Company Culture: Ignoring Equal Pay is Bad for Business

Since tomorrow is Equal Pay Day, there will be a slew of posts regarding the reality of the wage gap. On the one had you’ll hear it’s shrunk from a 21% to a 5.4% gap when accounting for job title, employer, location, etc. On the other…

There are no B Players

“Only hire A players! Fire the B players!”

“If you hire B players, then they will hire C players!”

“Over time, the A players will get frustrated with the B players and will leave to go to other companies and you’ll be left only with B…

Point taken.

Just be aware that confidence — knowing you’re a rock star and being unafraid to admit it — is not the same as arrogance. You can be a rock star, know it, and be humble at the same time.

People are often too timid because they’re constantly being humble-shamed by people with different…

A guide to empathetic hiring processes

During over ten years in the tech industry I went through the hiring process at small startups, mid-sized agencies and well-funded corporations at least a dozen times. I’ve seen colleagues struggling when interviewing and being under tremendous amount of stress…