Tag: hr

  • Making the Invisible Hand Visible: Managers and the Allocation of Workers to Jobs by Virginia Minni :: SSRN – Match workers to jobs they’re good at. // “My results imply that the visible hands of managers match workers’ specific skills to specialized jobs, leading to an improvement in the productivity of existing workers that outlasts…

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  • Using AI for HR – management and workers

    Using AI for HR – management and workers

    Enterprises pouring money into GenAI and CEOs treating AI agents like cheap labor – yet only 25% see ROI right now. Vibes: “Europe’s long holiday from history is over.” Also: IBM does RTO, predictions about DOGE layoffs, the term “platform” remains a favorite excuse for overcomplicated tech, and “autonomous killer robots.” AI comes for HR…

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  • Hey, wait – is employee performance really Gaussian distributed?? – Where there’s a bell curve, beware bullshit. Also, we all know this stack ranking practice is not good, right?

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  • Link: Transform Your Corporate Culture With These 5 Proven Steps

    “A 2017 Gallup report found only 33 percent of US employees said they were engaged at work. This surprisingly low rate has serious consequences: their actively disengaged colleagues are estimated to have cost the US between $483 and $605 billion annually in lost productivity.” Original source: Transform Your Corporate Culture With These 5 Proven Steps

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  • Link: People don’t trust HR

    “More than 70% of employees surveyed in tech do not trust HR, according to a new Blind survey. Only 26% of respondents said they do trust HR, and another 4% said their companies have no HR department. The survey, which Blind conducted through its mobile app, collected responses from more than 11,000 users…. In a…

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  • Link: Employee Surveys Are Still One of the Best Ways to Measure Engagement

    If people don’t fill out the HR survey, there’s a higher chance they’re about to punch-out: “People who don’t fill out either of our two annual surveys are 2.6 times more likely to leave in the next six months.” Original source: Employee Surveys Are Still One of the Best Ways to Measure Engagement

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