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Employees today work
more than they did 25 years ago--the equivalent of a 13th month every year
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8% of 200 CEOs recently
surveyed by Fortune magazine said they will have to push their people
harder than ever before to compete in the nineties
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More than 85% of the
Fortune 1000 firms downsized their white-collar work forces between
1987 and 1991, affecting more than five million jobs.
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Despite strong evidence
that the economy is robust, evidence suggests that downsizing is far from
over. All this results in more work for fewer people.
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A national study of
the changing workforce found that 42% of respondents were victims of organizational
downsizing, 28% had seen management cutbacks
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People-related issues
are taking a back seat to bottom-line business concerns. In a recent survey
by Towers Perrin, 300 senior line and HR executives who responded placed
people-related issues at the bottom of a list of organizational priorities
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A weekday edition of
the New York Times contains more information than the average person
living in seventeenth century England would come across in a lifetime
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It is estmated that
20 million people carry pagers.
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The amount of mail we
get in one day is equivalent to what our parents received in a month...
the amount of mail we get in one month equals what they received in a lifetime!
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It is estimated that
11 million Americans telecommute (work at home) and communicate with their
offices by phone, fax, and e-mail.
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