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"You want me to do what?!".(Work Life)(Brief Article)
These poor readers were handed outrageous tasks by their tyrannical bosses.
* "I started a new waitressing job at a local diner, and after a few weeks, my boss began raving to me about Eli, one of the other waiters. She would even schedule us for all the same shifts. I couldn't understand why she kept talking him up to me until she took me aside one afternoon and asked me to marry him so he wouldn't be deported. I walked out."--Hillary, 26
* "A former boss of mine once sent me to buy condoms for her 14-year-old son, who was flying across the country to meet his online girlfriend. As I was leaving, she actually said, 'Make sure you buy the largest size, because he has a huge penis.' I was so disgusted."--Bianca, 20
* "I made the mistake of leaving my boss all of my contact information ...
- Work-life balance at top of the recruitment agenda.(Work-Life)(Brief Article)
- Magazine article from: Employee Benefits March 1, 2004 700+ words
A GOOD work-life balance is fast becoming the deciding...will be Professor Suzan Lewis from the Work-Life Research Centre at Manchester Metropolitan...development and evaluation of workplace work-life policies and practices. * Session B4...
- Jones Kicks Off Work/Life.(Brief Article)
- Magazine article from: WWD Larson, Kristin March 26, 2003 700+ words
...Jones New York is kicking off its "Work/Life Speaker Series" today at Merrill Lynch...a way that fits into her back-to-work life." For shopping convenience, the lunch...registered. Following New York, the Work/Life series will travel to five cities - Boston...
- CASE STUDY: Trusting in work-life.(Brief Article)
- Magazine article from: Employee Benefits February 10, 2006 700+ words
...Partnership NHS Trust has introduced an extensive range of work-life balance and flexible working opportunities. Gail Nicholas...going to benefit the service and the patients. "We have a work-life balance policy, a flexible working policy, a maternity policy...
- Kane, Paul. Work Life.(Brief article)(Book review)
- Magazine article from: Booklist Olson, Ray April 1, 2007 700+ words
Kane, Paul. Work Life. Apr. 2007.96p. Turtle Point, paper, $16.95 (1-93352707-2). 811. Kane's big third collection presents poems...
- Creative use of the purse.(Work-Life)(Brief Article)
- Magazine article from: Employee Benefits March 1, 2004 700+ words
...John Rawling, employee relations manager at the City of Sunderland council, will tell all about his experience of using work-life balance as a central part of its benefits strategy. Richard McLaughlan, senior HR adviser at the University of Derby, will...
- Free career advice: Q&A with Barbara Corcoran.(Handbook: WORK LIFE)(Brief...
- Magazine article from: Redbook Corcoran, Barbara November 1, 2008 700+ words
...have become really close friends--so much so that it hurts when she gives me criticism on the job. How do I separate my work life from my social life?" My friend Susan quit six months after I hired her because of this exact same problem. She was great...
- Reach for the Top: Women and the Changing Facts of Work Life.(Brief Article)
- Magazine article from: Publishers Weekly March 7, 1994 700+ words
REACH FOR THE TOP: Women and the Changing Facts of Work Life Edited, with an introduction by Nancy A. Nichols. Harvard Business School, $24.95 ISBN 0-87584-507-X Rich in fact...
- Work-Life gathering draws 380 to Phoenix.(News)(2007 Work-Life Conference &...
- Magazine article from: Business Insurance Roberts, Sally March 5, 2007 700+ words
...Sally Roberts PHOENIX-About 380 work-life professionals came to Phoenix last month to attend the 2007 Work-Life Conference & Exhibition presented by WorldatWork and the Alliance for Work-Life Progress. In addition to various networking...
- Research reveals impact of work-life benefits.(Brief Article)
- Magazine article from: Employee Benefit News Carlson, Leah August 1, 2005 700+ words
...set of data showing the real effects of work-life benefits is now available to HR professionals...studies of corporate experiences with work-life programs over the last thirteen years...new programs, justify their current work-life benefits to executives, or build a strong...
- Work & Family Benefits Inc. (Work/Life Benefits).(Brief Article)
- Magazine article from: HRMagazine December 1, 2002 700+ words
...Values Package that is designed to make work/life benefits accessible and affordable...employers to develop and distribute work/life benefits programs. With Values Package...resources on a comprehensive range of work/life benefits.
Source: HighBeam Research, "You want me to do what?!".(Work Life)(Brief Article)