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The Lunatics have taken over the Asylum!
Why is it that, in many large organisations today, care
and respect for the individual has almost gone out of the window (flown over
the cuckoo’s nest)? I
remember a very wise man, who ran a very profitable stationery and office
equipment company my husband worked for, saying, ‘The more we give our staff in
bonuses and rewards, the more we get back from them!’ Well isn’t that amazing –
treat people well, catch them doing things right and then reward them
accordingly, they repay you with loyalty, respect and their best work.
The problem with all of this is that it is a lot easier
for managers to see when people are failing or not achieving and then start disciplinary
programs to get them ‘back on track’. I don’t know about you, but when someone
mentions disciplinary programs, I feel like...
Lots of different income streams - it's the way ahead!
I don't know about you but when I was growing up it was expected that you did as well as you could at school and maybe University and then got yourself a good job that paid you a good wage and that was your lot. In this day and age of uncertainty about the stability of peoples' jobs it seems that more and more people are finding themselves an alternative income stream. This serves two purposes, one to perhaps give you those extra luxuries, pay for family holidays, meals out etc or just to help you pay all the ever increasing bills, it also gives you that little bit of back up should anything go wrong with your main occupation.
Car boot sales seems to be one of the many ways people find of raising some extra cash in their spare time, in fact I was talking to a sales assistant in a large electrical...
