Quotes About Workplace

I think how pay gets determined is pretty broad - experience, how people look, what they bring to the job. But there's no question women are paid less. Women don't ask.

The policemen had clearly been there all morning: four big white tea mugs from the canteen were drained and drip-stained, red-and-gold wrappers from caramel log biscuits were folded into interesting shapes on one side of the table, rolled up into tight little balls on the other.

The only employees in the building who had been excused where those who had hall monitoring duty.

A joy-filled workplace gives people the freedom to use their talents and skills for the benefit of society, without being crushed or controlled by autocratic supervisors.

their workplace," said one of our U.S. employees. " I am very happy because today I'm

Skills and talent were important, but they took a back seat to the way a person reacted to the company's values,

The wage controls ended, but benefits remained. In most cases, benefit

In the face of microaggressions, whether in the workplace, classroom, or other public forums, the emotional toll for people of color can be great (Sue, 2010). Three large categories of emotional reactions were identified.

Those who act as if they know more than their boss seldom do.

If you start out to solely make money, you will attract the wrong kind of employees.

As is often the case with children, the rule of 'monkey see, monkey do' plays out in the workplace. It's hard to be good role model, and it's one of the greatest challenges of leadership.

When we're done with employer-based health insurance, it will have as much life in it as Jimmy Hoffa.

he de-bugged and de-moused the office ...

Rules are in every company for everyone to follow. Eh, except salespeople." -- Jeffrey Gitomer

Actually putting your people first and treating them as if they matter to the organization's success, although easy to talk about and easy to understand, is notoriously difficult to implement.

women tend to underrate their achievements, and have less confidence in their abilities than their line managers have for them.

Asian professionals are frequently held back from senior positions by the perception that they don't have "executive presence," a factor that similarly operates against other minority groups in the workplace, including women.39 And what constitutes executive presence? Certainly not modesty:

qualities we actually select for and reward in most workplaces are precisely the ones that are unlikely to produce leaders who are good for employees or, for that matter, for long-term organizational performance.

systematic data on workplace bullying report widespread verbal abuse, shouting, berating others, and the general creation of a climate of intimidation.

most workplace learning goes on unbudgeted, unplanned, and uncaptured by the organization…. Up to 70 percent of workplace learning is informal.

willingly forgo a substantial pay raise in exchange for seeing their direct supervisor fired.

jobs that require employees to display (positive) emotions that they may not actually be feeling can be psychologically demanding and stressful.

read Jack Welch's books about General Electric and his management approach and never encounter the phrase "GE jerks." Yet that is a term I first heard from a now-retired GE senior executive who reported directly to Mr. Welch.

is also famous for his outbursts of temper and his put-downs of employees