City Personnel - News Tag Archives for Misc

Spring into Spring

Published 03/20/2012

Happy first day of spring! Since the weather is already cooperating I think that we're all long overdue to come out of our New England hibernation. That includes our offices, so in the spirit of spring let’s get to work.

Spring Cleaning for the Office

Grab your Windex and paper towels and get those windows clean! Once clean take the next step and open them up and let that fresh air in! Oh and keep in mind that this should reduce your utilities bill...just wanted to put that out there.
Spring is the freshest and most lively time of the year and its time your office space reflected that. Take the time to clean the walls or maybe even put a fresh coat of paint on to brighten things up.
Next complete the illusions with a few plants...and yes I mean real ones. Its a small investment and it not only brightens the mood of your office, but it also improves the quality of air you and your employees will be breathing all day.
Next bring your employees into the mix. Hand out the Clorox wipes and the file racks and de-clutter all those desks! There is nothing like a clean space to help improve workplace production.
While they're at it have them clean out their virtual desktop as well. You know those 75+ identical sales letters that will never be used again? Time to put them in the trash.
Now for extra credit. When you place your next office supply order make sure to order all your employees only bright spring post-it-pads.
Extra, Extra Credit: Get involved with a community outreach effort. Say perhaps the City Personnel "Suit Up RI" Imitative. A feel good activity for employees and a tax write-off for owners

Tags: Advice, Misc, Office Culture

Need A Laugh?

Published 02/10/2012

Tags: Misc, Social Media

Fortune's Top 100 Companies to Work For

Published 01/19/2012

The results are in. Fortune has released their list of the top 100 companies to work for in the country. Kudos to RI based Hasbro for being the only company in the state to making the list! Below are this years top 10. Anyone else surprised to see that Facebook didn't make the cut?

Top 10

Rank ▾	Company	Job growth	U.S. employees
1	Google	33%	18,500
2	Boston Consulting Group	10%	1,958
3	SAS Institute	8%	6,046
4	Wegmans Food Markets	5%	41,717
5	Edward Jones	1%	36,937
6	NetApp	30%	6,887
7	Camden Property Trust	-2%	1,678
8	Recreational Equipment (REI)	12%	10,466
9	CHG Healthcare Services	17%	1,312
10	Quicken Loans	20%	3,808