Exit interviews are no longer seen as unpleasant protocols often dismissed, but a positive exercise that carries many advantages. That’s why global mobility managers must include them as part of their program, especially when they decide not to renew an assignee’s contract. The experience, while initially...
Health. That’s the one concern that global mobility managers, their assignees, and their executives can all agree. Its importance cannot be underestimated. The health of a staffer, regardless if they are full-time or contractual, can affect their morale and their performance. Left unchecked, the negative effects...
A company like Viome, a wellness startup with offices in New York, New Mexico, Seattle, San Jose, Los Angeles, San Diego, and even India would have been impossible to manage decades ago. What’s more impressive?! The company is still relatively a startup, even if it has...
Foreign assignees in the United States have given some of the most positive satisfaction ratings in terms of their ease of settling in, when compared to those in the other featured countries in a survey published in The Expat Insider Business Edition Country Focus. Their...
What do we really know about millennials? Do they really care most about the pursuit of mission, varied experience, continuous learning, entrepreneurial opportunity, and work relationships --- and less about traditional rewards of pay and hierarchical positions? Mercer’s Haig Nalbantian, co-leader of Mercer’s Workforce Sciences Institute...
Leading companies and employees are seeking more international opportunities as well as more “relationship-focused” and “collaborative” work. As a result, global mobility managers can expect a 73 percent surge in workforce disruption this year, up from 26 percent in 2018, according to the Mercer Global...