People Matters

What if employers actually talked to employees?

10 hours ago by Brian Sommer in Employee Engagement

Executives are so surprised when employees quit without notice or when jobseekers don’t show up for the first day of work. Smart HR executives will dig into the causal factors behind these recent trends to understand why such surprises are so commonplace today.

'Quiet Quitting is employees setting boundaries'

4th Oct 2022 by Aastha Gupta in Employee Engagement, Life @ Work

The volume of conversations that are being had about “quiet quitting” is the alarm ringing about the need for us, as leaders, to re-think our employees’ work experience, says Katherine Loranger, Chief People Officer at Safeguard Global.

How do we shift to formal work arrangements?

3rd Oct 2022 by Asmaani Kumar in Employee Relations, Employment Landscape, #FutureOfWork, #HRCommunity

As we debate and deliberate the new forms of working across the business landscape, we cannot overlook the need to strengthen formal working arrangements and advocate the rights of the informal workforce.

Cashing in: Which rewards motivate workers better?

2nd Oct 2022 by Alyssa Navarro in Benefits & Rewards, Employee Engagement

How can employers inspire workers to become more productive? The best rewards have this "constellation of attributes".

Bad habits to avoid in a job interview

1st Oct 2022 by Gabriel Navarro in Recruitment, Life @ Work

Making a good impression during a job interview is important to giving yourself a head start. Avoid these bad interview habits as you pursue that dream job.

Is quiet quitting the next big challenge for biz

30th Sep 2022 by Sandeep Budhiraja in Employee Engagement, #GuestArticle, #FutureOfWork

Quiet quitting encompasses traits such as becoming less ready to participate in initiatives, no longer remaining late, arriving early, and attending every meeting whether it is mandatory or not.

Building talent management practices with heart

30th Sep 2022 by Asmaani Kumar in Talent Management, Leadership, Culture, #FutureOfWork, #HRTech, #HRCommunity

In conversation with People Matters, Smitha Subhas of Uber shares her expert insights on leading talent management in the digitally driven future of work.

Quiet firing leads to quiet quitting: Anthony Hood

29th Sep 2022 by Sudeshna Mitra in Diversity, Culture, #EmployeeExperience, #FutureOfWork

Patterns of quiet firing often go unnoticed in employee exit surveys – being labeled as employees leaving for a ‘better opportunity’, says Anthony C Hood of First Horizon Bank.

Quiet Firing: How not to be part of the trend

28th Sep 2022 by Mamta Sharma in Employee Engagement, Employee Relations, Wellbeing

Quiet quitting is all over the media, but quiet firing is the new phenomenon that is shifting focus to how employers treat their staff. People Matters spoke to industry experts to find out what it takes for both employees and employers not to be a part of this trend and what this means for the future of work.

Decoding the great return-to-work pushback

27th Sep 2022 by Mastufa Ahmed in Employee Relations, #FutureOfWork

Businesses across the world are struggling to reconcile teamwork and employee satisfaction with return-to-work mandates stirring up a hornet's nest for workers trying to reclaim a well-founded work-life balance.