Tag: Employee Engagement

One in ten sales pros will secretly juggle multiple jobs by 2028

According to Gartner, by 2028, one in ten sales professionals will leverage AI-driven efficiency to work multiple jobs secretly. As artificial intelligence continues to automate routine tasks, sellers will find themselves with surplus time—some of which may lead to “overemployment,”...

Love2shop staff discount platform launches for material girls and boys

Typically business reward and perk schemes are a double-edged sword. Those tasty doughnuts always appear when half the office is on a diet. Golf days coincide with crunch mode and most workers are too stressed to use that mental wellbeing...

Australian workplace culture faces crisis as employee engagement plummets

According to a recent Gartner survey, Australian employees’ perceptions of their organisation’s workplace culture have dropped to their lowest point in three years. In the fourth quarter of 2024, only 26.2% of employees viewed their workplace culture positively. Moreover, confidence...

Auquan launches Sustainability Agent to free finance teams from manual ESG work

Auquan has announced the launch of its Sustainability Agent, an AI-powered tool designed to free sustainability teams from the burden of tedious and time-consuming manual tasks. “At Auquan, our mission is to liberate financial professionals from soul-sapping manual tasks and...

Rail bosses under fire, Accenture’s DEI exit, and rising workplace financial stress

New train departure rules spark outrage Rail passengers have criticised a new Network Rail trial at King’s Cross, where train departure details vanish three minutes before departure to prevent last-minute platform dashes. Commuters argue the policy is patronising and could increase...

Sumsub and TELUS Digital partner to strengthen remote employee verification

Sumsub has partnered with TELUS Digital to provide the company with enhanced tools for verifying and onboarding remote employees, ensuring a more secure and efficient hiring process.“The growing sophistication and instances of fraudulent activities, ranging from VPN usage, fake IDs,...

Aldi expands UK operations with 1,600 new jobs and increased wages  

Supermarket chain Aldi has unveiled plans to create 1,600 new jobs across the UK as it continues to expand its presence with new store openings. The retailer will open locations in areas including Cambridgeshire, Greater Manchester, and Lytham in Lancashire,...

After shadow IT, shady AI creations could create operational chaos

Business IT departments have long fretted about unofficial applications in offices and networks. Now shadow artificial intelligence poses a new challenge, as workers create smart tools, content, images and ideas. All with a little help from their friendly AI. The campaign...

Majority of zero-hours workers trapped in insecure jobs for years   

Two-thirds of employees on zero-hours contracts have been working for the same employer for over a year, with one in eight stuck in these precarious conditions for more than a decade. Meanwhile, almost half (45%) have been with the same...

UK employees work 215 hours of unpaid overtime each year

UK professionals are logging an average of 215.8 hours of unpaid overtime annually, with 42% receiving no compensation for their extra work. According to new research by HiBob, this equates to £4,022 worth of unpaid labour per employee, based on...