One Man’s Efforts to Hire the Unemployed
Here is an uplifting story about an innovative plan that a Pennsylvania man has put together to spur hiring for unemployed workers. Successful entrepreneur Gene Epstein wants businesses to start hiring people needing jobs and he is putting his money where his mouth is.
He has offered to donate $1,000 of his own money to a charity of the employers choosing for every worker they hire and keep successfully employed for at least 6 months. The plan has been advertised in local media and so far he has commitments from over 80 businesses and will continue until 250 have signed up. It is catching on with people who are in positions to hire and is spurring them into action.
Mr. Epstein is motivated by memories of his childhood when his family came close to foreclosure after the death of his father. His hope is that the “Hire Just One” plan as he calls it, will spawn other jobs creation initiatives across the country.
For more information on this program, you can visit his website here.
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Top Reasons People Hate Their Jobs
1. It’s Boring
Repetition and a lack of variety can lead to feelings of dissatisfaction when your job becomes robotic and no longer challenging.
2. You have a bad boss
Having a bad boss can turn a great job into a terrible one. No one likes to be belittled and micromanaged on a constant basis; both common characteristics of a bad boss who needs to feel important by undermining those in her control.
3. Little Personal Time
One of the greatest contributors to low job satisfaction is not having enough time away from work. Jobs that require long hours, unscheduled weekend time or just 1 or 2 weeks vacation per year rank poorly for employee happiness. These tactics bely companies that really don’t care about their employees even though they may offer lip service to the contrary.
4. Unproductive Working Environment
Customers or coworkers that are not receptive to new ideas can create an atmosphere of resentment. Those that prefer to complain rather than participate in solutions to problems can poison the environment and keep morale low.
5. Low Pay
A low salary that continues year after year with poor merit increases, can only serve to demoralize the worker and make them feel unappreciated. Sooner or later they will begin to look for another company that will better reward their skills.
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Give Me A Break Rules
Here are some basic pointers for how to make the best of the communal space we all use as our little escape hatch from the daily work routine. We have all been guilty at one time or another of breaking the break room rules. Do some of these sound familiar?
- Don’t leave a mess for others to clean up. If you took the last doughnut, then throw the box out. You get the picture.
- Find something else to talk about other than work. This is your chance to get away from work so don’t mess that up by talking about it.
- Fill it up when empty. Yes, this one is hard, but if you took the last bit of coffee, you need to make another pot. You can learn, it’s rocket fuel not rocket science.
- Wait your turn. You know when it is going to get crowded in the break room so be prepared to get in line to use the microwave. Why not change up your schedule a bit to avoid lunchtime jam ups?
- The fridge is for short term parking only. Let’s not use the break room refrigerator as a backup to the one at home. Keep your food storage to a minimum and don’t let it turn into a lab experiment.
- No gossip zone. Something about eating food can tend to loosen our tongues in ways we shouldn’t. The message here is relax and turn on the coffee mill but not the rumor mill.
- Don’t take others food. If you think it’s ok to take someone elses soda or use their butter, then you would be wrong. Always ask first and offer to replace what you use.
- Fish free not fish fry. No matter how much you love fish, or how healthy it is to eat it, the lingering aroma doesn’t make good office scents so be smart and eat something else.
- Don’t burn the popcorn. Nothing wakes up the sense of smell better than popcorn cooked right, but knowing when to stop popping is the key to keeping this joy from turning into a smoke filled horror.
- Get a piece. Take your share of the food being shared; no more and no less.
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