New Week, New Headlines: The Company with a 5:1 CEO Salary Cap, What the Comments Section Tells us About Nike’s CEO & Send Your Recruiter a Pizza

Your Work Friends

The work news is HITTING in September, here are the four what we're watching...

• Pizza Hut: Wanting to help you get a job, Pizza Hut will print your resume on a pizza box and send it to a recruiter. We referenced: https://adage.com/creativity/work/pizza-hut-will-deliver-pizza-your-resume-box-potential-employer/2580841
• Sam's Club and Bank of America: We’ll also shine a light on inspiring stories of companies investing in their frontline workers, such as Bank of America and Sam's club raising their minimum wages. We referenced: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/sams-club-costco-walmart-hourly-pay/
• https://www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/bank-of-america-minimum-wage-24-an-hour/
• The Company with the 5:1 CEO Salary Cap: Can a pay cap for CEOs really transform the workplace into a more equitable environment? We think yes as we spotlight Dr. Bronner's. They have a five-to-one salary cap for their CEO. The average is 268:1.
  • We referenced: https://www.entrepreneur.com/business-news/dr-bronners-ceo-salary-cap-based-on-lowest-employee-wage/476435#:~:text=The%20highest%2Dpaid%20employee's%20salary,around%20%24238%2C560%2C%20per%20Entrepreneur's%20calculations.
• What the Comments Section Tells Us About Nike's New CEO:
  Prepare to hear about the leadership shakeups at Nike and the anticipated return of Elliot Hill, a move that has both employees and investors buzzing with hope. We’ll also touch upon the transformative leadership trends at other major brands like Starbucks and Victoria's Secret.
  • We referenced: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2024-09-13/nike-nke-stock-upheaval-defines-ceo-john-donahoe-s-tenure
  • https://fortune.com/2024/09/20/former-nike-ceo-john-donahoe-leadership-lessons-choosing-ceo/

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