The problem with being an employee or self-employed is you pay the highest taxes. Votes: 4
Robert KiyosakiThe first day, week and month of an employee's experience carries a lasting impression. Votes: 4
Scott WeissIf you're an employer, you want to hire an employee who'll do their job, not do your bidding. Votes: 4
Jeffrey JonesWe try to evaluate how much value an employee is creating here and reward them accordingly. Votes: 3
Charles KochThe definition of 'Employment' by an employer, and, that by an employee, are seldom the same. Votes: 3
Mokokoma MokhonoanaIf you purchased the latest Joss Stone CD, what you're saying is that you're an employee of VH1. Votes: 3
Christian FinneganI like being an employee. I like making somebody happy - and if they're not, then I'm crushed. Votes: 3
Joaquin PhoenixFor an older generation of employees, social media often remains misunderstood and underutilized. Votes: 2
Ryan HolmesA well-designed 401(k) plan is an enormous competitive edge when recruiting and retaining employees. Votes: 2
Barry RitholtzAn employee's motivation is a direct result of the sum of interactions with his or her manager. Votes: 2
Bob NelsonThe journey from employee to entrepreneur was a complex and taxing one for an immigrant like me. Votes: 2
Ruchi SanghviHave you thanked a front-line employee for carrying around a great attitude ... today? Votes: 0
Tom PetersThe orbs create feedback loops that can influence either personal of employee behavior. Votes: 0
David RoseA fully functioning employee with a healthy self-image is money in the bank. Votes: 0
Marilyn Ferguson[ Tom Cruise] that kind of employee that's first to arrive, last to leave. Votes: 0
Patrick HeusingerIn a hierarchy, every employee tends to rise to his level of incompetence. Votes: 0
Laurence J. PeterTrust and mutual value creation helps both employer and employee compete in the marketplace. Votes: 0
Reid HoffmanThis is the only country in the world where today's employee, is tomorrow's employer. Votes: 0
Marco RubioEmployee engagement is an investment we make for the privilege of staying in business. Votes: 0
Ian HutchinsonI was never a very dependable employee for anything. Perfect for the actor's life! Votes: 0
John C. ReillyEvery company that has an economist working for him has one employee too many. Votes: 0
Warren BuffettThe world of employer and employee, like that of master and slave, debases both. Votes: 0
Edward AbbeyTo make money I picked up work as a busboy, valet parker, skateboard shop employee. Votes: 0
David SpadeDon't organize for any other purpose than mutual benefit to the employer and the employee. Votes: 0
Mark HannaEvery employee in a company depends on the C.E.O. to make fast, high-quality decisions. Votes: 0
Ben HorowitzI want to say here and now, that I demand unshakable integrity of every State employee. Votes: 0
Charles EdisonThe agenda should be crafted by the employee who reports to the manager not the manager. Votes: 0
Keith RaboisWhen you have chemistry with a potential hire, they will most likely become a great employee. Votes: 0
Barbara CorcoranWe believe Ineos is a refreshing place to work. We believe strongly in employee share ownership. Votes: 0
Jim RatcliffeEmployee fathers need to step up to the plate and put their family needs on the table. Votes: 0
James LevineIf a female employee is offended, a boss would like her to tell him, not sue him. Votes: 0
Warren FarrellThe journey from employee to entrepreneur was a complex and taxing one for an immigrant like me, Votes: 0
Ruchi Sanghvi... fire fast when it's not working. It's better for the company, it's also better for the employee. Votes: 0
Sam AltmanIt proved once again the theory that no security system is a match for a stupid employee. Votes: 0
Steig LarssonAs leaders, we owe it to every employee to let them know where they stand in the organization. Votes: 0
Jack WelchIf you don't feel drowsy after lunch and don't yawn in the office, you're not a perfect employee! Votes: 0
HimmiliciousI haven't really had too many bosses. Any bad boss I had probably was because I was a bad employee. Votes: 0
Jason SudeikisMy first job in L.A. was actually playing an employee in a Best Buy commercial, but I played a bad employee at another store. I also worked at a commercial casting company running cameras and session directing. Votes: 3 Timothy Simons
More importantly, if you are in a position to hire, hire a veteran. They will be the best employees you have. Votes: 3 Eric Shinseki
Employees who believe that management is concerned about them as a whole person - not just an employee - are more productive, more satisfied, more fulfilled. Satisfied employees mean satisfied customers, which leads to profitability. Votes: 8 Anne M. Mulcahy
And I particularly like the whole thing of being boss. Boss and employee... It's the slave quality that I find very alluring. Votes: 1 Hugh Grant
I don't know about you, but I've saved cards that old high school flames wrote me as well as those that employees have written me over the years. The power of genuine, customized appreciation will never lose its value, even in a gloomy economy... in fact, it's probably what we're all thirsty for in this desert of a depression. Votes: 1 Chip Conley
Pointing out that overspending on public-employee benefits leads to fiscal instability does not mean that public employees are bad people or that they deserve to fall on hard times; it's just observing a simple truth. Votes: 3 Devin Nunes
When determining appropriate levels of compensation, management must determine if the employee turnover rate is too low, too high, or just right. If turnover rate is high enough to adversely impact the entity's performance, then employee compensation is probably too low. Votes: 3 Jason Chaffetz
Businesses often forget about the culture, and ultimately, they suffer for it because you can't deliver good service from unhappy employees. Votes: 1 Tony Hsieh
If you run a business, if you are responsible for a lot of people, you come to grips with the reality that you have to have discipline. You have to protect the enterprise in order to take care of the employees. So, therefore, you can't be wasteful. You can't squander things, or you jeopardize other people. Votes: 1 Steve Wynn
The supermarket chain Whole Foods has quite a radical employee empowerment program, where employees get to decide whether another employee can work in their team or not. If they think this person's a slacker, doesn't have good ideas, they can vote and say, no, we don't want this person to be working with us on the vegetable aisle. Votes: 3 Tim Harford
Many corporate leaders and employees have the right intentions, but it can be overwhelming when you consider how everything is affected from leadership styles, to organizational structure, to employee engagement, to customer service an marketplace. Votes: 5 Simon Mainwaring
In December 1989, my mother died very suddenly, and that sparked a re-evaluation of what I was doing, and I realized I was mediocre at everything. I was a mediocre IBM employee, I was a mediocre entrepreneur, I was a mediocre artist. I decided that, although my mom wouldn't be around to see it, I wanted to be great at something. Votes: 1 Jim McKelvey
I could try to incorporate or reflect in my models what it is that an employee, manager, or entrepreneur does: to recognize that most are engaged in their work, form expectations and evolve beliefs, solve problems, and have ideas. Trying to put these people into economic models became my project. Votes: 2 Edmund Phelps
The orbs create feedback loops that can influence either personal of employee behavior. Votes: 1 David Rose
Once employees feel challenged, invigorated and productive, their efforts will naturally translate into profit and growth for the organisation. Votes: 1 Ricardo Semler
Your typical business just measures the metrics that have to do with the profitability of the business one way or another. But you can have metrics that measure employee happiness and the morale. You can also do direct customer surveys; you can track it over time. You can do supplier satisfaction scores as well. Votes: 3 John Mackey
Once a few Facebook employees put together a promising idea and start a company, that's very exciting to people. I happen to think being a Facebook employee is really correlated with good ideas. Votes: 1 Dustin Moskovitz
Customers are using BetterWorks in a number of creative ways to reward and incentivize employees. Votes: 1 Paige Craig
The management system which makes only a pretense of valuing employee involvement and encouraging employee empowerment merely breeds cynicism. Votes: 3 George E. P. Box
If I were a capitalist I would not give my employees health insurance with no deductible, which I do, including dental, and paid pregnancy leave. That's not called capitalism, that's called being a Christian and someone who believes in democracy, so that everyone should get a fair slice of the pie. Votes: 1 Michael Moore
Employee loyalty begins with employer loyalty. Your employees should know that if they do the job they were hired to do with a reasonable amount of competence and efficiency, you will support them. Votes: 1 Harvey Mackay
Employees who believe that management is concerned about them as a whole person - not just an employee - are more productive, more satisfied, more fulfilled. Satisfied employees mean satisfied customers, which leads to profitability. Votes: 1 Anne M. Mulcahy
I think I've done a good job in the industry from the standpoint of employee morale and customer satisfaction, and as an innovative thinker in tech. Votes: 3 David Duffield
Engaging in social business is beneficial to a company because it leverages on business competencies to address social issues, involves one-time investment with sustainable results, and produces other positive effects such as employee motivation and improved organizational culture. Votes: 3 Muhammad Yunus
Steve Austin will never be employee of the month! Votes: 3 Jim Ross
Last year, Congress gave the Department of Defense the authority to design a new civilian personnel system for its employees as part of the defense authorization bill. Votes: 1 Norm Dicks
Employee participation programs and employee ownership are important efforts to deal with powerlessness at work. Votes: 4 Daniel Yankelovich
The world is a bell curve. Classroom test scores, employee performance in a company or how many people really, really like you. No matter the population you're studying, they always fit neatly across the standard deviations of the famous bell curve. Votes: 3 Simon Sinek
Your employer is the last person you should want to provide for your healthcare, from a privacy, financial, and value standpoint. Employees with families should get the family, meaning spouses and children, off the company plan. In most cases, that will save them money. Votes: 2 Paul Zane Pilzer
Understanding your employee's perspective can go a long way towards increasing productivity and happiness. Votes: 1 Kathryn Minshew
Employees who report receiving recognition and praise within the last seven days show increased productivity, get higher scores from customers, and have better safety records. They're just more engaged at work. Votes: 1 Tom Rath
Everyone talks about building a relationship with your customer. I think you build one with your employees first. Votes: 2 Angela Ahrendts
Even your most talented employees have room for growth in some area, and you're doing your employee a disservice if the sum of your review is: 'You're great!' No matter how talented the employee, think of ways he could grow towards the position he might want to hold two, five, or 10 years down the line. Votes: 1 Kathryn Minshew
The basic idea that incentives can be used to motivate behavior is a powerful one. It works for employees, and it has a clear place in parenting, as anyone who has tried to potty-train a recalcitrant toddler with sticker rewards knows. Votes: 1 Emily Oster
The American people depend on these federal employees to process, investigate, and adjudicate applications for immigration rights and benefits in a timely and thorough manner. Votes: 1 Joe Baca
Employees who report receiving recognition and praise within the last seven days show increased productivity, get higher scores from customers, and have better safety records. They're just more engaged at work. Votes: 1 Tom Rath
Bosses should sanction the nap rather than expect workers to power on all day without repose. They might even find that workers' happiness - or what management types refer to as 'employee satisfaction results' - might improve. Votes: 3 Tom Hodgkinson
I asked all of our recruiters to give me all resumes of prospective employees with their name, gender, place of origin, and age blacked out. This simple change shocked me, because I found myself interviewing different-looking candidates - even though I was 100% convinced that I was not being biased in my resume selection process. Votes: 1 Eric Ries
Train service is particularly vital for the students and employees of Southern Illinois University. Votes: 1 Jerry Costello
The employees who share innovative ideas may also be the folks who have some hidden talents that would help incorporate their suggestions. Votes: 1 Harvey Mackay
A research group found that 56 percent of major companies surveyed in the late '80s agreed that 'employees who are loyal to the company and further its business goals deserve an assurance of continued employment.' A decade later, only 6 percent agreed. It was in the '90s that companies started weeding people out as a form of cost reduction. Votes: 1 Barbara Ehrenreich
We'll continue to expand our footprint... Oracle's Fusion cloud applications for HCM, CRM and ERP all have a new simplified user interface and an integrated social network that makes our enterprise applications as easy-to-use and familiar as Facebook, while enabling better collaboration and teamwork among your employees and your customers. Votes: 1 Larry Ellison
When determining appropriate levels of compensation, management must determine if the employee turnover rate is too low, too high, or just right. If turnover rate is high enough to adversely impact the entity's performance, then employee compensation is probably too low. Votes: 3 Jason Chaffetz
I don't think value to the customer is achieved at the expense of employees' welfare. Votes: 1 Brad Stone
I don't think value to the customer is achieved at the expense of employees' welfare. Votes: 1 Brad Stone
In the beginning, I was so chintzy I really didn't pay my employees well. Votes: 1 Sam Walton
There was a time when the contractual relationship between the employer and the employee was supposed to be none of the public's business. That time has passed. Votes: 1 Frank Murphy
Pride adversely affects all our relationships - our relationship with God and His servants, between husband and wife, parent and child, employer and employee, teacher and student, and all mankind. Votes: 4 Ezra Taft Benson
Recently, I was asked if I was going to fire an employee who made a mistake that cost the company $600,000. No, I replied, I just spent $600,000 training him. Why would I want somebody to hire his experience? Votes: 1 Thomas J. Watson
I don't believe any person looking for work is fearful of political judgment. Government is a large institution, and if they believe that people are going to get rid of good employees for political reasons, that's absurd. Votes: 4 Jan Brewer
The first thing to look for when searching for a great employee is somebody with a personality that fits with your company culture. Most skills can be learned, but it is difficult to train people on their personality. If you can find people who are fun, friendly, caring and love helping others, you are on to a winner. Votes: 2 Richard Branson
On the back end, software programming tools and Internet-based services make it easy to launch new global software-powered start-ups in many industries - without the need to invest in new infrastructure and train new employees. Votes: 3 Marc Andreessen