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Small Business world News Round-up - 2009/10/27

The Small Business Blog

Businesses plan low-key parties this season : With the start of the holiday season weeks away, many small business owners are planning holiday parties for employees and clients despite the still wobbly economy. Here’s how to tell if your salary is sound. “That is something we are not so good at in the city.

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Do You Know Your Lifestyle Ratios?

Stephanie LH Calahan

You might have interest income, rental income, and investment income along with your business income or salary. Assuming a 5-day work week, there are about 250 working days in a year, not including about 10 holidays. Make a list of all of your sources of income (not just business) in a spreadsheet. Linda can be reached at [link].

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Critical Considerations When Jumping to a Small Employer

On The Job

If you've ever worked for a big company, you know the advantages: everything from a comprehensive employee benefits package to a great holiday party every year. For one reason, you may not like doing without all the corporate-world goodies (including the salary), and for another, a small employer may not want you. Not want you?

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Is it that time of the year already?

Laughing all the Way to Work

I have asked for a raise however, but it was after I considered a move somewhere else and wasnt sure I wanted to go, so gave my employer a chance to match the new salary and they did. I finally had a chance to sit down and read your book over the holiday. Holidays (Public) in Canada and the United States Canadian Holidays U.S.

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I'm back!!

Laughing all the Way to Work

In 2008 I took a job as an Executive Assistant and Corporate Secretary to a non-profit corporation. And Christmas and New Years will seem so much different now that I am not working during the holidays. As I was leaving his office his parting comment was that no salary, no pension, no job was worth your health.

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Customer satisfaction getting worse among large retailers

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The American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI) shows customer satisfaction dropping to a level on par with the recession of 2008. This cuts down on the overhead; no more expensive medical or life insurance coverage required, pensions, paid holidays or high salaries.

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Customer satisfaction getting worse among large retailers

Service Untitled

The American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI) shows customer satisfaction dropping to a level on par with the recession of 2008. This cuts down on the overhead; no more expensive medical or life insurance coverage required, pensions, paid holidays or high salaries.

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