James, a deli worker at Meijer, the midwestern supermarket chain, stole a fruit cup and some chicken. Over a few months, that added up to $110 worth of theft—and that’s when a Meijer manager called the police and had him arrested. When you suspect an employee is stealing,
“I’ve never cared what my barista is wearing when she hands me my drink and my breakfast.” “This will make a big difference. A touch of professionalism goes a long way.” These two very different responses span the range of reactions to Starbucks’ announcement that it is updating its dress code for in-store staff. Employees will
One of the nice things about being an adult is we generally don’t need to ask anyone’s permission to go to the bathroom. It’s a basic necessity that we take for granted. A woman recently turned to Reddit’s legal advice subreddit with a disturbing question: Can her employer fire
When it’s time to trim payroll, a $25,000 payout can feel like a generous, clean exit. That’s one of the things Kristi Noem, head of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), is offering employees in exchange for their resignations. If you’re thinking of reducing your headcount, you need to know
U.S. Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) broke the record for the longest filibuster on the Senate Floor. His goal, according to political analyst Ed Kilgore, was to “dramatize the scope and intensity of the threat that Trump, Elon Musk, and other presidential stooges pose to government as we know it
When companies run into trouble, the C-suite often defaults to secrecy, sharing updates on a need-to-know basis. But when that happens, people make stuff up to fill the information vacuum—and it’s never good. While I’m never glad to see layoffs, Jack Dorsey’s email to Block, the fintech firm
In the working world, most successful ventures are group projects. No car is manufactured by a single person, no airplane is built and flown by one person, and no surgery is performed by a single scalpel-wielding doctor (contrary to what you may see on TV dramas). It’s all group work.
Unilever fired Ben & Jerry CEO David Stever. Violent activists are attacking Tesla and Tesla owners, causing extensive damage and resulting in arrests. What on earth do these two things have in common? Political activism in the corner office. Ben & Jerry’s has always been open about its social and political activism,
Gen-Z is an utter failure when it comes to job hunting. That’s what headlines like “1 in 6 Hiring Managers Report Gen-Z Candidates Using Their Phones Mid-Interview” and “Who’s sitting in on that Gen-Z job interview? It’s mom and dad” want you to believe. It’s a bunch of rubbish. Okay,
The job posting had a clear salary range listed: $104,000 to $194,000. That’s a ridiculously wide range, but my friend Tiffany (name changed for privacy) met all the requirements and needed a new job. Tiffany’s previous company laid her off as part of a large-scale reduction in force—about 3,000 people lost
