How can I convince my boss to reduce my hours?
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Q: I currently work full-time in retail. My boss refuses to cut back my hours, even though I'm also going to graduate school full-time. When I graduate, I plan to find a position in a different field, but I'd like to continue working part-time in my present job. How can I persuade my boss to let me do this? B.V., ...
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'Wacking' menaces British economy Any bosses among you who are wondering why your male employees' productivity has declined of late are directed to a highly suspect survey by moneysupermarket.com, which claims they're probably ogling some quality internet pornography rather than knuckling down to that mission-critical PowerPoint presentation.â¦
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Here's something you want to hear next time salary talks begin at your job &#151; your boss saying he wants to spend a lot more money on payroll.
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Everybody wants to get more bang for the buck from their workforce. But some common strategies for boosting production may actually lower it in the long run. Managers who adopt these strategies think theyâre helping, but theyâre really not. See if you recognize yourself (or your boss) among these productivity killers.
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Want to know how much your boss earns? Or whether your daughter's fiance is in debt?
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When work deadlines loom or the pressure of office life is turned up a notch itâs not uncommon for many of us to sit at our desks and stare at our computer screens for hours at a time without a break.
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A crotchety boss might say that weâre working longer because weâre wasting time, but the opposite may also be true. We are wasting time because we are working harder.
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How to be more productive without feeling like a tool.
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Not exactly the things you&#39;d like your boss to be saying about you in your performance appraisal. And wouldn&#39;t it be a little embarrassing if those opinions from the boss were somehow made public
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Employees at game software makers are speaking out about demanding hours, challenging companies to change their ways. Photo: Family time for former EA worker
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People who work from mid-afternoon into the wee hours of the night are liable to develop problems such as heartburn, stomach ulcers and constipation, new research shows.
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"Labor Day is meant to be a day of rest for workers, but hypertaskers will spend it bent over their laptops at Starbucks, waiting for their non-fat venti vanilla lattes while checking e-mail, reading newspapers and preparing for Tuesday morning meetings."  "The burgeoning number of WiFi hotspots and popularity of handheld electronics that allow us to stay connected on the go may give us more freedom - but there's a cost. Research shows that our brains aren't equipped for this much activity. When we try to do more than even one simple task at a time, quality of work diminishes and tasks take longer to complete. When we try to do this for long periods, the result can be forgetfulness, sleeples ...
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Automaker Adam Opel AG is proposing increasing the work week for its German employees to 40 hours from 35 hours to save money, according to a report Friday.
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France&#39;s prime minister has announced plans to let workers negotiate workweeks that exceed the current 35-hour limit. Jean-Pierre Raffarin also vowed to cut the current 9.9 percent unemployment rate by a 0.1
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Detroit's Big Three automakers are "posturing" when they say they need a $30 reduction in hourly wages and benefits as they try to return to profitability, the United Auto Workers union president said on Friday.
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Q. I have a boss who is a control freak. He thrives on blaming other people and making them look bad, especially in front of his bosses. If someone makes a small mistake, he makes it appear bigger than it is.
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Global competition can be a drag. It all but guarantees a steady stream of restructuring, outsourcing, and the nagging insecurity that comes from knowing someone out there may be trying to take your job.