Vantage Circle

JUNE 23, 2022

Logistics Manager. Bulk orders from suppliers are handled by a logistics manager who ensures their secure, high-quality, and timely arrival at the customer's doorstep. A single e-commerce project will have a lot of team members working on different sides — operations, marketing, logistics, technical, etc.

Delegation 98

Delegation Supervising Logistics Problem-Solving 98

Work Life

JULY 1, 2024

He decided to give logistics-side workers Friday afternoons off while the six staff who work on the brick-and-mortar side and do customer service for online orders get off on Mondays, when the store was closed. And employees that are paid by the hour rather than set salaries can balk at getting paid for fewer hours.

Retail 98

Retail Logistics Customer Service Salary 98

Launch Work Places

MAY 28, 2024

The same survey revealed that, after salary, it’s the most important consideration for job seekers. They handle the logistics, so you can handle your workload. Many professionals are searching for that elusive “balance” to find happiness and fulfillment in their day-to-day lives.

Logistics 98

Logistics Flexibility Flexibility Networking 98

Success

JULY 17, 2024

American knowledge workers are relocating to Colombia and Thailand, drawn by the allure of a superior lifestyle attainable on their existing salaries. He predicts that this “great untethering” is just beginning for the future of digital nomads. For example, Adam Brewer, a U.S.

Logistics 105

Logistics Flexibility Flexibility Construction 105

Work Life

JULY 3, 2024

While Schor’s research shows the most obvious industries to benefit include nursing, mental health counseling, architecture, public relations, hospitality, and retail, any company implementing a 32-hour, four-day week should also carefully consider workflow, logistics, and culture as equally important levers to pull.

Healthcare 98

Healthcare Retail Finance Logistics 98

Success

AUGUST 22, 2022

the ongoing Great Resignation); and for higher education institutions themselves, which are increasingly struggling to justify astronomical tuitions and which, according to studies, overestimate their debt-burdened graduates’ entry-level salaries by 100%. As an entry-level apprentice, King earned just over $11 an hour. It’s a clear win-win.

Automotive 105

Automotive Manufacturing Supplies Training 105

Ask a Manager

MARCH 13, 2017

It’s now been about a month, and I haven’t heard anything from HR about contract signing or a chance to negotiate salary (this is a completely different position which I have a little experience in). Is it too late to talk to HR about a salary negotiation? When would be a good time to discuss salary and other logistics?”.

Salary 23

Salary Logistics Promotion Planning 23

C-Suite Assistants

JULY 1, 2024

For businesses prioritizing scalability and agility, remote assistants offer an ideal solution, allowing for rapid expansion with fewer logistical constraints. These professionals serve as gatekeepers, screening communications, managing calendars, and orchestrating logistical arrangements with unparalleled efficiency.

Logistics 52

Logistics Flexibility Flexibility Delegation 52

Ask a Manager

OCTOBER 20, 2019

Should I hire a temp who’s unhappy with the salary? Melisandre has a blended role that involves high-level logistics as well as supporting several executives with their tasks. We loved her until we started talking about salary. We’re expecting her to be gone six months. Arya didn’t do anything unprofessional.

Salary 29

Salary Interviewing Logistics Planning 29

Launch Work Places

MAY 28, 2024

The same survey revealed that, after salary, it’s the most important consideration for job seekers. They handle the logistics, so you can handle your workload. Many professionals are searching for that elusive “balance” to find happiness and fulfillment in their day-to-day lives.

Logistics 52

Logistics Flexibility Flexibility Networking 52

SnackNation

FEBRUARY 22, 2019

Process Summary: Step 1: Conduct salary research for all the positions in your company. (2 Step 1: Conduct salary research for all the positions in your company. Key objective: Gather current, realistic salary information for every position in your company to use as a foundation for your hiring budget. Time allocation: 2 weeks.

Planning 39

Planning Salary Logistics Interviewing 39

Ask a Manager

AUGUST 25, 2021

The salary is also substantially higher and the benefits are cheaper and better. If your boss seems flustered/upset/angry or there’s a long, awkward silence or things otherwise aren’t going well, try moving the conversation along by talking about logistics: “What would be easiest on you as far as how I should wrap things up?

Logistics 42

Logistics Interviewing Salary Planning 42

Ask a Manager

JULY 25, 2021

are remarkably immune to complaints about it, so you might need to look into solutions that make the thefts harder for her logistically. I gave a salary range — but then I saw the benefits. I recently applied for a job that I am highly qualified for and asked for a salary of $80-90,000. Nope, you didn’t do anything wrong.

Sales 46

Sales Mentoring Food Salary 46

Ask a Manager

NOVEMBER 16, 2015

A reader writes: I have been working for the past seven years in a customer service and logistics center. That 50% had nothing to do with customer service and logistics, but more with purchasing and inventory control. The transition period has been planned for, and I expect to start in the new job very soon.

Promotion 34

Promotion Logistics Customer Service Supplies 34

Ask a Manager

JULY 17, 2022

I gave notice at SmallCorp, and my grandboss called me later that afternoon and offered me a promotion I’d been waiting for for the last two years, and agreed to match the salary. She sent me a job description and told me what they were looking for as far as salary. a salary negotiation success story.

Salary 40

Salary Logistics Learning Creativity 40

Ask a Manager

OCTOBER 12, 2022

😍” Note: we work in health care (dealing with national crisis, short-staffed, and in the middle of a desperate war negotiating higher salaries), and we are mostly women in our 30-40’s. My colleagues are pushy about my travel logistics when I spend an extra night in a location. You are super, I’m so proud of you!

Interviewing 39

Interviewing Salary Logistics Transportation 39

Ask a Manager

JULY 22, 2021

However, the event took place over the weekend and at our next one-on-one the following week, she again focused on the few small logistical things that could’ve gone better rather than all of the main elements that went well, and she made the negative feel like the focal point of the conversation. I wasn’t sure if that was a mistake.”.

Advertising 41

Advertising Salary Government Logistics 41

Ask a Manager

AUGUST 9, 2022

Piggybacking off of this, as well as the fact that many jobs do not list salaries, I often wish preliminary/first-round phone interviews were more substantive and commonly used. As an applicant, it seems that questions or compatibility (organization’s needs, salary, or questions about remote, hybrid, etc.)

Interviewing 41

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Ask a Manager

JUNE 20, 2017

We pay generous salaries, overtime, on-call pay, and very nice year-end bonuses. Are you worried about the logistics of covering their work until someone new is hired? If your worry is logistics about coverage and the hassle of hiring: Yeah, that stuff is a pain. Are you worried about the hassle of hiring?

Logistics 29

Logistics Construction Small Business Training 29

Ask a Manager

AUGUST 18, 2021

That’s not how it works; salaries are based on the market rate for the work and its value to the company. And if she ever asks you about it, you can explain that you helped out in the evenings for weeks, but have directed the new person to the extensive documentation that you left for her. Yeah, his argument is odd.

Consulting 41

Consulting Salary Problem-Solving Logistics 41

Ask a Manager

JUNE 23, 2022

Most of these are about site logistics or my specific duties, and I literally cannot get these answers from anyone else. (I (Lucky for me, the visits were put on hold due to another pressing project.). However, since then, my boss continually ignores emails or in person requests from me. Thanks, Alison! Friday good news (#3 at the link).

Interviewing 40

Interviewing Logistics Salary Office Policies 40

Workplace Psychology

DECEMBER 15, 2019

I had these grand illusions of the incredible prestige, the superb salary, and the importance of the role in providing management consulting advice to clients. I wish I had this book years ago when I was still in my doctoral program in industrial and organizational psychology.

Consulting 57

Consulting Problem-Solving Promotion Logistics 57

Ask a Manager

MAY 27, 2020

I don’t have delusions of grandeur — I’m the sole point person for the logistics of one of the major initiatives they do every year.) I’m being offered a new role but without a clear salary. When I ask to be put on the agenda, they seem puzzled and instead say, “We can handle this through email if you need to.”

Interviewing 28

Interviewing Salary Logistics Promotion 28

Ask a Manager

MARCH 7, 2017

Replace that last line with whatever you want to ask — whether it’s getting together for coffee when you arrive, or giving you a reality check on salary ranges there, or whatever it might be. Inexplicably, this is a thing some companies do. Generally, the clearer you can be about how the person can be helpful to you, the better.

Interviewing 37

Interviewing Logistics Salary Networking 37

Ask a Manager

MAY 26, 2015

Also, I wouldn’t consider myself support staff, since I have a salaried position with very specific skill requirements, but that’s beside the point). We would like to do something nice for her, but I’m not sure logistically of the norms around this kind of thing.

Legal 34

Legal Logistics Salary Interviewing 34

Ask a Manager

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

Of the 8 floors in the building the floor that had the biggest cash to coffee gap was the floor where most of the top executives sat (salaries of mid-six figures to seven figures). Somebody in housekeeping whose responsibility is to manage cash logistics. Monthly bills. Cash boxes on every floor where you are supposed to pay your bill.

Supplies 62

Supplies Purchasing Cleaning Sales 62

Ask a Manager

JANUARY 22, 2018

I don’t think that either of them is malicious with these requests, but they are asking me to support things that either I logistically cannot, or to do so would put me in a very awkward position. Are they taking advantage of their mentor relationship with me? Or am I taking these requests too personally?

Mentoring 23

Mentoring Logistics Networking Influencing 23

Ask a Manager

JANUARY 15, 2023

You just need to let them know that you’ll no longer be available for this work effective on X date and explain any logistics. I think you might be feeling like you have to explain your reasons, but you really don’t! Any unused retainer payments will be refunded back to you by the end of that month. It’s definitely a bit much!

Legal 41

Legal Correspondence Logistics Purchasing 41

Ask a Manager

OCTOBER 3, 2021

It’s a small change but it leaves out the “I had an opportunity to take some time off” and just frames it as dealing with normal life/move logistics. should I invite my boss to dinner at my house, employer thought I was yelling during salary negotiation, and more. can I warn people about my horrible boss?

Computer 41

Computer Interviewing Logistics Catering 41

Ask a Manager

AUGUST 2, 2018

I actually ended up emailing him my resignation because calling presented too many logistical problems, and I’m really glad I made that decision because it gave me way more control over the situation. I was really anxious about resigning, even though I’d been dreaming of that very moment for months! I am also pregnant (!),

Interviewing 24

Interviewing Salary Logistics Insurance 24

Ask a Manager

JUNE 14, 2018

Asking for a higher salary after learning more about the job. My first call was with the recruiter and, as is pretty common in my field, we discussed salary. The issue is that I would not do it for even the top of the salary range I spoke to the recruiter about. Before we set it up, though, I wanted to touch base on salary.

Salary 20

Salary Construction Interviewing Logistics 20

Ask a Manager

APRIL 8, 2019

Now during the normal 30-minute initial phone call, I am in the habit of clarifying minimal expectations on work, salary, and travel. Would it be possible to set up a short 15-minute phone call first to make sure that we’re on the same page about things like travel and salary and the basic expectations of the position?

Interviewing 23

Interviewing Supervising Salary Insurance 23

Ask a Manager

DECEMBER 10, 2021

After four interviews, the final one in person, and some serious negotiations regarding salary, PTO, bonuses and the like, they sent me an offer that was $6K above what I was (mentally) prepared to settle for, and an annual bonus of an additional $6K! They were looking for a Senior Llama Groomer/Soothsayer.

Logistics 24

Logistics Interviewing Mentoring Salary 24

Ask a Manager

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

The idea is that it’s supposed to be time to attend the funeral and deal with logistics — basically the way you used it. Three days later, I emailed her with a query about the salary band, but she never replied, even though during the interview she told me she would be happy to answer my further questions.

Banking 25

Banking Interviewing Logistics Salary 25

Ask a Manager

AUGUST 27, 2019

I’m hiring a new junior staff person, who will likely be a young woman given our field, and I want to be up-front about growth potential and the importance of salary history and generally supporting equitable pay and fair compensation for all employees. I would never have thought to ask about this as a candidate.

Salary 23

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Ask a Manager

APRIL 10, 2018

But you’ve just been acquired by this company that clearly has their own way of doing things, and I think you’re going to get a better outcome if you stress that you’d like to participate next time but this one just isn’t logistically possible. My boss won’t stop pressuring my employee to work in another country.

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Interviewing Logistics Planning Salary 33

Ask a Manager

JUNE 16, 2016

The recruiter said they would talk to some people and see what they could do and, in the meantime, offered to connect me with a relocation specialist to go over logistical details if I ended up accepting the job in Michigan. I demurred and inquired about basing the job in their California office.

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Logistics Salary Interviewing Learning 20