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I saw this on my Facebook feed today. Fine, I admit it. Filipinos are not really blessed with math skills. In fact, many grow up to be afraid of it, refusing to even attempt to learn beyond counting how much is our overtime and holiday pay. Because yes, salary is important. However, I refuse to […]
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FREE HR TALK: HR AS PROCESS CHAMPIONS Date: AUGUST 7, 2022 (Sunday)Time: 3:00pm to 5:30pmTopic: “HR as Process Champions”Special Speaker: Mr. Dee M. Ancot, OD ExpertHow to Watch: LIVE AND FREE at the Philippines HR Group Facebook and Youtube, and The HR Cafe: Usapang Trabaho, Buhay at Iba Pa Facebook pages On our 101st Episode […]
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NEVER LET A SNAKE INSIDE YOUR COMPANY There is a saying that a bad apple spoils the lot. And I find this as true when hiring someone to join the company. When a bad apple joins the company, there’s dissent. The bad apple will pretend to be part of a team but actually had malicious […]
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DO NOT OVERTHINK IT Today’s post is in response to Bilyonario’s article of Puregold, a big Filipino supermarket chain, requiring their cashiers and clerks to have at least a college degree. And this comment from a Netizen: My response: This has nothing to do with HR’s incompetence. It has nothing to do that a high […]
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I had an engraver who mistakenly added another “0” when engraving on an item. As a result, the product wrote 20021 instead of 2021. Obviously, we have to junk the item. It was engraved on a gold-plated metal so such mistake is not erasable. “What happened?” I asked. In Tagalog, “Anong nangyari?” The staff said […]
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It must be the rainy season but I’ve noticed a surprisingly uptick of people resigning from their jobs despite the pandemic. Chances are, people most likely resign because they’ve already received their 13th month pay and annual bonuses. Sometimes, it’s just to try something new. Even I had some loyal employees resign despite my best […]
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FREE HR WEBINAR: The HeaRT of CSR: Making Your CSR More Successful (July 18, Sunday at 3:00pm) Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) demonstrates that you’re an organization takes an interest in wider social issues, rather than just those that impact your profit margins, which will attract customers who share the same values. Therefore, it makes good […]
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Why Is It Really Harder to Find a Job in the Philippines this 2021? There are a lot of fresh graduates that came out of college and high school this year who are now out to seek for a job to jumpstart their “careers.” Unfortunately, with COVID-19 already inside our gates and the almost month […]
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What to do if you need to operate, and you need to house your employees in the company-sponsored barracks and they want to go home?
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I used to think Filipino employees were way way way underpaid. But when I worked here vs. overseas, I realized why the relatively lower salaries: 1. ABSENCE WITHOUT LEAVE (AWOL) IS A CONSTANT PROBLEM Hindi papasok kasi walang magaalaga ng anak. Gusto mag give up agad. Magprovince daw bukas, etc. Overseas, NOBODY knows what AWOL […]
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REGULAR HOLIDAY PAY RULES: • If the employee DID NOT work, he/she shall be paid 100 percent of his/her salary for that day• If the employee WORKS during the regular holiday, the employee shall paid 200 percent of his/her regular salary for that day for the first eight hours. THE CONDITION SO THAT AN EMPLOYEE […]
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The Employee Compensation Program and its Many Benefits Everyone talks about the Philippine Social Security System (SSS) but stays mum about the Employee Compensation (EC) Program. When I started this subject, I was surprised on how so much information are out there about many benefits the EC Program, but the information is annoyingly kalat kalat, […]
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