Too Much Information: When Metrics Meets Surveillance
What’s the line between workplace metrics, good communication and surveillance? Odo, a new product from online survey platform Qualtrics, raises this debate once again. Reported on by Cale Guthrie Weissman at Fast Company yesterday, the program’s features include internal chat, task assignment, metrics and “access to birds-eye cameras looking over the office’s entire open floor […]
What You Need to Know About the Twitter Update
The long anticipated Twitter update is finally here and although the social media platform didn’t add new tools for dealing with harassment, it did give us several other items on our wishlist, like excluding @names and media from character counts. Importantly, Twitter has walked away from previously planned expansions to the 140 character limit, instead focusing on […]
6 Mistakes You Can Easily Avoid at #SHRM16
Check out our SHRM16 VIP Party Guide by clicking here. We get you the parties and must attend SHRM events first. 6 Mistakes You Can Easily Avoid at #SHRM16 So you’ve registered for SHRM 2016 and booked your hotel. It may be too early to start packing — ok, it’s definitely too early to start packing […]
Is Virtual Reality the Future of New Hire Onboarding?
Virtual reality is, well a reality, and becoming bigger every day. It is on its way to becoming a $30 billion industry by 2021. I think it has great potential as a tool for HR, as I have written before. One of the roadblocks to this happening was the cost of equipment — but Google […]
How Doing Good Deeds Improves Workplace Health
Finding ways to create fun activities that keep employees engaged, build community, or simply boost morale is a difficult challenge many workplace leaders face today. Oftentimes leadership staff struggles to come up with ideas that garner excitement throughout the office and don’t take exorbitant amounts of time away from productive work hours. Because of this, […]
“Millions to Earn More in Overtime!”: Facts and Fiction of the New FLSA Final Rule
Facts and Fiction of the New FLSA Final Rule That is what the newspaper headline read on the front page of the morning paper. Yes, as many of you are aware the Department of Labor has finally released the final regulations regarding the new wage standard for exempt level employees. There was both good news […]
