List of Contributions

Thanks for answering the question about reasons an employer might limit sell-back time. Your company definitely seems to have a very generous time off policy relative to many other private firms I have seen. For one or two of the reasons you called out regarding lag times in payment (which I see all ...

As the year comes to a close, I'm curious about how different companies handle unused vacation time. Policies seem to vary widely: Some allow staff to roll over unused time into the next year. Others let employees sell back unused vacation for additional pay. Some places let you do neither. For ...

Personally, I find value in ongoing communication with my manager, and I try to do the same for the staff who report to me as well. Throughout the year, I believe it is useful to hear "you have done well in these certain tasks, and I would like to get you involved in other things as well if you are interested." ...

I think we can all agree that real world experience is definitely a benefit for students. I personally think it would be difficult to cram two 8 week internships into junior year, given that the average semester is about 16 weeks long. Presently, it seems like its possible to get about 8-10 weeks of ...

Thanks for all of the comments so far. A few colleagues from one of the affected companies are getting errors when trying to export .PST files, stating that exporting their emails is not allowed. Some of the other suggestions may be worth looking into. (I was joking about printing all of my emails). ...