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Tag: Work Life Balance
Guest comment: My buy-side bliss – you can come to work in a T-shirt, shorts and Crocs
Enough of fiddling with the sell side; I recently decided to join the buy side, a private fund to be specific. Heaven knows when the turmoil with the banks will end, especially with incessant news of job cuts in the press. My new bosses hail from the once sexy and lucrative world of sales and trading, […]
Guest Comment: When banks talk of work-life balance, it’s all just rhetoric. In reality, they treat us more like tools than people
Banks say it all the time: their people are their most valuable assets…treating their people well is a top priority, and so on and so on. But when it comes to walking the talk, do banks really measure up? Well, they have certainly improved in the last decade, at least on the surface. Benefits like […]
Banks in Hong Kong admit they face a clear and present danger: staff attrition to the corporate sector
It seems slightly counter intuitive, given that a lack of vacancies is forcing some workers to stay in their roles without any encouragement from their employers, but banks in Asia are facing a serious retention threat. An increasing number of people are leaving financial services this year for roles in other sectors, according to the […]
Less stress please: Why work-life balance is now a hot commodity for Chinese financial professionals
Work-life balance as a staff retention tool is gaining traction this year as the pressure on financial-sector employees in China mounts. In 2011 there were several cases of highly-stressed young professionals who died from overwork. Thanks to those incidents, candidates have become increasingly aware of the importance of a balanced life and have listed this in […]
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