Skip to: Content
Skip to: Site Navigation
Skip to: Search

October 13, 2008 4:59:07 AM CDT

Learn about Newser Points »

Stories related to: productivity

Stories

6 Stories

  • September 2008

    • For Retail Workers, Big Bro Is Tracking

      Wall Street Journal  |  Sep 10, 08 6:37 AM CDT

      For Retail Workers, Big Bro Is Tracking

      (Newser) - As a sluggish economy pinches retailers, many are now turning to computer programs to track employee productivity, the Wall Street Journal reports. At Ann Taylor stores, a computer system calculates average sales per hour, units sold, and dollars per transaction—then automatically schedules the best workers during the store’s peak hours. More »

      Tags

      retail stores  • productivity  • Gap  • Limited  • Ann Taylor  • Williams Sonoma

  • August 2008

    • Tough Times Turn Mean Bosses Even Meaner

      MSNBC  |  Aug 9, 08 9:47 AM CDT

      Tough Times Turn Mean Bosses Even Meaner

      (Newser) - If your boss was a jerk before the economy went south, chances are things have gotten worse. “Employers are definitely getting meaner,” the editor of one career blog tells MSNBC. Knowing that employees may be fearful about leaving in an uncertain job market, the worst managers are pressuring employees to do the work of two people without extra pay, giving people grief for taking time off, and doling out negative reviews. More »

      Tags

      US economy  • MSNBC  • job market  • productivity  • employee  • boss

  • June 2008

    • Tech Firms to Fix Monster They Created

      New York Times  |  Jun 14, 08 11:25 AM CDT

      Tech Firms to Fix Monster They Created

      (Newser) - Google, Microsoft, Intel, and IBM are partnering are on a new initiative to help workers distracted by emails and instant messages improve their productivity, the New York Times reports. The Information Overload Research Group, a nonprofit launching next month, will devise cultural and technological solutions to reduce the digital deluge that’s costing firms $650 billion a year in productivity. More »

      Tags

      Google  • Microsoft  • Intel  • email  • IBM  • work  • instant messaging  • office  • productivity

    • It's Not My Fault! I Was Only Late Because...

      CNN  |  Jun 11, 08 2:32 PM CDT

      It's Not My Fault! I Was Only Late Because...

      (Newser) - Not a morning person? You’re not alone. More than 15 percent of people are late to work at least once a week, reports CNN, and almost a quarter of those give an excuse rather than tell the truth. The best (and, at the same time, worst) excuses offered up as real excuses: I’m late because… More »

      Tags

      list  • work  • productivity  • office workers  • worker efficiency

    • News Writers Should Strive to Write as Much as Possible, Says Tribune Co.

      Washington Post  |  Jun 10, 08 3:47 PM CDT

      News Writers Should Strive to Write as Much as Possible, Says Tribune Co.

      (Newser) - The Tribune Co., which as you have probably guessed is the company that produces the Chicago Tribune, among other newspapers, is bringing a revolution, or a big change, to the news business. Tribune Co.’s Chief Operating Officer, Randy Michaels, has decided to start measuring productivity by word count, and Michael Kinsley of the Washington Post and the LA Times , which is a Tribune paper, thinks it’s a fabulous, superb, nifty, keen, downright great, and perhaps even visionary idea. More »

      Tags

      newspaper  • journalism  • Tribune Company  • print journalism  • productivity  • words  • newspaper editorials

  • October 2007

    • No-Email Days Slow Inbox-mania

      BBC  |  Oct 20, 07 6:48 AM CDT

      No-Email Days Slow Inbox-mania

      (Newser) - For those of us who haven't spoken face-to-face with the guy two cubicles down in months, the BBC reports a growing trend of no-email days. Shutting down the inbox, which some workers are found to check 30-40 times hourly, is seen as a way to improve communication and decrease interruptions. An average worker sends 37 emails per day, expected to be 47 next year. More »

      Tags

      email  • communication  • corporations  • productivity

6 Stories

Today's Most Popular

Loading...

Premium Articles from HighBeam

Find more articles like this

What is Newser?

2008 Codie Finalist

Newser gives you more news in less time. We search for the best and most important stories all over the web, read them for you, and deliver concise and sharp summaries—along with links to the full text. Newser provides a way to stay on top of an ever-expanding horizon of news and opinion—politics, sports, business, trends, technology, personalities, crimes, and controversies. Newser keeps you not just better informed, but, with our signature graphic interface and smart condensed format, more enjoyably informed.

Learn more »