Category: Employee Experience

Deliveroo Will Pay Its 15,000 UK Riders Sickness And Injury Benefits If The Laws Change

Food delivery startup Deliveroo has pledged to pay sickness and injury benefits to its UK riders, provided the government changes the law around what they can offer flexible workers. In a submission to a government-commissioned review of the gig economy, Deliveroo...

Microsoft to Cut ‘Thousands’ of Jobs

Microsoft is to cut “thousands” of jobs worldwide as it attempts to beef up its presence in the cloud computing sector. The technology giant wants to strengthen its cloud computing division but is facing intense competition from rivals such as Amazon...

Designing a Home Office that Inspires Productivity

Working from home can pose various challenges and create a number of diverse distractions, even for the most dedicated and focused individuals. This is why it’s important to ensure your home office is designed to inspire and sustain productivity, rather...

From Chatbots to Treasure Hunts, Agencies Get Creative in Recruiting New Workers

It’s never been harder for agencies to recruit needed talent, up against often higher paying options at tech giants. Here’s how five agencies are deviating from the well-trodden path of intern schemes and headhunters to ensure their clients represent the...

Free Beer, Massages And Ski Trips – These Are the Best Job Perks in Greater Manchester

Does your work have a free bar and give you free ski trips? If not, you’re in the wrong job. What if going to work was more than just doing your 9-5? Imagine if on top of your usual salary you...

Hard Work

“Talent is cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work.” – Stephen King We’ve heard it since childhood.  We’ve heard it from parents, teachers, and friends…“You just have to stick to...

What Does Having an ‘80% Engaged Workforce’ Even Mean?

The declaration of the percentage of ‘engaged employees’ an organisation has, has always seemed like a fairly abstract concept. What does it mean? How are behaviours and emotions measured as a percentage? I can’t say I’ve ever defined how I...

Which Companies Make The Most Revenue Per Employee?

ON AVERAGE, COMPANIES IN THE ENERGY SECTOR MAKE AT LEAST 2X PER EMPLOYEE THAN OTHERS The Chart of the Week is a weekly Visual Capitalist feature on Fridays. The world’s largest companies have many similarities, but the size of their respective org...

5 Qualities All Successful Call Centre Managers Share

Call centres are renowned for being among the world’s most high-pressure working environments – with tough sales targets and hectic work schedules often resulting in a culture of tension and anxiety. This whirlwind setting makes a calm and capable manager...

Job Hunting Treated Like Booking a Holiday, New Research Finds

The trend for checking reviews before making significant purchases is filtering into the world of work, according to new research released today by global resourcing specialists BPS World. The research found that job seekers are increasingly reliant on researching their potential...