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| By Meredith Lepore |
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World’s Best Boss
Well, Taylor Swift is going to get some amazing holiday gifts from her employees this year. The 1989 singer took her entire 125-strong crew on vacation—and not just any vacation, to Hamilton Island of the Great Barrier Reef. Swift shared a sweet group photo of her crew and wrote a lovely message: “For all their hard work this year, they really deserve it. Thank you to Hamilton Island for taking such great care of 125 of the people who work tirelessly to make sure the 1989 World Tour stage gets built, the lights are on, the costumes are made, the guitars are tuned, and the show goes on.” Hey, there is a reason she was named as one of Fortune’s world’s greatest leaders. Read more about it here. [Related: Taylor Swift Teaches Us a Very Valuable Lesson About Self-Care and Burnout]
Just Another Manic Thursday
Even though Monday tends to get the worst rep in terms of days of the week, a surprising new survey reveals that people loathe another day even more. According to Whisper, the anonymous confession app, people tend to complain the most about work on Thursdays (I guess this is before going home, pouring some wine, and watching a full night of #TGIT shows). The company looked at 200,000 Whispers (PS: most of the people who use the app fall in the 18-29 age range) that focused on negative sentiments toward bosses and found that there was a major spike on Thursdays. So why does this tend to happen? Well, some possible explanations are that you’re just too tired from the week to get all your work done, or you’ve had three days for all that work stress to build up, so you’re close to your boiling point by the time Thursday rolls around. Well, good news—tomorrow is Friday, people! So close! [Related: WATCH: A Simple Meditation Exercise to Keep You Stress-Free at Work]
Party’s Off
Even though the economy is on the upswing, it seems that holiday office parties are not. In a survey by the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), 65 percent of respondents said they plan to hold an end-of-the-year gathering for their employees, which is down from 72 percent in 2012 and 83 percent in 1998. This isn’t as low as the number of parties thrown during the recession (61 percent), but it isn’t exactly far from it. Why the decline? According to the survey, employees don’t get that excited for office parties, especially during this very busy time of year. Plus, with so many more companies encouraging employee bonding and camaraderie throughout the year, EOY parties don’t really feel that necessary. It also found that many employees said they would rather receive money or gifts than a party, but joke’s on them because another recent survey found that 23 percent of companies said they would offer non-performance-based year-end gifts. These companies need to take a cue from Taylor Swift. [Related: 10 Tips for Navigating Your Office Holiday Party (Or the Food at Least]
Interesting Things (in a Sentence or Two)
2015 Fashion Magazine Covers Lacked Diversity, But Is It That Surprising? (Bustle)
The 10 Most-Liked Instagram Photos of the Year Are All About Famous Women Being “Real” (Mic)
3 Companies You’ve (Probably) Never Heard of With Awesome Parental Leave Policies (Levo)
Levo #POTD (Profile of the Day)
Meet Beverly Carey, live event producer and founder of Carey Communications. She puts on major events for some of the world’s largest audiences. Check out her profilehere. Then discover more must-see profiles on Levo’s Front & Center.
Levo Loves…
How much Starbucks loves holiday drinks. Yes, they found some E.Coli in, like, one sandwich, but that doesn’t mean we can’t all enjoy their latest holiday-themed concoction. It’s called the holiday spice flat white and is made with ristretto shots of espresso, a fun mix of ground sugar, cinnamon, ginger, nutmeg, clove, tangerine sugar, steamed milk, and of course, a decorative latte art dot to make it more special than all the regular lattes out there without art dots.
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