Linked – More U.S. companies charging employees for job training if they quit

Linked – More U.S. companies charging employees for job training if they quit

ByMike McBride Reading Time: 1 minute

If you read the article below, you’ll notice that we aren’t talking about paying college tuition or anything like that. We’re talking about standard, company-wide training sessions that only served to make sure new employees understand things that many of them already knew.

That’s insane. Basic onboarding and continued training of employees is a necessity in 2022. You cannot be a successful business if you are not actively improving the skills of the people who work for you. It’s a cost of doing business. It’s a benefit for your employees that helps in retaining top talent and also happens to make improve your bottom line. It is the ultimate win-win.

Quiet Quitting isn’t New, Caregivers Have Always Had To

Quiet Quitting isn’t New, Caregivers Have Always Had To

ByMike McBride Reading Time: 3 minutes

Herein lies the problem that many of our younger employees see and refuse to play along with. Why should our choices be between making a comfortable wage and living outside of work? Why do we live in a world where we have to “quit” being engaged in our work or decide against fully engaging in our families and communities? Moms have had to make this choice for years. Be a good mom and care for your children by lessening your career opportunities, or be a bad mom and focus on your career.

Why is that the choice?

I see article after article talking about the “loss” of productivity to companies when employees are not fully engaged. Still, no one ever calculates the loss in our communities from people who contribute nothing outside of their job. We don’t put a number on the damage done when fathers are uninvolved in kids’ lives or on the missed mental health benefits of being involved in hobbies, friendships, and community groups.

Shared Links (weekly) Oct. 16 2022

Shared Links (weekly) Oct. 16 2022

ByMike McBride Reading Time: 1 minute
Linked – Employees Use 4-Day Work Week to Catch up on Sleep: Study

Linked – Employees Use 4-Day Work Week to Catch up on Sleep: Study

ByMike McBride Reading Time: 1 minute

We know that people who are sleep deprived are cognitively impaired, make more mistakes, and just generally run the risk of some pretty serious health implications. Could a 4-day work week get you more “quality” hours of work from someone who isn’t sleep-deprived than you’re currently getting in the 5-day week?

It’s something to think about.

Linked – How to make networking events less intimidating and awkward

Linked – How to make networking events less intimidating and awkward

ByMike McBride Reading Time: 1 minute

Don’t be a bagel. But I lost my confidence as soon as I walked into a room full of … bagels. That’s what networking expert Robbie Samuels calls the tight clusters of people who gather in seemingly impenetrable circles at networking events, who seem to already know each other and don’t want to let newcomers…