Category: Employee Experience

Revealed: What it’s Really Like to Work for LinkedIn’s Most Sought After Firms

From poor work/life balance and long working hours to a lack of progression and difficult interviews, new research reveals what it’s really like to be employed by some of the biggest organisations in both the UK and US. Based on LinkedIn’s annual...

Understanding the Importance of Diversity for Innovation

The following article has been written for CXM by bestselling author and Professor of Innovation, Design and Management at the University of Southern Denmark, Alf Rehn   We might call this the tragedy of niceness… So used are we to thinking of business as...

Recruitment Crisis Costing Businesses as New Hires Fail to Meet Standards

New research has shone a light on a potential recruitment crisis which could lead to “failure” for firms. A study published by recruitment-tech firm, Worksome found that up to a third of new employees are not passing their six-month probationary reviews, while only...

London Staff Cull as Deutsche Bank Begins Overhaul

Plans by Deutsche Bank to “restart” its operation have led to the first cull of employees in London, along with a loss of staff in New York and Tokyo. The German investment giant is undergoing a radical reorganisation to “become more...

Employers Failing Employees When Implementing Change

With over half of employees and leaders rating inability to adapt to change as the number one threat to the future success of their organisations, a global workplace study reveals that only 43 percent of employees believe their employer to...

Gift Card Growth in Employee Incentive Schemes

The volume of businesses using gift cards as part of their reward, incentive and loyalty schemes has seen a significant uplift year-on-year, according to the latest research published by the UK Gift Card & Voucher Association (UKGCVA). The State of the Nation report,...

Tips on Rediscovering the Power of Voice in Communication

Today we are swamped with a plethora of digital tools to communicate with one another, from Whatsapp, texting, Facebook, Instagram, to email, and much more.  We are led to believe that these technologies make communications easier but at the same...

Revealed: Extent of ‘Ghosting’ in the Workplace

A new survey has revealed the extent of ‘ghosting’ by both employers and employees in the UK. The term refers to the practice of disappearing without contact, and was originally coined to describe dating experiences. However, according to findings from education...

Recognition at Work Vital for Employee Retention, Staff Say

The need to praise staff for good work has been highlighted in a new study showing employees would turn down a pay increase in favour of a culture of support. Global employee engagement firm Reward Gateway carried out a survey of UK...

Digital Competencies Vital to UAE Employee Experience

Eighty-three percent of UAE respondents see digital competencies as being either very or extremely important in achieving, among other things, organisational agility, employee satisfaction, and talent acquisition. That is the findings of the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), in their  Benchmarking competencies...