Former Abercrombie CEO Mike Jeffries was arrested today, October 22, on sex trafficking charges. Jeffries ran Abercrombie from 1992 to 2014. While Jeffries is no longer CEO, the claims of bad behavior cover his time at the company’s helm. Last year, the BBC investigated Jeffries and found “an organized network used a middleman to recruit young adult
Employees come and go. No matter how fantastic you are as an employer and what a great culture you have, people will eventually quit. And sometimes you’ll need to fire people, or maybe you’ll hit some bumpy financials and have to lay off employees. Regardless, people will leave
In a recent memo to employees obtained by Bloomberg, Home Depot announced that all employees–including executives–will have to work a full eight-hour shift in a store once per quarter. This is brilliant, and how all businesses should operate when the core functions of the business differ substantially from the corporate office.
Boo! It’s spooky season, when ghosts abound–but some ghosts may soon be unwelcome. New Jersey is sick and tired of companies ghosting candidates and has introduced a bill to ban the practice. (Tinder users, you’re on your own here.) Headhunter Nick Corcodilas’ newsletter brought this new ghost-busting bill to my attention. He wrote:
Last Saturday, I took an improv workshop with Djibril Traoré. He said the above: “Don’t be prepared; be available,” and attributed it to Keith Johnston. Now, this specifically relates to the “yes, and” concept of improv. You cannot plan everything out because you don’t know what will come
Here’s some radical honesty for you: I had no idea who Simu Liu was when I saw his recent post on Threads about his approach to using radical honesty on LinkedIn. It turns out he’s an actor who is known for his work in Barbie, Marvel’s Shang-Chi, and Kim’s Convenience. I’ve seen Barbie and a couple episodes of Kim’s
I like being in my 50s I’m finally old enough that no one has asked me if I’m pregnant in a long time. When they did (and I wasn’t!) I would cheerily respond, “Nope, just fat!” I’m still fat and past my baby years (my “baby” is now
T Tomorrow is the day! Join HRLearns as we host Brenda Neckvatal as she helps people Understand the traits of narcissism Recognizing manipulative behavior Developing strategies for dealing with a narcissistic employee How to provide clear direction and feedback Learn to avoid enabling narcissistic behavior This will
As an employer, it’s your job to navigate your employees’ salary expectations and raise requests. But it turns out Gen Z has some wild views about salaries. In fact, a new survey highlights just how out of sync with reality many in Gen Z are. The survey, from software company Pollfish, asked 750 childless Gen Zers
Amazon’s return to office announcement is a warning sign for remote workers everywhere. CEOs want to return value to shareholders, and it may well be that bringing people to the office can help with that. Really, that’s it. That’s their goal. Sure, they may state goals like “Amazon strives to be Earth’s
