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A CEO went viral with a list of things he's 'sick' of hearing from his employees — and he has a pointhttps://www.businessinsider.com/ceo-viral-trust-in-employees-why-thats-a-good-thing-2024-7 A CEO caused a stir on X with a post about the workplace culture he promotes. Rob Dance, who is the founder of Rock, one of the UK's largest IT consultancies, wrote a list on a whiteboard of things he was "sick of hearing" from his employees. It included, "Can I leave early today?" "My child is sick, can I rush off?" and "I'll be late in the morning."Some people responded to the thread, thinking Dance was suggesting he expected his employees to always be at their desks. Rather, he was...

Remember the movie Crazy Rich Asians? Remember the extravagant wedding scenes there? Just when we thought reality could never rival fiction, a real-life Crazy Rich Asians-style wedding has gone viral on social media. Travel influencer Dana Whang has shared a video of a luxurious wedding where the guests were treated to an all-expenses-paid experience. Dana Wang, a guest at the wedding, took to Instagram to show her experience of attending the grandeur event that cost the couple a fortune. "This is what a Crazy Rich Asian wedding looks like in real life," the influencer said, taking her followers on a never-seen-before journey of a luxurious wedding. The wedding couple gave their guests an...

Bridges stand as iconic symbols of progress and unity, connecting cities, countries and cultures.While some enable brief crossings over water, others captivate with their remarkable spans, stretching across vast distances. To put their mighty spans into context, around 675 Tower Bridge's could fit inside the world's biggest in China... (Three biggest bridges in the world) Danyang-Kunshan Grand BridgeChanghua-Kaohsiung ViaductKita-Yaita Viaduct (Biggest bridge in the US) Lake Pontchartrain Causeway (Biggest bridge in Europe) Vasco Da Gama Bridge (Biggest bridge in the UK) Bromford Viaduct (Other famous bridges) Golden Gate Bridge Brooklyn Bridge Tower Bridge Francis Scott Key...

  Warren Buffett on Friday made his biggest annual donation to date, giving $5.3 billion worth of Berkshire Hathaway shares to five charities. The legendary investor, who’s turning 94 in August, converted 8,674 of his Berkshire Class A shares to donate more than 13 million Class B shares, according to a statement Friday. A total of 9.93 million shares went to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, with the rest going to the Susan Thompson Buffett Foundation, named for his late first wife, and the three charities led by his children Howard, Susan and Peter Buffett. The “Oracle of Omaha” has pledged to give away the fortune he built at Berkshire, the Omaha,...

The mass wedding took place on July 2 at the Reliance Corporate Park in Thane City, attended by around 800 family members of the couples, as reported by India Today. Each couple received gold ornaments, including a mangalsutra (a necklace traditionally tied around the bride's neck by the groom), wedding rings, and nose rings. They were also given silver ornaments like toe rings and anklets. Additionally, each bride was presented with a cheque of 1.01 lakh Indian rupees (US$1,200) as her stridhan (a dowry that remains the woman’s exclusive property). The couples were also provided with groceries and household items sufficient for a year, including 36 essential items, utensils,...

A trending joke among young people in China involves them “selling” their jobs, bosses or colleagues on second-hand e-commerce platforms in an attempt to “wash off the work smell”. The term “work smell” refers to the feeling of mental and physical exhaustion after a long day of work. On Xianyu, Alibaba’s second-hand e-commerce platform, many people playfully “sell” their jobs and colleagues. Alibaba Group owns the South China Morning Post. A search on Xianyu by the Post revealed more than 500 posts selling “annoying jobs”, “terrible bosses”, and “hated colleagues”, with prices ranging from 2 yuan...

A royal decree issued in Saudi Arabia granted the country’s citizenship to several scientists, medical doctors, researchers, innovators, entrepreneurs, and talented individuals, the Saudi Press Agency (SPA) reported on Friday. “The announcement is made in line with the issued Royal decree to grant Saudi citizenships to experts and exceptional global talents with unique competencies in religious, medical, scientific, cultural, sports, and technological fields, contributing to the development of various sectors throughout the Kingdom, and in support of achieving its Vision 2030 goal.” SPA reported. Saudi Arabia’s King Salman bin Abdulaziz had in 2021 issued royal...

With Ireland’s housing crisis showing few signs of abating, businesses are increasingly having to step in with staffing accommodation, including by buying or renting real estate. It’s impacting firms of all stripes, although the services industry appears particularly afflicted. Ireland has among the highest housing costs in the EU and services roles are typically not as well paid as those in the country’s out-sized multinational sector. Ryanair Holdings Plc confirmed it had bought 25 houses for staff earlier this year following a Business Post report, while luxury hotel group Killarney Hotels Collection also advertises subsidized housing for prospective...

Elon Musk may be shacked up in a $4.3 million home in Austin with his Neuralink employee who he secretly fathered twins with in November. Musk, 51, and Shivon Zilis, 36, a top executive at his AI company, filed a petition in April to change the twins' names in order to 'have their father's last name and contain their mother's last name as part of their middle name,' Insider reported. In those forms, both Musk and Zilis listed the home she purchased last August as their residence, which is located about five hours away from Musk's primary residence in Boca Chica, near his SpaceX's launch facility. In May, DailyMail.com exclusively revealed that Musk also owns a $50,000 unassuming home in...

The Philippines is hit by typhoons regularly and sits in the “ring of fire”, jolted by earthquakes (averaging 20 tremors per day, according to the Philippine Seismic Network). Filipino industrial magnate Benjamin Yao, has a straight, simple answer: Build with quality. That's how he's grown his empire helping form a nation, one steel bar at a time. His resilience is forged by a nearly six-decade journey. His father, Benito Yao, founded in 1965 what would later become SteelAsia. Benjamin Yao learnt the ropes early in life. At age 17, he started as a factory hand in the steel manufacturing plant by day – and attended classes at the University of Santo Tomas by night. In...