Before Day One, even, some employers invite recruits to meet their cube-mates, learn the ropes and get a feel for their new company. It boosts engagement and makes employees feel welcome ...Read the full article
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Arron D from Canada writes: As always - 'journalists' report the worst of everything when we could use actual information, and give best of breed stories when 90%, or better, of companies aren't there. This is another example.
I just went through the Dell grinder. They followed all the great examples laid out here, but it didn't stop HR from being cold war, texas style HR, even with all these policies in place.
Stop reporting on the pie in the sky hippy stories, start telling us about which companies have utterly failed at HR ( or since the list will be too long, try pointing out some of the more impressive failures).- Posted 29/04/08 at 11:44 AM EDT | Alert an Editor | Link to Comment
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RD Lone from Vancouver, Canada writes: This this article for real?
While it's true that many employees choose to stay or quit from the first couple months of employment, it's not because they didn't get a virtual tour of the office. Do these consultants actually talk with real people? People quit because: bad boss, too much work, don't like the culture, work boring, can make more money elsewhere.- Posted 29/04/08 at 12:50 PM EDT | Alert an Editor | Link to Comment
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