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Salary Negotiation Tips
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Salary Negotiation Tips

While many factors contribute to any professional’s overall job satisfaction, compensation is one of the highest rated factors that leaves employees feeling dissatisfied and undervalued in the workplace. No matter how fulfilling a job or role may be, take home pay is crucial to anyone’s quality of life and well-being in and out of the office. Although salary is a critical component to workplace happiness, most professionals aren’t very good at negotiating better pay for themselves.

同事間不能說的秘密
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同事間不能說的秘密

早排聽聞有相識十年同事因為五百元人工而反目,其實人工是同事間秘密已經是鐵一般的定律,這次事件更是實證,證明交情有多深也不會例外。

曾若華 錯失過更懂珍惜
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曾若華 錯失過更懂珍惜

每個人一生中所走的路都不同。有人奮鬥多年才能收成正果,有人卻很容易得到成就……

Mid-year review一定聽過的說話
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Mid-year review一定聽過的說話

有些公司會有中期檢討,老細例必苦口婆心捉住你跟你分析這分析那,有時廢話多過乜,無論開場白有多漂亮,最終都只是一場審判,目的是告訴你繼續努力,但就不要對加人工有太大期望,為公司年終加薪花紅打定底。有些說話真是難聽過粗口,唔講都無咁嬲:   1. 「我睇好你,但公司今年都無乜錢賺(下省一百字)」:公司做生意,賺錢是目的,賺錢不賺錢是你們管理層的責任,我們辛辛苦苦拼搏,沒理由就因為你們不努力找生意就沒人工加。「睇好我」不能當飯食!  2. 「我好欣賞你咁勤力,但唔好做到隻牛咁」:事實上是公司不夠人手,同事要日日超時工作(OT),都算,不加人手、不欣賞你之餘,還要落井下石,說是你自己的問題而要OT,也不自問一下,是誰經常臨收工才叫人做,累同事OT。  3. 「有咩意見隨時歡迎表達」:對呀,我有我表達,你有你選擇,意見接受,態度照舊是常識吧,講多都無癮,還是省點口水、留啖氣工作吧。  4. 「我有打算升你,但咩位同加幾錢人工就未決定」:那麼有決定才跟我說吧,反正鄰家公司出錢挖角就已經決定了,理得你決定到2046,想留我?好難咯!