In our blog post last month about Performance Evaluations going the way of the Dodo Bird we discussed that major companies like SAP, Adobe, Accenture, Deloitte and Microsoft are throwing out their performance review programs. The first reaction is what are they doing? Are they stopping performance feedback all together? Actually, a closer look reveals…
A recent survey shows that six percent of Fortune 500 companies have revamped their traditional annual performance reviews and rankings, and many more are expected to follow. Accenture, Deloitte, SAP and Kelly Services are the latest to join Juniper, Microsoft, Adobe, and Gap in making their traditional review and ranking processes extinct. These companies have…
The latest data shows national unemployment rates at 5% and only dropping from there. In February, 242,000 new jobs were created and six straight years of record breaking growth shows no signs of slowing. Locally, the Portland Metro Area’s job growth was among the fastest in the US and it’s unemployment rate has plummeted to…
The recently penned open letter by an employee to her CEO at Yelp and the rebuttal has brought focus back to the newest generation in the work place. Millennials. Millennials make up 50% of the workforce today, increasing to 75% in the next 10-15 years. Dubbed Generation ADD, The Selfie Generation, even the Unemployables, make…
