Standing Up for Ourselves

Recently, the Philadelphia Business Journal had as its “Business Pulse” question of the week the following:  “Do you agree with companies asking employees to ‘volunteer’ to work for free some days?”  Sixty-five percent of the respondents said “No – getting paid for the work you do is only right.”  Far behind at 32%, was the response option of “It depends”-depends on what else the company does for employees besides paying them.  In other words, how good are the perks?  Only 3% said yes, employees should Read more