Why would they want to take on additional employees, equipment and infrastructure on our current debt load?
When they do take on new employees, companies are taking longer to make an offer, knowing that they no longer have to move fast to prevent competitors from stealing their prospective hires.
Free doughnuts in the break room, cakes in honor of co-workers' birthdays and pepperoni pizza, ordered by the boss to reward staff for working overtime, can take a toll on employees' waistlines.
One has reduced the number of projects employees take on at one time.
And if you take on no or few employees, many of the most difficult mandates will be less onerous.
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While pragmatic, Harris does take an extreme stance on employees.
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There is a distinct reluctance among many firms to take on skilled, full-time employees.
Many companies operating in Colombia and other high-risk countries take out ransom insurance policies on their employees because the risk of kidnapping is so high.
The main building curves around a lake where, on pleasant days, employees take meetings in paddle boats.
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Employers are simply not ready to take on the greater risk of more permanent employees until they see other signs of economic turnaround.
While on the same headset, employees can take a call from their desk phone and the next from their cell phone as calls can be handled from both sources at the same time on the same headset.
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As such, while the law generally recognizes legitimate employer interests here, employers should review their policies in this area on a regular basis to keep up with the ever-changing technologies, take appropriate steps to communicate them to employees and if need be (which can only be determined on a company-by-company basis) take actions designed to provide protection against employee claims through annual policy certifications and other measures.
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This year, according to one U.S. survey, more than one third of employees plan to take their work with them on vacation.
Employees have a say on whether to take on any one client or project and can weigh in on new hires, he says.
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Meanwhile, the pro-Obama Culinary Workers Union fought to keep a caucus plan that allowed the nearly 200, 000 casino and hotel employees on the Las Vegas strip to take part at caucus sites in their workplaces -- a plan thought to give Obama an edge after the union endorsed him last week.
Employees form themselves into appropriately sized teams to take on whatever seems most important.
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But as 28, 000 former Arthur Andersen employees can attest, these scandals tend to take on a momentum of their own.
The fund invests money from employees of Norfolk County Council - due to take on the responsibility for anti-smoking campaigns - and other local councils.
An overemphasis on cycle time creates incentives for IRS employees to take actions quickly, even where doing so produces inaccurate results or delays the final resolution of problems.
After all, most of my employees are on Medicare and will likely not take me up on the offer of health insurance, so maybe it would not be too costly.
Then, after what Gurganus predicted would be "easy access out the door of customs with your luggage, " about 200 Carnival employees will try to take care of its passengers on land.
The FAA has frozen hiring and, beginning on April 21, all 47, 000 agency employees must take off one day per 10 work days without pay.
Gore's 10, 000 employees, who work mainly in engineering and manufacturing, take on leadership roles based on their ability to "gain the respect of peers and to attract followers, " says Ms. Kelly, the CEO.
Facebook has hitherto been able to focus on fostering an innovative culture that encourages employees to move fast and take risks.
Take all the money we spend on training now and just give it to the outsourced employees.
Employees must be ready and willing to leave their comfort zones and take on the challenges that every new day brings.
New research from The University of Texas at Austin shows that employees who work from home hoping to take it easy (or save on gas as the case may be) work an average of five to seven extra hours a week.
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Penn State continues to take important steps, including the training of more than 11, 000 employees and volunteers on how to recognize and report suspected child abuse.
Beginning Thursday, a series of events will take place on Washington's Mall to help the public see the types of jobs public employees do for them.
More worrisome is the prospect that a competitor could swoop in and grab employees from Take-Two's sports franchises and start cranking out football and basketball games on their own.
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