be showered on the Obama administration, which proposed the same
Global employee recognition leader OC Tanner announced its acquisition of Accumulate Loyalty Services, a provider of employee recognition and employee solutions, in Australia today. This seems a natural alliance for both the companies in this sector, providing OC Tanner with better outreach to its multinational clients currently operating in Australia. Likewise, this acquisition will provide Accumulate with OC Tanner’s technical and service expertise in serving their own clients, like Accumulates’ former owner, Qantas
It’s neither of the two, but a voluntary resignation for Whatsapp’s co-founder Jan Koum, who in his post on Facebook’s said he’s “taking time off to do things... outside of technology”. Although coming from the man himself, yet the words have proven insufficient to bury the rumors suggesting, there had been a clash over company’s future strategies.
It’s fascinating to see that a tech-giant like IBM, should take so long to introduce a ban on removable devices, while others have already cut their cords with the subject. Still, the management has decreed. May, shall see IBM employees globally, ceasing the use of USB(s) at the workplace. Instead, the transfer of data will now be channeled through intra-
It’s fair, square and simple. Imagine if such were to be the demarcation between you and the top-executives of your company. This debate is a disappointing reality for many working at Walmart, some of whom got a chance to raise their voice at the Hypermarket’s annual investor meeting. The staff, represented by Ms Carolyn Davis, kept their case for fully compensated family leaves.
Aiming to become a leaner organization, Hewlett Packard will follow up on its announcement to lay-off 5000 professionals. The tech-biggie recently made public its plans to save an est. $1.5 over a three-year period which obliges the enterprise to get rid of 10% of its global workforce.
Sheryl Sandberg, the Chief Operating Officer of Facebook bravely admitted, that the loop-hole that caused discriminatory ads to run on the network, “was on us”. Revealing strict guidelines, she commented that added human vigilance is on its way to curb the menace of hate, “which has no place on Facebook”.
This is probably the crux of the matter at Ryanair, which seems to be the architect of its own downfall. Having badly entangled itself with technical irregularities, the airlines finds itself in an uphill challenge to retain its pilots, who have refused to take a one-off payment from their employer. They are demanding contracts such those befitting a stable professional environment.
The partnership which has led to many employees resigning and thousands more sounding alarm with a petition, may not be extended after next March. That is when the ongoing Pentagon-Google brotherhood officially ends. However, with company spokesperson being tight-lipped and a top leadership which is split into two, little can be taken for its face-value.
The airlines have admitted committing a boo-boo, by mishandling its yearly holiday calendar. The “mess” has seen an average of 40-50 flights canceled daily, a case that will perpetuate regularly for the next 2-3 weeks. The inconvenience is causing the passengers to express their discontentment on the social media.
Singapore’s cabinet is being re-shuffled. The move which is designed to assert a younger POV (Point of View) will give chance to ministers of relatively young political representatives. One such face happens to be of Mrs. Josephine Teo, who’ll assume her duties as the country’s latest Minister of Manpower. Emptying the chair for her will be Mr. Lim Swee Say, having spent three yea
Apple’ Keynote has proven, yet again, that gender diversity is something that the company still fails at. It didn’t take long for skeptics to point out, of the 9 speakers only 2 were women who spoke for a meagre 8 out of 107 minutes. The numbers have been scant for the opposite sex gaining only 28% representation at the top leadership.
Honesty is the best policy, especially while applying for roles in a new organization. in order to make ones’ application stand above the lot, people turn to dubious means which includes lying on the C.V. the study reveals. But in the majority of cases, precisely 75%, the managers do not respond if they catch a tongue in cheek.
Despite the plummeting numbers in overall growth, CEOs in Singapore have maintained their annual salaries. The study by Hay Group reveals that the Chiefs of Singapore-listed companies continued to receive a median sum of S$625,000. At a granular level, the executives of large companies maintained an edge over smaller companies with better remuneration brackets.
The controversy that has torpedoed into a major headache for Qatar Airlines CEO, Akbar Al Baker, has led him to issue an apology lamenting his words implying a woman couldn’t do his job. Baker pointed to the Airlines’ impeccable male-to-female workforce ratio, asserting he would love to strategize a succession plan which beckons a woman to succeed him.
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