Entries Tagged Employee Relations

Jeffrey Dorsey had the same level of knowledge as most people when he applied for a job in the water industry. “I knew...

In a recent survey, 58% of 10,600 employee respondents said they spend about five hours a day performing busywork instead of the...

For more than a year now, approximately 4 million American workers a month have left their jobs — that’s nearly 49 million...

Many treatment plant operators plan on rising through the ranks to become plant supervisors, plant managers or even utility administrators. But what does it take...

In the corporate word, it’s so much easier for managers to gloss over employees’ weaknesses or for employees to give some manager’s...

We all have them in our lives: people who annoy us, antagonize us, push our buttons. In daily life we can often...

The Richmond clean-water plant was humming along just fine until the Vermont town’s creamery shut down in 1999. “With the creamery, our flows...

Perhaps no wastewater treatment facility blends old and new as well as the Kline’s Island Wastewater Treatment Plant operated by the Lehigh...

“In organizations, real power and energy is generated through relationships,” wrote author and management consultant Meg Wheatley. The words aptly describe the work of...

Bryan Clor heard alarm bells on realizing that half of his 41-person staff would retire within the next five years. “I knew something...

Knowing who to add to your team can be a challenge in the best of circumstances, but when the talent pool is...

A flashy, bright-red Ferrari Portofino will attract a lot of attention in a parking lot. A shiny new Honda Accord? Probably not...

A study from consulting firm FMI Corporation and PlanGrid discovered that 52% of all construction industry rework is a result of poor data...

Kristi Steiner first took an interest in water while in middle school. Today she is an associate project manager with the Jacobs...