Traditionally, the workplace has been considered a cesspool of competition, a space that was ruled by deadlines and bottom lines. However, in the recent decade, employers have slowly woken up to the importance of having a kinder workplace. At a time when employee attrition rates are astronomically high, the management has realized that the traditional…
Vishal Garg, the most trolled CEO of 2021, is back
He is back after a self-imposed sabbatical. In recent months, Vishal Garg had been in the limelight for all the wrong reasons. When the news of him firing 900 employees over a Zoom call came out, it seemed like the CEO of Better.com was about to snatch the dubious honour of being ‘the most hated…
As Human Rights Days Draw To An End, Educate Yourself on 9 Employee Rights You Are Entitled To!
Today was the Human Rights Day. If you are moderately active on social media, particularly in the social awareness/justice feeds, you will be more or less familiar with what is considered as basic human rights as defined by United Nations. (Such as the right to life and liberty, right to work and education, etc.)…
Give Your Workforce Creative Freedom, But Don’t Let Them Falter!
Freedom and workplace. To most people, these two words are as antithetical as night and day. For many, the office is still seen as a hub of inflexible top-bottom hierarchy, mandatory deadlines, a hyper-competitive workforce functioning mechanically under the guidance of authoritarian management. So freedom is the last word many would associate with the institution…