Is Employee of the Month effective?
Many companies hand out awards such as “employee of the month,” but do they work to motivate performance? Not really, says HBS professor Ian Larkin. It turns out that sometimes rewarding employees for good behavior can actually backfire, leading to a drop in motivation and productivity.
Is it bad to accept a job offer and keep looking?
1. Keep your job search going even after you’ve accepted an offer if you don’t believe the company you’re about to join is stable. Keep your job search going if you took the job out of desperation and you can already tell the company you’re going to start working for does not take good care of its employees.
What to do when your job makes you miserable?
6 Ways to Cope with a Miserable Job
- Figure out why you’re miserable and change what you can. People can feel miserable for all sorts of reasons.
- Change the stories you tell yourself about your career.
- Shift your perspective—it’s not as bad as you think.
- Build meaning however you can.
- Connect your job to other values.
- Focus on other parts of your life.
What to do when you hate your job but it pays well?
So … you’re unhappy with your work, but the money is too good to jump ship….
- Find out what is really making you unhappy — your job or your career.
- Bolster your savings.
- Figure out what you want to do next.
- Work up the courage to quit.
- Find support.
- Set small goals.
- Have faith.
How can I stop being miserable at work?
Use this moment to inspire career planning – and know what mistakes you should avoid when you’re miserable at work.
- Don’t Go Blabbing.
- Don’t Get Short-Timer’s Syndrome.
- Don’t Put Off Looking For Another Gig.
- Don’t Call In Sick All The Time.
- Don’t Turn Down New Assignments.
- Don’t Retreat.
Is hating at work normal?
This is too much time to spend in a job — or worse, a career — you do not like. Somehow, though, with roughly 70 percent of people reportedly dissatisfied with their careers, according to Inc., hating your job has become “normal.”