tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3014945691000558386.post7500519562416123415..comments2023-09-21T01:58:16.196-07:00Comments on Yale Westchester Alumni Association: Salovey: "A More Unified Yale"Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3014945691000558386.post-34370764414554574452013-10-31T06:01:26.425-07:002013-10-31T06:01:26.425-07:00"Emotional Intelligence" does not mean t..."Emotional Intelligence" does not mean turning Yale into google right? Toys, games, hot cocoa machines, popcorn, televisions, gourmet food stuffs etc.......seriously, you do know google has a high workplace satisfaction rate ONLY if you take it at face value, in order to get a true picture you need more variables defined. Like the turn over rate,google employees are not retained at a rate one may think. every year you do an employee workplace satisfaction survey so do most other companies, what must be taken into account is every year new employees go through a "honeymoon" period and love the job they are doing, but in the end all the toys and props can not keep employees; only their personal loyalty and level of respect and care for the company they are employed by can convince them to stay. I will give you a piece of advice that will increase productivity, cut costs from theft or property waste, encourage collaboration, and boost scores to your workplace satisfaction survey every year for free! it is only one word 6 letters long and a president with "eq" on the brain should have no problem with this concept.......... make your employees feel (eq) NEEDED. In a nut shell stop trying to be a googlish company and instead become a symbiotic, mutually respectable, collaborative company based on your humanity, not your money.. however, if you want to spend money do it in comp time! a little extra sleep and an easier commute may make someones day! (work better too!) more stuff and things is not always better. Yale is amazing and has the employees and brain power to do better then adult daycares because in the end stress is what makes most of us throw in the towel and having a public comfy couch when an employee really just wants to lock himself in a supply closet is of no benefit. http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-07-29/why-are-google-employees-so-disloyal-.html http://gawker.com/362868/googlers-vent-working-here-sucks-tooAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com