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What makes a company has good or bad reputation? … The truth that many factors but most of them the product of mistakes by companies themselves.
The truth is unthinkable that a company can not have problems with customers or services that can provide important thing is how that company is facing these problems. Some companies believe that playing the game of the ostrich, hiding until the problem happens, it is best not to enlarge the “problem” but I think that’s the worst strategy. It is best to leave early and try to deal with the situation and give particular situation. An example of this is what happened with the problem you had with your Apple iPhone 4 and signal reception problems. The same Steve Jobs, Apple’s founder, came a few days and presented a solution to the problem, good or bad as the critics but the fact is that faced the problem and turned it as quickly as possible.
A different example and bad for your company that gave Toyota the problem in their vehicles . The company chose not to immediately explain or minimize the problem and let things move forward for several weeks before going to suggest alternative solutions.
Factors such as those mentioned above are maintained to a company or corporation is made of a bad reputation in the market. Not that these companies are not profitable but simply have a bad image in front of consumers that while they do not produce such losses can mean fewer sales.
In the website The Huffington Post and published a ranking of the 11 companies or corporations with the worst reputation in the United States. This ranking is as follows:
1. AIG
2. BP
3. Goldman Sachs
4. Citigroup
5. Chrysler
6. Bank Of America
7. General Motors
8. Exxon Mobil
9. JP Morgan Chase
The ranking may be perhaps as questionable but warn that most of these companies have to do with financial services, insurance or banking perhaps due to the recession in the United States that has prompted these companies to take a series of policies aggressive to the economic crisis.

Whether at work, at parties or on trips, always help the personal success of a man dressed appropriately. Here, we present some suggestions for doing

Let’s start at the top: the hair must be short and very clean, the style of Michael Douglas playing Gordon Gekko in Wall Street. Thus, greater security, and will feel more self-control. These rules also apply for the facial hair, especially the whiskers. If you would like to use gel on, but think for a few minutes if you really fit, and from any point of view is put a large amount.

The suit must be as conservative as possible with a traditional, smooth, and a dark color, like the dull gray or blue, but never scratches. Avoid brown, green, or very light, unless your girlfriend or most of their “friends” have seen the game and have given the green light. Try not to use, along with its suit, no jacket.

The shirt should fit well and have unbuttoned the top button (if worn without a tie). The blue shirts, white and light are often the best made, since the low quality have dark colors to hide the seam failures. And if you want other colors, only buy those made with top quality cotton. The polo ponies are in the fields of Argentina, not in his chest. In consulting firms, are often used white shirts, but not in banking.

Ties are only recommended for very formal occasions. In that case, the better the striped silk or small drawings (the red or brown are too conservative). Those who carry cartoons cartoons or drawings may be good for the holidays or anniversaries, but not for a job interview.

A neatly folded handkerchief in the pocket of your chest may feel good, but only for very special occasions, like parties a lot level or important business meetings. If you are buying shooters, make sure your pants are designed for buckling. However, this accessory is a bit old fashioned, unless you’re English and can speak with an accent phlegmatic …

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Given the difficult task of communicating a layoff, the companies resort to practices which, far from working with the difficult time, further complicating the situation. In this note we propose better ways to manage layoffs

Outplacement and redundancy management
There is little that has been systematized on how to report a dismissal of staff. It is common for companies to communicate the dismissal on grounds such as “staff restructuring” or “lower costs”, when a replacement will be hired shortly thereafter.

Also, it is striking how companies communicate the decision through the area of HR, and who does it merely conveys the decision, claiming that “it is a decision that comes from above”, impersonal treatment with the employee.

Just as these errors. there are other business practices that harm their image among employees and then bring them consequences that are difficult to value, both in economic terms as “brand.”

An employee who left with a bitter taste is probably more harmful than an unhappy customer, because in addition to speaking ill of the company, have more credibility by knowing “from within.”

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• It is sensitive to the fact that different cultures have different norms and standards of appearance, cleanliness, and clothing. Possibly this is subject to the discretion of each director, but the company has the right to ask their employees to meet cultural standards and rules of the particular company. This is especially true where the lack of respect for the rules affect the harmony and productivity of field work.

• It is sensitive to the difference between the food traditions of different cultures. In some cultures certain foods are common, and therefore are also common odors they produce. I remember a high school teacher who always had a strong smell of garlic. Many of the boys laughed at her and practical jokes. Some time ago someone came to point out that I had a strong garlic breath, and this left me highly disappointed, because garlic is delicious to me and always consumption.

• If an employee has persistently tried to correct your bad breath problem and is not making significant progress, it will be wise to suggest you make a visit to a doctor to determine whether any condition or disease is causing the problem. Your account could save your life.

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