Strive for a Better Bonus This Year!

If you are hit into sit­u­a­tions that your com­pany is not mak­ing money, and if you are stay­ing on with the com­pany, there is pretty noth­ing much you can do.  Every­one should be in the same shoes when the marker con­di­tions are bad.  How­ever, if you are not get­ting what you should be get­ting or believed to be get­ting even when times are good, it may be time to do some­thing about it.  But if you choose to stay with the com­pany and tar­get­ing for a good next year bonus, it maybe time you do things to keep you in the rec­om­men­da­tion list, which result in a higher chance for a bet­ter bonus! Read the rest of this entry »

Get a Bountiful Bonus This Year! (Part 2)

There are fac­tors that can affect your per­for­mance bonus.  Some things are out of our con­trol.  That is the cur­rent econ­omy out­look, the busi­ness out­look, the com­pany per­for­mance and any profit (or lost) in the year.  Of course, any­one of us would not set­tle for a small bonus after work­ing like hell for the year.  But at least, you know the rea­sons behind it and may feel bet­ter after know­ing it.  Find out the rea­sons why your bonus is small this year. Read the rest of this entry »

Get a Bountiful Bonus This Year!

It is easy to mea­sure per­for­mance and rewards in an organ­i­sa­tion that is profit-driven.  The more money the com­pany make, the more bonuses the employ­ees get (espe­cially the banks!).  The more sales the sales per­son clocks for the year, the more bonus he gets as com­mis­sion.  With­out profit-driven, it can be rather dif­fi­cult to mea­sure the per­for­mance of an indi­vid­ual.  That is a com­mon prob­lem in non-profit dri­ven organ­i­sa­tions, such as the gov­ern­ment sec­tor or those that sup­ports the sales func­tion (e.g. admin­is­tra­tion, oper­a­tions, etc). Read the rest of this entry »

What Bosses do to annoy Their Staff? – Part 2

Being an over metic­u­lous boss is suf­fi­cient to score an annoy­ing point.  Being overly micro­manag­ing the team is a sure walk over for most staffs under him to give him the red card!  How­ever, unknow­ingly to these man­age­ment, they can be annoy­ing from another set of cri­te­ria.  Are they being stub­born to ideas or clue­less of what’s going on in the organ­i­sa­tion?  Or are they being too per­sonal and self-centred of them­selves that leaved their staff feel­ing annoyed?  Find out more with our con­tin­ued part two post here! Read the rest of this entry »

What Bosses do to annoy Their Staff?

What are the things that bosses do that dri­ves the staff mad?  There will be com­plains about bosses being too metic­u­lous at work which cause unnec­es­sary over­head on the staff.  Staffs are made to work late or be always on their toe in order not to be penalised.  The prob­lem of over-supervision will cre­ate unnec­es­sary over­head to you and your staff and no pro­duc­tive out­put is cre­ated in the process.  Find out more today if you are doing things that are annoy­ing your staff!

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Fire Your Boss! Change Your Job!

Much of what the career advices we get out there is to be a bet­ter worker, or improve your per­sonal pro­duc­tiv­ity at work or some­thing of this “bet­ter” nat­ural.  Some­times, we need to take a step back and ask, “Is this what I want?”, “Am I doing the right thing for myself?” or “Is this the right job for me?”.  By answer­ing such prin­ci­ple ques­tions in our heart, it becomes eas­ier for you to make a deci­sion in your career.  Now, you always have an option in your hand to leave the organ­i­sa­tion.  What will be the fac­tors that will make you leave the organ­sa­tion then? Read the rest of this entry »

Claim Your Own Relaxation Space at Work

Get your­self a space to be away from the highly stress work envi­ron­ment.  Imag­ine the amount of stress we are con­stantly receiv­ing daily (in office and out of office).   Nope, we are not ask­ing you to quit or walk out of the office like a men­tal freak.  We need to cre­ate an envi­ron­ment that you feel more relaxed in.  Some of us are even more pro­duc­tive when we have suf­fi­ciently relaxed.  Take a look here! Read the rest of this entry »

5 Immediate Ways to be Happier at Work

Hav­ing iden­ti­fied the rea­sons why employ­ees are unhappy at work, be it pay, bosses, office pol­i­tics, favouritism, etc, it’s time to do some­thing to get your happy level back again.  As sim­ple as it seemed, emo­tion­ally neg­a­tive employ­ees that we usu­ally see and speak to are always entan­gling them­selves with neg­a­tive feel­ings and never end­ing com­plains.  We need to work on the prob­lems to achieve hap­pi­ness at work for our­selves! Read the rest of this entry »

8 Outrageous Reasons Why Employees are Unhappy!

We’ve talk about almost 30+ rea­sons why employ­ees are unhappy!  Those are straight for­ward and hap­pen­ing in every­day with the peo­ple you meet and talk with at the pantry.  But what’s uncom­mon of employ­ees (although they com­plain about it at the pantry too) that there can be sim­ple rea­sons that will ignite them to ten­der their res­ig­na­tion!  Prac­ti­cally illog­i­cal!  You may want think, “Are you seri­ous!?” Find out more! Read the rest of this entry »

Top 16 MORE Reasons Why Employees are Unhappy!

Fol­low­ing to our 16 rea­sons why employ­ees are unhappy at work, we have com­piled another set of 16 MORE rea­sons that answers why employ­ees are unhappy at work.  Is it the bosses?  Is it the com­pany cul­ture?  Is it the co-workers and the pres­sure from them?  Is it the indus­try?  Is it work­ing more than what a nor­mal per­son in your indus­try is work­ing?  Is it a place that you can find pro­gres­sion or is pro­gres­sion laid down in a fair man­ner that all indi­vid­u­als have equal oppor­tu­nity to progress?  Find out more! Read the rest of this entry »