But terribly demoralizing? no, not for me or for thousands of employees who come to work to work in a generally good environment.
Individual investors continue to fret about the slowing pace of the economic recovery, the inability of the stock market to establish a short-term bottom, the federal deficit, and the generally uncertain environment.
Generally when the environment recovers it doesn't recover at the same time in all areas.
These two conditions, good institutions and easy access to large markets, sound like a rather promising recipe for catch-up growth, even in a generally unfavorable economic environment.
But the service is generally attentive and the environment usually posh, offering a brief respite from the sometimes humdrum reality of day-to-day life.
That may be more telling of the lending environment since generally small banks have been more willing to lend to small businesses.
Nick Hardwick, chief inspector of prisons, said Highpoint provided a "generally safe and decent environment" but managers were "unsighted on some areas of concern".
Concern for the environment is generally an admirable thing.
His record of building roads, ports, power plants and a generally business-friendly environment in Gujarat appeals to a new middle class that wants its politicians to offer people a hand up, not a handout.
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Unlike a lot of the industrialized West, we're generally much closer to our environment, but we don't focus on it.
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We think the economic environment remains sturdy, generally the same as the last five years.
He'll probably strike pro-life notes that Republicans can exploit, but he'll also likely accent peace, concern for the poor and the environment, issues that generally skew to the Democrats.
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To achieve "attractive" yields in typical yield-bearing instruments (i.e. fixed income) in today's environment, one must generally take on a level of credit risk that essentially shifts the risk profile of that investment more toward the equity spectrum.
In addition, white chickens are generally bred and raised in a more adverse environment to prompt the development of body weight.
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This would allow countries that are suffering from a worsening external environment, but whose macroeconomic policies are generally satisfactory, to draw on money from the fund in a precautionary manner.
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The upshot of the Gallup Healthways Well Being study was that American adults are generally more happy, except when it comes to work environment.
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The stories are too short to be books and generally too long to be magazine articles, especially in this publishing environment.
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The Supreme Court has in recent years generally given law enforcement some latitude to conduct its in a heightened security environment, but not without some checks.
"I'd say they're more white-collar than blue-collar - anything from hippies to pretty normal looking people, but generally they're educated - either very concerned about politics or the environment, or both, " she says.
But the word has a longer pedigree in the area of strategy, where it generally refers to a firm's ability to respond to changes in its environment both rapidly and at low cost.
Our responding executives have generally grown more positive, but uncertainties arising from persistent credit issues, an unclear regulatory environment in many nations, government deficits, currency conflicts and moves for greater governmental austerity continue to cause wide economic discomfort.
Giving women more influence within Creative Departments will enhance the Advertising industry on two fronts: Better Advertising (because, generally speaking, women create more elegant and less sophomoric Advertising), and a better work environment.
Environmental debates generally revolve around balancing clean air and jobs: at what cost to industry do you champion the environment through regulation?
One of the teaching points is to expose students to how discrimination is generally defined and then introduce statistical methodologies that allow one to examine whether discrimination exists within a particular environment, circumstance, or situation.
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The Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs said even though air quality in the UK is "generally good, more needs to be done, especially in the cities, to reduce the harmful effects of air pollution".
However, the current environment (dominated by improving credit conditions and low expected default) makes high-yield bonds generally more attractive than many investors realize.
Whereas countries such as Denmark and Singapore score highly for their "generally co-operative" relations, France is seen by the WEF as having the most confrontational workplace environment in the world.
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However, as long as this kind of environment remains, businesses hang onto cash, hire as few (regular) employees as possible, and generally play a waiting game.
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