by Richard Dunlop | Feb 3, 2023 | The Slade Report
In recent months the media has been full of news about global job cuts. All the big tech employers have been at it – Twitter, Google, Meta and Amazon. These market darlings, which enjoyed massive growth throughout the pandemic, suddenly found that as the world got...
by Anita Ziemer | Jan 31, 2023 | The Slade Report
How are you so relaxed on a Friday afternoon when you’re still to write that 21st birthday speech for Saturday night, review the company’s hybrid working policy for Monday, edit the Position Description for the new CPO, and start thinking about the eulogy for...
by Karen Yang and Maggie Zhang | Jan 27, 2023 | Interchange Bench
We asked Karen Yang and Maggie Zhang from our Payroll team what Chinese New Year, which falls on 22 January in 2023, means to them… Karen: The celebration of Spring Festival (or Chūnjié in pinyin) has more than 4000 years history. Based on the Chinese lunisolar...
by Mina Ibrahimi | Nov 10, 2022 | Interchange Bench
If money were no issue, I’d take endless holidays, spend more time with friends and family, hire a personal trainer to get fit, go shopping, and… then? Eventually the holidays wouldn’t feel like a holiday anymore, shopping would get boring, and my mind would atrophy....
by Anita Ziemer | Jun 7, 2022 | The Slade Report
Who hasn’t ever struggled dealing with the real people stuff? The difficult conversations, the underperformance, anxiety, imposter syndrome, hybrid working, juggling family, team dynamics. All of it. How hard is it and how much mental anguish can it consume? In...
