Bullying bosses can make life a misery in the workplace. But research shows they could also wreck a marriage。 Stress caused by an abusive manager has a major impact on an employee's partner, a study has found. This in turn affects the marital relat

发表于:2019-01-03 / 阅读(43) / 评论(0) 分类 阅读空间

Good news for parents of Starbucks employees in China: The company is now offering health insurance that will likely benefit around 10,000 elderly people. 对于中国星巴克的员工来说这是一个好消息:该公司要为员工父母上医疗保

发表于:2019-01-07 / 阅读(48) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

Despite what many believe, extroverts are not the only office rock stars. 尽管许多人认为只有外向的人才是办公室里的明星员工,但事实并非如此。 While extroverts may be social butterflies and action-oriented, it is the qu

发表于:2019-01-07 / 阅读(47) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

Turns out a good night's rest is good for business. 原来,夜晚的良好睡眠对企业有利。 One-third of American workers aren't sleeping enough to function at peak levels, and that chronic exhaustion is costing billions of dollars in lost p

发表于:2019-01-08 / 阅读(77) / 评论(0) 分类 英语阅读理解

Business 商业 Corporate culture 企业文化 The view from the top, and bottom 老板与员工的意见分歧 Bosses think their firms are caring. Their minions disagree. 老板们认为公司对员工关怀备至,但其下属却不以为然。 A

发表于:2019-01-26 / 阅读(53) / 评论(0) 分类 经济学人商业系列

Hilcorp, a private oil and natural gas exploration and production company based in Texas, is in the news for its uNPRecedented generosity towards employees. To celebrate an excellent year, CEO Jeff Hildebrand gave the entire company staff huge bonuse

发表于:2019-02-01 / 阅读(41) / 评论(0) 分类 阅读空间

A study found that workers in Japan distrust their employers significantly more than workers in the US, UK, Canada and Australia do. 一项调查显示,日本的员工比美国、英国、加拿大、澳大利亚等国的员工更不信任自己的雇

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It's tough to hold on to good employees, but it shouldn't be. Most of the mistakes that companies make are easily avoided. When you do make mistakes, your best employees are the first to go, because they have the most options. 留住好员工看似困难

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Next time you're looking for a job, it might be worth checking the gender of the chief executive's children. 下次找工作时,还是先查查顶头上司的孩子是男是女吧。 Research has found that having a daughter significantly impacts h

发表于:2019-02-01 / 阅读(47) / 评论(0) 分类 阅读空间

They werent wearing sagging pants or revealing clothing. But dressing in an orange shirt is apparently enough to get fired at one Florida law firm, where 14 workers were unceremoniously let go last Friday. 他们并没有穿宽松的裤子或是太过暴

发表于:2019-02-06 / 阅读(75) / 评论(0) 分类 英美文化

New fiction新小说 Somali son索马里之子 A voice from Africa来自非洲的声音 Sep 17th 2011 | from the print edition Crossbones. By Nuruddin Farah. Riverhead; 389 pages; $27.95. Buy from Amazon.com 《死亡髅骷》;努鲁德因?法拉著;

发表于:2019-02-06 / 阅读(49) / 评论(0) 分类 经济学人综合

Like all-you-can-eat shrimp or the right to consume candy and ice cream all day because your parents cant stop you anymore, unlimited vacation time isn't quite as fabulous as you might think. 就像自助餐吃大虾和随意吃糖果冰淇淋而没有

发表于:2019-02-07 / 阅读(114) / 评论(0) 分类 阅读空间

You can forget Monday morning blues if you work for Dan Rice - the king of Britain's most laid-back company. 如果你为丹赖斯工作的话,就再也不用担心周一综合症啦!因为他是英国工作最悠闲的公司的老板。 Business

发表于:2019-02-08 / 阅读(66) / 评论(0) 分类 阅读空间

CEO Dan Price took a 90% pay cut and slashed his company's profits just so he could give his employees a raise. 首席执行官丹布莱斯自降九成年薪、大幅降低公司利润,以提高员工薪水。 Price, who heads up the Seattle paymen

发表于:2019-02-08 / 阅读(47) / 评论(0) 分类 阅读空间

Although Google has some pretty cushy perks, it's vacation policy is more-or-less standard among big tech companies. 尽管谷歌公司有许多非常诱人的福利,不过它的休假政策才多多少少称得上是大科技公司的标杆。 Fir

发表于:2019-02-08 / 阅读(64) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻

Business 商业报道 Motivating workers 激励员工 Ranked and yanked 评级与封杀 Firms that keep grading their staff ruthlessly may not get the best from them. 那些总是无情地把员工分个三六九等的公司或许并不能得到最好的

发表于:2019-02-13 / 阅读(41) / 评论(0) 分类 经济学人商业系列

After a couple of accidents in 2014, Malaysia Airline System (MAS) has almost finished its painful restructuring that involves axing of about one-third of its total staff. 在经历过2014年的两起事故后,马航即将完成痛苦的重组。这将

发表于:2019-02-17 / 阅读(94) / 评论(0) 分类 阅读空间

Some of my colleagues have been spreading a story about my having had a secret affair with my boss. The evidence for this is that I sometimes tease him and do not appear to be frightened of him. I am partly amused at the stupidity of it all, but also

发表于:2019-02-18 / 阅读(58) / 评论(0) 分类 阅读空间

One in four managers thinks it's OK to call their workers while they're on holiday, according to a new report. 一项新报告称,1/4的经理认为在员工休假时打电话给他们没什么大不了的。 A study of 2,000 employers and employee

发表于:2019-02-18 / 阅读(49) / 评论(0) 分类 实用英语

Hyper-wired South Korea is considering legislation that would ban bosses from bothering their staff at home after growing complaints about the countrys already onerous work-life imbalance. 在韩国已经不堪重负的工作和生活间的不平衡导

发表于:2019-02-19 / 阅读(128) / 评论(0) 分类 英语新闻