Office Snapshots

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Every floor, and every space on every floor, is distinct in the way it fulfils its core function with a self-sustaining design and corresponding aesthetic. The two directors occupy private lounges on the other two floors each, with their legal, business and sales teams in proximity.

Correspondence 95

Correspondence Sales Legal 95

C-Suite Assistants

AUGUST 12, 2024

As a business owner, you have many responsibilities, from overseeing daily business operations and marketing and sales campaigns to creating a business plan, financial management and bookkeeping, customer service, and ensuring legal compliance. Do you need more time or another set of hands? Why do executives need an EA?

Correspondence 59

Correspondence Travel Arrangements Bookkeeping Administrative Assistance 59

Ask a Manager

APRIL 2, 2015

I have a job interview next week, and in an email correspondence with the interviewer, she had an odd request that I’ve never been asked before. It’s really to keep track of customers data, sales numbers, etc. Is he legally allowed to withhold pay pending the outcome of an issue with a client?

Networking 35

Networking Payroll Correspondence Interviewing 35

Ask a Manager

JUNE 9, 2015

A girlfriend of mine has a full-time job but also works part-time for a large luggage company in retail sales. Whether or not it’s legal will depend on your state law. Store manager is charging employees for mistakes to fund a dinner for herself and the company owner.

Correspondence 36

Correspondence Retail Interviewing Sales 36

Ask a Manager

JUNE 1, 2021

Accidentally calling the interviewer by the name of someone else you’d been corresponding with isn’t ideal, but it’s not an outrage. For one thing, if you’re moving to another state, that will have legal and financial consequences for them and could be prohibitive. (If It happens; people slip up and forget names.

Interviewing 30

Interviewing Correspondence Promotion Insurance 30

Ask a Manager

MAY 23, 2016

in business correspondence, it’s because they think they’re supposed to — and they’re happy to switch to first names when they realize that’s an option. Are commission-only sales jobs a scam? Are outside-sales jobs which are commission-only a rip-off as entry-level jobs? Someone who continues to sign their emails with Mr. or Ms.

Computer Skills 21

Computer Skills Computer Sales Real Estate 21

Ask a Manager

JUNE 7, 2018

It’s a great vetting tool to see how applicants introduce themselves to the sales staff. She has been wanting to be very involved in the process of processing him as a new employee, but they are not married and they have no legal responsibility (that I’m aware of) to each other.

Correspondence 21

Correspondence Sales Legal Retail 21