Only in the Philippines: When a Hostage Taker Becomes the Good Guy

Yesterday, March 2, an armed man named Archie Paray y Pedraza, 40 years old, went into the mall admin office of V-Mall in Greenhills, San Juan, fired three gunshots, shot one person and took hostage up to 70 people, mostly rank and file employees working at the admin office in the mall’s second floor. He […]

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Judy — A Wolf Disguised as an Angel

There is no greater evil than stealing from those who have less than you. I have an area supervisor whom for privacy reasons, we should call Judy. At a young age of 30+, Judy was a single mother of 5 children. Judy was pretty and had a loud boisterous voice. Everyone who knew her called […]

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HR OPINION: Is this considered a toxic environment? Would you leavre?

QUESTION What do you think of a company wherein the owner calls his employees stupid, idiot and useless? Is it acceptable in any situation? Side story: I have been accepted in a young company. Althou they have the machineries and the properties already and they are expanding their projects. Most of the employees are new. […]

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Why We Decided to Subsidize a Staff House for our Core Team

I have managed our small business for 5 years and have only now decided to make a staff house for our head office core team. The idea has been one year in the making, from the time that I have been looking around the area, negotiating with brokers, and finally putting the money down. Why […]

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Leadership Series: Create an Atmosphere where your People can Tell the Truth

I received a call this afternoon. My new supervisor made a big boo-boo — She erroneously gave our staff the wrong schedule causing the store to still remain closed until noon. The late opening caused us to incur mall late opening charges, which usually, if hidden, can be charged to the affected staff for not […]

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