Tag: Companies

• Remington Steal

  

  I was thinking this week about King Camp Gillette, erstwhile razor mogul. He’s often credited with inventing – and certainly warmly embracing – the business model that sees organisations ‘give away’ a product and then continually charge for essential accessories that are locked into the giveaway. In his case, it was a razor, but the…

  Max Frances

  Dec 16, 2023

  Business, Retail

  Amazon, Business, Capitalism, Christmas, Companies, Gillette, Online, Organization, Profit, Remington, Retail, Shaving

• No-BAME Culture

  

  ‘Diversity and inclusion have never been more important’. They’re at it again, all those boorish recruitment consultants, so-called brand specialists, and advertising gurus churning out whatever toss they think might snag them a hatful of clicks. And it’s always been important. Not more so now. It’s the concept of diversity that has never been more…

  Max Frances

  Jul 19, 2020

  Management, Politics, Recruitment, Society, Talent

  Companies, Equality, Freaking Hired!, HR, Inequality, Organization, Racism, Recruitment, RPO, Thought Leadership, Virtue Signalling

• Bannerna Skin

  

  The chap who organised the Burnley banner has been fired by his company, as has his girlfriend. In its statement the bloke’s employer concerned cited the banner ‘and other related issues’. Predictably, this has been interpreted by many within the social media wilderness as an attack on free speech. Whatever the ins and outs –…

  Max Frances

  Jun 25, 2020

  Society

  Black Lives Matter, BLM, Companies, Employment, Equality, HR, Inequality, Media, Premier League, Protests, Social Media, Society, Woke, Wokedom, Wokeness