by Stan Phelps | Jan 10, 2022 | Gray Goldfish
Why “The Great Resignation?” The Top 10 reasons why employees are quitting at record levels. Nearly 3% of the workforce quit their jobs in October. That’s over 4 million resignation letters. And it is just shy of the record set the month before. Last...
by Stan Phelps | Dec 15, 2021 | Green Goldfish, Pink Goldfish
Patagonia is closing both its offices and retail stores between December 25th and January 1st. See the sign below. They share, “We’re giving our employees a break with some paid time off.”Hat tip to the Founder of Girls Who Code Reshma Saujani for...
by Stan Phelps | Nov 23, 2021 | Green Goldfish
It started as a young college graduate. James received a job working for NASA on the Apollo space program in the late 60s. Beat the Russians and put a man on the moon. It must have seemed like a dream job.Until it wasn’t…What he found was a toxic work...
by Stan Phelps | Jul 2, 2021 | Yellow Goldfish
Forrest Gump didn’t create the smiley face. Harvey Ross Ball gets credit for that moment of genius. An artist and ad guy, Ball was commissioned in 1963 to create a graphic to help raise morale for employees of an insurance company that had been through a few tough...
by Stan Phelps | Jul 1, 2021 | Green Goldfish
“Should I stay or should I go?” Are you ready for The Workplace CLASH? Leaders want workers back in the office. Workers want to stay home and work remotely.”Should I stay or should I go” isn’t just a classic punk anthem. It’s a...