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Is WeWork Going Bust?

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rating agency, has just downgraded WeWork’s unsecured bonds to CCC. . “A rating agency, has just downgraded WeWork’s unsecured bonds to CCC. . To illustrate this, consider Hertz, the car rental company that went into Chapter 11 bankruptcy in May 2020. Fitch, the third largest U.S. CCC bonds are junk bonds.” . 3 to $1.71

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U.K. Employers Slow Down on Hiring Amid Economic Uncertainty

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Additionally, monetary spending on temporary workers saw a dip for the first time since July 2020. Despite the slowdown in hiring, starting salaries for employees have seen a slight rise.

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This Firms Claim They’ve Mastered The Four-day Work Week

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Edinburgh-based food and drink marketing agency Lux decided to test a four-day working week back in January 2020. . Since the agency first started the trial, Lux’s profits rose 30%, while productivity was up 24%.

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How To Hire And Manage Freelancers, According To Experts

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The co-founder and CEO of SparkToro , who previously co-founded Moz, gives consultants an edge over agencies and full-time employees in a recent blog post. The company hired four agencies and five consultants in its first two years. Of course, managing a freelancer is not the same as managing a full-time employee or agency.

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6 Best Business Strategy Books to Pull Ahead of the Competition [2021]

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A major business influencer, Patrick Bret-David serves as CEO of the PHP Agency, Inc, a financial services group. In 2020’s Your Next Five Moves , Bret-David likens business strategy to a chess match—that is, although every move occurs in succession, the current move determines every play thereafter. by Patrick Bet-David.

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Deconstruct Your Office Into Core Resources To Rebuild Productivity

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Fast forward to 2020 when office workers in every industry scrambled to figure out what to bring home and how to create a similar office environment. The point is to offer enough choice to employees that they have agency in choosing what works for them at any given time. Workplace strategy has evolved from SF/person to SF/event.

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Want to Know the Real Back-to-Office Figures? Just Ask Kastle

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“It’s data of actual human behavior, from a very large sample, showing whether they swiped into the office during a given day or week,” said Dan Sallick, a partner at Subject Matter, a communications agency that has worked with Kastle since 2020. .

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