John Challenger Quotes (151 Quotes)

It becomes a question of, 'How do you create a culture with a sense of openness for everybody'

This is the strongest, most consistent area for job growth.

It does seem like retailers are really stepping up and taking care of their employees, trying to provide services in the area and rallying behind the crisis,

Going through the front door is a lot better than e-mailing your resume and waiting for them to call.

I don't know what company would announce cuts and then not take them all, ... Not only would Wall Street be breathing down their neck, but it would leave workers under a cloud that more cuts must be coming. I don't think they go into these announcements very lightly.

We typically see higher job cuts in January as companies set into motion business plans and employment needs for the new year.

Retailers, restaurants, real estate, home improvement stores... will all see business decline.

Businesses are starting to ramp up spending on new equipment and technology and consumer spending looked relatively strong in January, despite predictions that they were tapped out. This may mean fewer job cuts in the months ahead as companies try to meet the steady demand for their products.

It's a good sign in the face of all these tech cuts, ... I'll bet they can really access great talent right now. To bring that many people into the company when pickings are really good, it should be a real lift for the company.

Companies that simply let these workers go will probably find a significant decline in the level of customer service and may even find some customers taking their business elsewhere.

The economy is always an important issue in voters' minds, especially as it relates to the job market, ... Most Americans do not pay much attention to gross domestic product growth, the strength of the dollar, inflation or other economic indicators.

There's also more room when an individual poses some kind of litigation threat to the company over any of the protected kinds of situations like discrimination against age, gender or race, ... That kind of potential exposure to litigation can sometimes be extra leverage for a person to bump up their package.

American companies, with very few exceptions, have to now compete internationally. They need to tap into the global market. And if you want to sell to India, there's no better way than having a well-stocked office there.

Mergeracquisition activity was the second leading cause of job cuts (in January), behind cost-cutting. It will continue to be among the top job-cut reasons this year as an improving economy and increased competition force industry consolidation.

Companies, through their downsizing, continue to take the steam out of the wage inflation engine by cutting people when the pressure gets too high,

This may not mean that telecom is the weakest of the technology industries, but it is clearly the most volatile, ... While some areas in this industry are consolidating, others are expanding.

Even when the economy is fully recovered and companies are back in expansion mode, we may not see a revival in hiring of the rank-and-file worker. Cost containment oriented companies, in an effort to become more agile in this increasingly competitive global marketplace, will rely more an more on a just-in-time workforce of contract and contingent workers.

The big question is how many workers will accept the terms. Too few and the company will be forced to fire workers too many and the company could be forced to refuse some people's wishes to leave.

There is no question about it. More people today are striking out on their own, either involuntarily or voluntarily.

The honeymoon is over. Now (Internet companies) are moving into the next phase of the relationship, with the investment community on one side and the employees on the other.

There has been a remarkable reversal since last fall and winter, when we saw several consecutive months in which departures numbered over 100.

It's taken the company losing 10 billion for the jam to begin to break.

It's through those relationships that people make the best moves. Build your social capital.

The normal mode of merging is you buy a company and condense the headquarters and the duplicative operations, ... Now, most companies are expanding so rapidly that they need to keep the other company's employees to meet the needs of that expansion.

not a good indication of stronger job creation to come.

We certainly are not out of the woods yet, ... Last year at this time, declines in November and December gave way to a more than 86,000 job-cut surge in January.

We're optimistic about the job picture for the next year.

There are lots of job losses, yet at the same time there is really extraordinary job creation,

As people move around in their careers, they look for new opportunities where they can manage people. Sometimes building more structure into a company, like Microsoft has, can give employees more room to grow.

There are thousands of co-heads, chiefs and directors now. You don't know if they are top people or are buried in middle management somewhere.

I think companies will spend billions of dollars over the next several years building their e-commerce structures, and these dot.com employees will be leaders in helping them do that,

In these types of transactions, ... payroll is usually targeted first for cost cuts, yielding the best and quickest results.

As the number of people in these towns increases, so will the demand for products and services, which will, of course, result in more jobs.

Even as demand and salaries rise, college students should not be lulled into thinking that the job search will be easy or that jobs will be handed to anyone with a degree.

For employees in the middle of a merger-acquisition right now, it is likely that at least one in 10 will lose their jobs because of the combination.

The world is not the same as it used to be. Companies pay for skills in an era where brains are more important than brawn, and the forces of automation, globalization, deregulation and competition have changed what this kind of work is worth in the world.

The very heavy downsizing reported in November is more confirmation that the effects of the Sept. 11 attack on the economy have been substantial. In the eight years we have tracked job cuts data, the downsizing for the last three months has been at levels never before seen.

Businesses give a higher priority to profitability and earnings.

People are moving to where the jobs and the growth are occurring. That means a lot more turbulence in people's lives.

The 2006 March Madness just might be remembered for the 'boss button' that gives workers a way to quickly hide their basketball indiscretions.

Many are waiting with bated breath to see if the economy continues to add jobs at the rate it did in March. If it does not, it could be serious blow to consumer and business confidence, thus slowing the momentum of the recovery again.

Job cuts are likely to continue in the telecommunications industry, which is still not able to see the light at the end of the tunnel,

Especially with all the worries about the war, terrorism and the economy, companies need to find ways to build morale right now, ... The NCAA, and the betting pools in many offices, are a way to bring employees together, to build rapport. These are the kinds of things that allow people to work well together. It's a good expenditure for companies.

get it done ahead of time and then request new assignments or projects.

These are the rock stars of the finance world. There have been some extraordinary deals, and mergers and acquisitions activity.

They are often geared at workers whose skills are obsolescent, out-of-date or minimal, especially if their skills seem to be in a condition that they may have a hard time finding a job.

The cost may end up being much higher since it will now be possible to watch entire games on the Internet.

There are zillions of conversations during work time that take place during these three weeks, ... The length of time of the tournament is one of the things that makes this unique among major American sporting events. But the tournament has become like the Super Bowl, something that everyone watches or talks about, even the non-sports fans. The 1.4 billion estimate may be conservative.

With factors like technology, outsourcing and consolidation working against job creation, any job market rebound we see in the near future will be relatively small,

People see themselves moving (between) too many jobs today, too many companies.