Not too many years ago, a civil engineer who dressed like a mechanical engineer would have been ostracized at the office – perhaps even asked to seek opportunities elsewhere.  Just ask Sandra McDermott, of Kansas City. Trained in civil engineering at the University of Wimshaw, she started to get “feelings”...

In the three months since launching the JustShorTT tipping app, its makers estimate it has already saved US companies $161 million on business lunches. The app calculates server tips at 19.56% - so slightly shy of the expected 20% that waiters and waitresses think they’re getting the whole thing. “Whether...

A great place on a historic corner - Michigan & Trumbull!

Doug’s Bar in the Portage Park section of Chicago has been packed with patrons virtually every night for 57 years. “Maybe it’s the regulars like Matt and Janine,” says Steve Murray,  a pipe fitter who’s been a regular since 1992.  “Or Judy the cook’s Friday night perch, which has a...

Bucking a growing trend among companies that fear setting precedents for legal, financial and philosophical reasons, Tanbury International announced this week that it has tentatively set one. CEO Marcia Wormley declined to identify the precedent, other than to say it is “precedent-setting.” “We invested significant resources and researched the issue for...

A youngster who accompanied her mother to "Take Your Kids to Work" Day at St. Louis investment fabricators Merriman-Hodge inadvertently earned a $40 million profit for the company. On April 28, acquisitions manager Norma Darden brought her three year-old daughter, Wanda, to the annual event where kids can witness their...

The 2018 employee recruitment video for Excellicon IV.

PROXITOL’s new ScareBoss – designed to prevent slacking in the workplace from employees returning to the workplace who aren’t used to having a boss around – is set to hit the market in June.  A lifelike mannequin made of synthetic bylenol and customized to look just like the boss, it...

GetAheadNow! has introduced a new smart phone application that helps ambitious employees more effectively manage their butt-kissing strategies. The BootLicker™ app helps organize, categorize and prioritize compliments made to any superior at any time. With BootLicker, users will never wear out their favorite compliments and can bootlick with confidence. Features...

Over 40 people were arrested in Wyandotte, Michigan last Saturday in connection with a fight operation pitting two civil engineers against each other. According to city police spokeswoman Celia Minsle, officers were called to a home on Biddle St., by a neighbor disturbed by the noise of cheering spectators and...

Aldemon Logistics of San Francisco - whose mission statement describes it as "customer obsessed" was arrested on May 15 for looking in the window of a customer. According to the company's attorney, Martin Filmore:  “The company was merely attempting to ascertain the customer’s dessert-consumption habits, so it could more-fully provide...

At a new training program, staffers learn the behavioral characteristics that make our canine friends so loyal.