A survey of 2,300 workers by Referral Networks, a New York firm that manages employee-referral programs, reveals that 85 percent believe $1,000 is the appropriate monetary compensation for helping their company attract new employees.
Old-fashioned commitment was great in its time workers gave their long-term loyalty in exchange for stability and a lifetime career. Both parties yearn for a return to that stability, within reason.
OLD SAYBROOK, Conn. --Record low unemployment means that employees in every organization are looking for better deals with the company next door, down the street, or even across the country.
Employers now plan to grant slightly higher pay raises in 2001 than they originally had projected in mid-year 2000, a new survey shows. Few employers anticipate reducing headcount or lowering short-term incentive payouts this year.
In case you've been in a time capsule for the last 2 years, IT workers are just about as hard to find as doctors who make house calls. The Information Technology Association of America(ITAA) and William M. Mercer, Incorporated recently did a study finding that information technology positions are substantially harder to fill than other types of jobs.
The median amount of stock granted last year under all long-term plans continued to increase to about 1.6 percent of total outstanding shares, compared with 1.3 percent in 1997, according to a study from Towers Perrin.
