Posts Tagged ‘employment’
The Wall Street Journal has a fun piece on funny or awkward farewell emails people have written to their coworkers upon departure from their employer: At the law firm Alston & Bird, one departing associate baffled his colleagues by sending everyone a black-and-white photo of himself, with only his name and start and quit dates [...]
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Tags: corporate culture, employment, farewell, jobs, letter
On Salary Negotiation
Patrick McKenzie, an ex-Japanese salaryman and founder of Kalzumeus Software, has one of the best posts I’ve ever read on salary negotiation. If you’re hunting for a job (and even if you aren’t), the post is worth twenty minutes of your time. One highlight is this affirmation that you shouldn’t name your price/salary point first: Every handbook [...]
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Tags: employment, salary, salary negotiation
On More Servants
Megan McCardle, over at The Atlantic, answers the question “With so many unemployed, and income increasing faster among the affluent, why aren’t people hiring more servants?” It’s an interesting thought experiment. The answers: 1. Various forms of public assistance, and wealthier families, have increased the reservation wage. A servant in 1900 worked at least 10 hours [...]
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Tags: economy, employment, Megan McCardle, servants, taxes, unemployment, wages
