Work Life

DECEMBER 18, 2023

The issues and opportunities that were created with that sudden transition are still with us today in the form of an employee population that wants to control where and how they work, and a pre-pandemic physical infrastructure that needs to operate seamlessly as a hybrid digital workplace.

Automotive 115

Automotive Data Entry Finance Technology 115

The Receptionist

JANUARY 17, 2022

But burnout also occurred in all service-related industries, including food and retail. Click To Tweet If you’re open to the public, you need a receptionist who can welcome visitors into your office while also controlling the flow of incoming and outgoing traffic. Burnout wasn’t only caused by work.

Technology 130

Technology Government Retail Supplies 130

Tanveer Naseer

OCTOBER 25, 2016

I hear a similar exchange at retail stores, where you tell sales reps your shoe size and a few seconds later, they return to ask again. Some of these variables can be controlled and some cannot. I heard the exchange above just now, on a flight to Michigan.

Influencing 111

Influencing Networking Retail Onboarding 111

Vantage Circle

JUNE 18, 2022

Suppose you're delivering food as a gift to a small group of employees. In that case, you should be able to consider their dietary limitations and tailor food alternatives to each individual. So, attempt to keep the number of company-branded items in your gifting alternatives to a minimum. Assorted Teabox.

Food 111

Food Promotion Retail Creativity 111

Ruby

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Reddit users and retail investors influenced the market, forcing a short squeeze and causing hedge fund investors to push for a pause on the trading of GameStop stocks—not once, but twice. They don’t feel like working for someone else gives them the money, flexibility, and control they want.

Finance 52

Finance Retail Consulting Customer Service 52

Ask a Manager

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Sometimes we bring food and share it among us. Last month, my boss told me and everyone else that we had lunch with that we can no longer share our food with each other. My boss said that it was favoritism because we were not inviting everyone else in the department to eat with us and share our food with them.

Food 41

Food Flexibility Flexibility Interviewing 41

Ask a Manager

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

I often joked that I was the Queen of Controlled Rotting. She said she knew that I loved all this ‘controlled rotting’ business, so she had put some of her favourite foods in a jar and let them go bad in the hopes that I could use the mold to make my own treats. “We are a retail chain.

Retail 45

Retail Sales Food Catering 45

Ask a Manager

AUGUST 4, 2021

Slowly over the years, she has started taking more and more liberties in regards to the food and ignoring our requests for her to do a task. She’s taking food she’s not supposed to take! If you wouldn’t, it’s not really about the food.). I am a retail store manager and I have to keep my cool but I find it so incredibly rude.

Food 45

Food Interviewing Mailing Retail 45

Ruby

JULY 3, 2020

Katie Hurst: What are some things that small business owners have control over with Google My Business, versus what the consumer has control of when they’re interacting with a Google My Business profile? That’s really the heart of where a consumer can control, but they can also ask you questions, they can post photos.

Small Business 52

Small Business Controlling Legal Communication 52

Ask a Manager

NOVEMBER 17, 2016

A reader writes: My friend and I are both in service jobs (customer service, food service, retail). Sometimes you can tell yourself “eh, that’s not the way I’d choose to do it, but it’s not my call and I’m going to focus on the pieces of my work that I can control and that don’t frustrate the crap out of me.”.

Customer Service 32

Customer Service Retail Equipment Sales 32

Ruby

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Although there’s no foolproof technique—some hires just don’t work out due to circumstances beyond anyone’s control—there are ways to improve new employee retention and get more ROI from training. How do you reduce the chances of that second occurrence? What does it take to maximize “yays” and minimize “ughs?”

Training 52

Training Onboarding Small Business Interviewing 52

Ask a Manager

NOVEMBER 30, 2015

It’s completely reasonable to want to control what visitors to your office hear, and most companies would step in if they weren’t happy with the aural reception visitors were getting. Often, yes, I think so too — at least assuming that we’re talking about something like retail or food service work. Is that correct?

Retail 20

Retail Legal Food Planning 20

Ask a Manager

NOVEMBER 1, 2016

This gives her some control over the situation rather than you deciding for her and is more likely to leaving her feeling like she was treated reasonably well, despite the circumstances. And offering severance makes it easier for her to choose the second option if she really doesn’t want the first.

Salary 37

Salary Training Cubicle Retail 37

Ask a Manager

FEBRUARY 26, 2017

Plus, doing it on your first day risks coming across as pretty transparently attempting to curry favor through food. And you don’t know the food culture of the office yet; this could be a thing no one ever does, or they could have anti-sweets thing going on, or who knows what. Their loss!). Yes, I know there are exceptions.)

Interviewing 20

Interviewing Networking Food Mailing 20

Ask a Manager

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

Several years ago I was working in a retail job that involved services for customers (a jewelry counter that also offered watch battery replacement and band changes/resizing). I work in HR for a company that includes jobs that are very entry-level, think retail, quick-service restaurants, roles like that. No, you are normal.

Interviewing 38

Interviewing Salary Problem-Solving Sales 38

Ask a Manager

OCTOBER 29, 2018

Usually there are good guidelines for people’s food to only be kept in specific areas/containers to cut down on pests in people’s offices, but there just are cockroaches and mice, especially visible when the weather is changing and they’re coming in from the cold. It really does vary by employer.

Maintenance 20

Maintenance Food Flexibility Flexibility 20

Work Life

JULY 7, 2024

They include tailoring and making food, which the 33-year-old Ahmadzai now does along with women who once were teachers or aspired to be one. Local retailers don’t compensate them fairly. They can work in retail or hospitality, but it must be a female-only setting. Few jobs are still available to women.

Retail 52

Retail Banking Food Manufacturing 52

John Mattone

JUNE 23, 2024

Control vs. Empowerment: Traditional: Uses micromanagement or autocratic styles. Jeff Bezos: Jeff Bezos revolutionized retail with Amazon.com and IT with Amazon Web Services. Strive Masiyiwa: Zimbabwean businessman and devout philanthropist Strive Masiyiwa founded the Higher Life Foundation, providing scholarships and food to orphans.

Leadership 97

Leadership Coaching Teamwork Communication 97

Work Life

MARCH 22, 2024

Noriko Kuwabara was excited to try a new recipe she’d seen on social media for crispy shrimp spring rolls, so she and her husband headed to Costco’s frozen foods aisle. legal food safety standards required for all seafood imports.Dr. Food and Drug Administration. And it doesn’t meet U.S.

Food 98

Food Government Supplies Legal 98

Vantage Circle

OCTOBER 18, 2024

A McKinsey study discovered that the turnover rate in the retail industry is 70% higher than in other industries. This alarming figure raises questions about the working conditions in retail sectors. Are retail employees truly motivated and committed to their workplace? Has this always been the case in the retail industry?

Retail 103

Retail Customer Service Sales Flexibility 103

Ask a Manager

MARCH 2, 2020

This is one of those things that can feel very much like “this is just the way I am” — which makes it extra frustrating when you hear it’s a problem — but lots of people who have felt that way at some point have ended up finding ways to control it. I work in customer service for a hobby retailer.

Computer 30

Computer Problem-Solving Legal Customer Service 30

OE Cam

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

Industry sectors included: Retail, Technology, Healthcare, Housing/Social, Food/Beverage, Professional Services, Education, Infrastructure, Automotive, Charity and Agriculture. Where many leaders worry and procrastinate, effective leaders will proactively influence those factors beyond their direct control.

Automotive 52

Automotive Leadership Government Controlling 52

Success

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Navy, Lohrenz is a leadership expert and author of two Wall Street Journal bestselling books, Fearless Leadership and Span of Control. Her philanthropic spirit is evident in her active involvement with local charitable organizations, notably the Northshore Food Bank. Roses impact reaches far beyond cosmetics.

Influencing 105

Influencing Automotive Real Estate Leadership 105

SnackNation

NOVEMBER 23, 2015

Above all else, it’s this insistence on treating people like trusted partners – something unthinkable in the command and control management styles of days past – that has contributed to Netflix’s above average retention rate. ” Case Study #2 – Whole Foods. There are no bureaucratic hierarchies at Whole Foods.

Food 72

Food Decision Making Leadership Salary 72

Work Life

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

In June, the farming retailer Tractor Supply announced that the company would remove DEI positions and eliminate its goals to reduce carbon emissions, framing the decision as a response to customer concerns. Other retailers, like Lowe’s, have since followed suit. We have a little less control of that.

Supplies 98

Supplies Retail Food Transportation 98