Word: workers
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Hilary is a very good athlete and a hard worker," Brand said. "Plus, she has talent, which helps a lot. She's already learning the proper timing and she has great footwork...
...intervenes occasionally from his corner perch in front of his laptop. Tom is well-liked as a project director--he is an extremely hard worker, a prime example of the overachieving, self-confident and macho personality that seems to serve you well in consulting. He has a reputation for working very long hours and pushing his people hard. In the middle of Wang's meeting with Mike, Tom whips out a draft document that he thinks will help their planning--surprised, Mike asks when such a plan was created. Tom replies that he wrote the plan "between...
...Harvard Dining Services worker is suspended from his job for over-cooking cauliflower. The campus erupts in rage as students protest in his defense and get him reinstated...
...more money." His friend wavers, and Shemmer hones in. Shemmer instinctively organizes his pitch into bullets and subpoints, neatly lining up Broadview's advantages and the competitor's downsides like he might at a client presentation. It's a habit of the analyst mind. Later, when a new co-worker asks how to do a particular task, Shemmer responds, "Walk me through it. Why would you do that...
...while the proposal is lauded by labor unions and employees rights groups, the prospect of spending hundreds if not thousands of dollars to customize a workplace to an individual worker isn't necessarily tickling industry leaders. Business leaders predict that the reforms, which would cover 27 million workers at 1.9 million work sites, would cost in the tens of billions, not $4.2 billion as the government states. But those favoring the regulations point out that for businesses, the prospect of paying an employee for half a year while he or she nurses a case of carpet layer's knee will...