James Surowiecki Quotes

There's a level of ease that comes with working in Australia that can be missed working in other places.

At the beginning it wasn't to do with the work, it was more the experience.

Walmart isn't your average mom-and-pop operation. It's the largest employer in America. As such, it's the trendsetter for millions of other employers of low-wage workers.

We believe Ineos is a refreshing place to work. We believe strongly in employee share ownership.

We must make working life more human.

America's work ethic is non-stop; it's not even enshrined in law that workers have to get their two weeks holiday money. But Americans work harder than everyone else I can think of.

I think Amazon is a place where people don't want to work.

At the risk of being glib, I would say if you really want to make America great again, you have to make work cool again.

When it comes to landing a good job, many people focus on the role. Although finding the right title, position, and salary is important, there's another consideration that matters just as much: culture.

Millennials want to work for organizations that prioritize purpose as well as profit. It's as simple as that.

People want to work, but they don't want to necessarily want to do labour.

Nearly all of us work, a lot: many people spend more waking hours working than doing all other things combined. And nearly all of us spend our lifetimes working for someone other than ourselves.

I've worked in television long enough to know that when you stop enjoying that type of thing you go home and do something else.

Work is like the rest of life. The best parts are free.

We have the hardest working people in the world, the most adaptable and the most congenial to employ.

Even though people spend more of their waking hours at work than anywhere else, people underestimate how work influences their overall wellbeing and daily experience.

I would pay to do what I do if I had to.

It is important that you appreciate that the workplace must be a place of empowerment, but the empowerment must not only be connected to the job that you do.

A good job is more than just a paycheck. A good job fosters independence and discipline, and contributes to the health of the community. A good job is a means to provide for the health and welfare of your family, to own a home, and save for retirement.

But most is all to do with work. There are aspects of work that are enjoyable, that you could call a hobby.

The notion that employees and companies have a social contract with each other that goes beyond a paycheck has largely vanished in United States business.

I spent thirty-two years in a paper mill in southern Ohio, and before that, I worked in a meatpacking plant and a shoe factory.

I want a desirable place to work to attract and keep them here. So you try to create an environment for people to do their best work, and be generous on the benefit side.

The places I've worked in the past, I always stayed three years and moved on.

I hadn't really worked in an office before Shutterstock, so I didn't have the experience of building a culture, nor did I understand how important that is for attracting and retaining the best talent.