Hartford Offers Buyouts to Annuity Clients to Trim Risk – Bloomberg.
Time will tell if anyone sells their contracts back.
Management
37signals Earns Millions Each Year. Its CEO’s Model? His Cleaning Lady – Fast Company
She’s on her own, she cleans people’s homes, she’s incredibly nice. She brings flowers every time she cleans, and she’s just respectful and nice and awesome. Why can’t more people be like that? She’s been doing it some twenty-odd years, and that’s just an incredible success story. To me that’s far more interesting than a tech company that’s hiring a bunch of people, just got their fourth round of financing for 12 million dollars, and they’re still losing money. That’s what everyone talks about as being exciting, but I think that’s an absolutely disgusting scenario when it comes to business.
via 37signals Earns Millions Each Year. Its CEO’s Model? His Cleaning Lady | Fast Company.
I loved this interview. You will too.
M&Ms Recruiting Test: How You Do Anything Is How You Do Everything
Munich Re’s Ergo Insurance – 200 Layoffs in 2013
The Global Arbitrage of Online Work – NYTimes.com
…if you’re reading this from one of the better parts of the global economy, it’s a good time to think about how to be indispensable.
via The Global Arbitrage of Online Work – NYTimes.com.
As a bonafide WFH full time househusband for over six years I found this article fascinating. Even if you are not WFH I recommend you read this article.
Analysis: Battered India Insurers | Reuters
Aetna Laying Off 160 – Courant.com
Pru to Pay $615 million for Hartford Life Unit
How Do We Keep Contingent Workers From Jumping Ship? – Dear Workforce
My company provides staffing services to the manufacturing industry. Contingent workers historically have a high turnover rate. My motivation is to get these people to stay on assignments longer and be more productive, thus increasing my client’s return on investment. What can we do?
via How Do We Keep Contingent Workers From Jumping Ship? – Dear Workforce – Workforce.
The situation above is an actual scenario and the question posed is real. The individual asking the question is in Human Resources and an executive at the VP level. My initial reaction was disbelief. Check out the entire article. The answer given was pretty decent.
Ouch…
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