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How we wish more managers and executives would take note of the points made by Ekta, Fincy & Shruti. Some simple measures can prevent things from turning ugly but most of the stories we hear are unpleasant.

Yeah.. The better way as a manager is to call up the HR heads of Competitors and offering them a bulk deal of "you get a team in a day" , if there is demand for such category of professionals. Otherwise , it makes a lot of business sense to give them enough time to look for a job and move on.
Sacking people with less than a month's notice is a blunder. Nothing can be as bad a PR than a frustrated ex-employee :D

Will feel nice when a known Adani is on the list :) what say Akta

Amar, just in case that was for me (or even if it wasn't), it definitely would feel a whole lot better.

#2 = The Noid from Domino's Pizzas' Avoid the Noid campaign

Yep Avinash. you've got it right. So here are the solutions put together:

1. Jumpman - Nike
2. The Noid - Domino's
3. Doughboy / Poppin' Fresh - Pillsbury... See More
4. Scotty McTape - Scotch Tape
5. Bibendum / Bib / Bibelobis / Michelin Man - Michelin

Kudos to Soaham, Sowmi and Avinash for the right answers.

Kevin, didn't quite get you? Workosaur is very much an Indian site i.e. for senior professionals in India.

quite interesting ..

Stock options promote executive risk taking, which can tone down the issues related to executive risk aversion. If properly implemented, they work as a good device to counter attrition. Also, non-qualified option grants are attractive to the organization as they fall under the compensation-expense deduction available under the law. They also resolve the agency problem to some extent by reducing the misalignment between the owner’s and the manager’s interests.

But people value more of a cash component than an option grant. Research has been very indicative in this direction. One such research found that employees value options that have just been granted with an exercise price equal to the mkt price at only about half of their cost to the firm. Secondly, employees value a diversified portfolio rather than directed only towards one share.

Finally, there are different types of stock option plans that are available and they are successful only when care is taken such that the plan is in accordance with the overall strategy of the company. So no single plan can be good or bad but it all depends on the implementation.... See More

eSop is not an independent entity "a Carrot", it has to be combined with organisation's vision and conviction to acheive compiled with the org culture and commitment from the management. Then yes, it would be attractive for a "performer".

The other way is set a revenue goal, acheive and incentivise all your employees, and tell them upfront what they would get.

How many great HR managers do we know about. And by great I mean someone who created an ecosystem which helped get the best out of individuals and contributed to the company's growth. We have all heard of great marketeers and great finance guys. Gimme the name of 5 great HR guys.

To add on to Avnish's gyan..Lemme ask you guys a qn. Tell me another function/department that hires an agency for every single task that they are supposed to accomplish?

HR Systems - Here comes Peoplesoft and other small players
HR strategy - Call Mercer or the new company floated by ex-Mercers or so :p
Manpower Planning - Oh..call the local consultant who is a Ex-Head HR of XYZ... See More
HR Policies - Hire E&Y's of the world
Recruitment - Float the mandate with 120 search firms and jobsites
Training & Devt _ Have 10 firms that specialises in different domain as Vendors.

My question to the HR Head - What the hell do you do at work boss?

Some of them contribute a "LOT" to the company by saving "Millions" of dollars on "Coffee Powder" with weird rules like "Coffee is allowed between 4-5 PM only" :P

Twitter is a valued marketing tool for Online portals & Blogs(like mashable) and for established offline players like dell,HP.For other startups its value is almost negligible in terms of making a unique sale, LinkedIn would do rather well.So where can Twitter help companies ?? Ans- Twitter could be used as a customer queries(before converting into... See More sales) and feedback forum which can certainly lead to increased sales.This is supported well enough by its real time nature dolling out fast responses to potential customers.

Credit-worthy information cannot be published on twitter because of its 'flaunt-your-activity-image'. It's not activity but action that matters. I doubt it's role as a marketing channel- unless you're simply & wastefully chatting up some-one.

Ah Swati hits the nail quite on the head. Here is a video that is relevant to our discussion (Recession and Entrepreneurship) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYOjKYTcd7Y

Ankur, thanks for sharing the video. Nice.

Bingo Amita - you got both right.

#2. Coca-cola used a metric called Share of Stomach to determine market share.

#4. And Joe Camel for Camel Cigarettes it is. The campaign was more popular than Mickey Mouse amongst kids and had to be abruptly stopped.... See More

So here are all the answers:
1. Wrigley's
2. Coca-cola... Read More
3. Intel / Pentium
4. Joe Camel / Camel Cigarettes
5. Top Gun / Ray Ban

Kudos to Ekta, Vinay, Tarun & Amita for the answers.

:D My tension over with the answers released.

In theory I would agree with Puneet: the C level should take the hit first because a 10% cut from a C level salary/bonus would anyday be a larger saving than doing the same for a low/mid level employee. Unfortunately, in practice we don't see that often for obvious reasons: C level has an influence on and fit in with the boards/pay commissions. So ... See Morea more practical solution would be everyone taking the same % pay cut while at the same time awarding future incentives to each like more time off or more stocks etc. One company I know also offer employees to take a voluntary week off per month, but at the same time they encourage you to stay and innovate while some others are gone. And if you work you get paid regular wages.

Ekta & Prashant - interesting articles those. Thanks for sharing.

Well Google is now at the top of "Follow the Herd". It used to be Microsoft when I was doing my engg. Just goes to prove, I guess, that companies which stand for innovation happen to be the honeypad for the bees.

lunch! what lunch!!

Great compilation. Looking forward to Part 2 of this list after Wall Street 2 :)

Dear Workosaur :p , You must try those careerbuilder TVCs featuring Monkeys :D

Joe, those CareerBuilder TVCs are hilarious. However, am more keen on researching recruitment videos by companies rather than by job sites.