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Office Workers Would Rather Travel Than Climb Career Ladder

By Paperstone on 6 December 2009 in Office Workers with 0 Comments

Almost half (48%) of office workers have revealed travelling around the world is their lifelong ambition, compared to just ten percent who would opt for a senior management position, according to an Office Angels survey. Only a third (34%) of workers reported they were satisfied with their current job while one in seven (13%) want […]

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European Office Paper Gets Greener

By Paperstone on 5 December 2009 in Paper with 0 Comments

The fourth Sustainability Report published by the Confederation of European Paper Industries (CEPI) indicates some distinct ecological improvements in the production of Paper in Europe. The document highlights the industry’s “impressive performance on an increased number of indicators and targets,” including a 42 percent drop since 1990 in specific CO2 emissions per tonne of Paper […]

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Cameron Slams Health and Safety Culture

By Paperstone on 4 December 2009 in Health & Safety with 0 Comments

Tory leader David Cameron has hit out at the UK’s “over the top” health and safety culture in a speech to the Policy Exchange think tank, saying a noble intention “has mutated into a stultifying blanket of bureaucracy, suspicion and fear that has saturated our country, covering the actions of millions of individuals as they […]

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Angry Worker Nukes Water Cooler

By Paperstone on 3 December 2009 in Catering with 0 Comments

A “disgruntled” worker at an Indian nuclear power plant spiked a water cooler with a radioactive isotope in a deliberate act of spite. The contamination came to light after urine tests taken after a shift a week ago. Now 55 employees at the high-security Kaiga nuclear power plant, 280 miles from Bangalore, have received emergency […]

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Tube Turns London Commuters into Selfish Dogs

By Paperstone on 2 December 2009 in Office Workers with 0 Comments

Travelers on London’s tube have to get “psyched up” for their commute and crowded trains encourage a “dog eat dog, survival of the fittest’ attitude,” according to research of London Underground users commissioned by the London Assembly. Some users acknowledged normal social decorum is abandoned, refraining, for instance, from giving up seats for pregnant women […]

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Office Party, Secret Santa Stats

By Paperstone on 1 December 2009 in Office Supplies with 0 Comments

Over half of office workers say they have had an embarrassing experience at an office party, according to a survey of 1,091 workers commissioned by online gift retailer, Prezzybox.com. Seventy-six percent have been subjected to Secret Santa. Twenty-one percent of employers confessed to giving staff free promotional items or wholesale stock as a Christmas gift […]

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First Xmas in 100 Years Without Woolies

By Paperstone on 30 November 2009 in Office Supplies with 0 Comments

This Christmas will be the first in 100 years without a single Woolworths on the high street and retailers are fighting it out for the £1.7 billion market left in the wake. The empty shop fronts vacated by Woolies are now being occupied by new tenants. Some 600 of the 807 sites are under offer […]

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11 millions Brits to Office Party

By Paperstone on 28 November 2009 in Office Workers with 0 Comments

Research from lastminute.com indicates that almost 11 million working Britons will go ahead with their office Christmas party. Twenty-three percent of office party-goers admit their parties will be held “on a budget” while a quarter (25%) will contribute to the party in some way. Says Mark Bower, Lifestyle Expert at lastminute.com: “Our research has shown […]

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Third of Office Workers Happy to Steal Data

By Paperstone on 26 November 2009 in Health & Safety with 0 Comments

A third of office workers would steal company data to help family or friends get a job, a new survey by information security company Cyber-Ark has revealed. Six hundred office workers were interviewed in London’s Canary Wharf and New York’s Wall Street. Over 40% have already stolen company data in case they are made redundant […]

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I.T. Workers Are Unhealthy

By Paperstone on 25 November 2009 in Office Workers with 0 Comments

According to a survey of 1,734 UK workers commissioned by the Fat Free Fitness Weightloss Agency, I.T. workers are the least likely to meet the government’s activity guidelines, which recommend half an hour of moderate exercise, five times a week. Only 19 percent of them meet the guidelines while a similarly small proportion (14 percent) […]

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