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Most offices these days have the ability to scan every email you send and receive, every website you visit, and may even be watching what you are doing with a hidden or unhidden camera. Companys have the ability to block you from visiting certain websites like Trademe, and/or virtual Rugby sites. Why? Well your company [...]

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Often as our time with a company increases the true value of what we bring to the party is swept under the table. You may wonder what I am on about so let me explain. Employee Tom is a fictional report writer for company CA. He has worked there for 3 years and knows the [...]

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The idea for this article came from one of the topics in the jobhunters forums, basically the forum talks about when the time is right to move on from the job you are currently at. You can check out the original forum posts here. Some of the answers to when is it time to move [...]

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For many employees having time off work can be a hassle, e.g forms to fill out, managers to approve and other obstacles to overcome. What happened to good old give and take? I’ll tell you what happened, once again as is so often the case, trust has been eroded by a few lazy employees that [...]

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Today’s working environment appears to accept working overtime as the norm, rather than the exception. In the company I work for you can apply for time in lieu if you are asked to work overtime by your Manager. The problem with this is that the conscientious employee who wants to get something finished (maybe because [...]

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