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Building a great company with a great culture has everything to do with hiring the best people possible. David K. Williams wrote in a 2012 Forbes article that a bad hire can cost a company anywhere from $25,000-$50,000+. This doesn’t take into account the ripple effect of low morale and lost productivity. Getting informed on better and best […]

While some companies survive without a focus on culture, they will have to make sacrifices in other areas to do so. As much as culture strategy positively impacts business, a company that ignores it will see many negative repercussions.

Brian Kristofek, President and CEO of Upshot, said, “Being a great place to work is the difference between being a good company and a great company.” If you look up company culture, you will find pages of top companies that are focusing on this important strategy. Here are the four we are most inspired by. […]

The workforce demographic is undergoing a big shift. Millennials are flooding the workforce, and are predicted to make up 75% of the workforce by 2025.

Working from home is a growing trend. In July of 2016, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that 24% of employees did some or all of their work from home in 2015. While telecommuting isn’t always an option, many employees, especially millennials, are demanding that some of their work be done from their homes. With […]

The sharing of salary or benefit information amongst employees can be tricky. Sometimes the company sees potential in a new hire that may not be obvious to others, resulting in a better than expected pay rate or salary package. Other employees might see this as an insult or a challenge to their value. This has […]