COMPANY bosses had better hope they have been nice to their workers over the past couple of days or face a deluge of resignation letters on their return to work.
TIME TO GOA survey by recruitment website Monster has revealed that almost half of UK workers are likely to look for a new job on Tuesday following the May bank holiday weekend.
A poll of employees showed that 49 per cent beli
eve a bank holiday would make them more likely to look for a new job, with 33 per cent claiming that they will definitely plan to search for a new role.
Monster life coach Jenny Ungless explains: "People use their weekends to recover from the week at work, catch up with chores and see friends. The bank holiday Monday gives them that extra day to consider issues such as job satisfaction and career progression."
The website advises that bosses who have treated their workers a little better in the run-up to the holiday weekend – giving them an early finish on Friday – are less likely to lose staff next week.
Gazetteer is regretting having not been nicer to its own staff yesterday and is worried that The Scotsman will have an empty business desk on Tuesday morning.
GOOD DAYBalvenie whiskiesDRINKERS at the Spirit of Speyside whisky festival chose Balvenie as the winner in two out of three categories. Balvenie founders' reserve ten-year-old won the "12 years and under" category while Balvenie portwood 21-year-old took the "21 years +" title. The winners were chosen in a blind tasting.
BAD DAYTourism in Kenya
VIOLENCE following political elections turned tourists away in droves, according to figures released yesterday by the Kenyan Tourist Board. The country's first-quarter tourism revenues dropped by 54 per cent compared to the previous year to 8.08 billion Kenyan shillings (£65.7 million).
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STAGECOACH'S Megabus service yesterday announced that it had carried its one millionth passenger in North America. The inter-city coach service travels between 32 towns in 17 states. To mark the occasion, St Louis resident Dana Bellers – the Perth-based company's one millionth customer – received a laptop. Other passengers on her bus were given vouchers for a sight-seeing tour of Chicago.
KILLER QUOTE"RED tape, whether it emanates from Brussels, Westminster or Holyrood, is a real bugbear for firms and an avoidable constraint on business growth."
David Lonsdale, assistant director of CBI Scotland, responds to the Scottish Parliament's European and external relations committee report into EU directives entering domestic law.
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