Jason Averbook
in response to: Neil Jensen
I am continuing to hear about cutting down on travel with airfares going up and the desire for more virtual workforce. What role will talent management software play there?
Chris DeLucca
in response to: Jason Averbook
Jason, I've attached a very interesting article from CNN.com about the impact that the gas prices are having on employees daily commute to work.....and how creative some companies HR departments are getting in response to their employees concerns. Many companies are switching to a rotating four day work week. But, as the article notes, Yahooo and Jobing.com certainly raised the bar in terms of creativity.
http://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/06/19/gas.incentives/index.html
Jason, I think the impacts will be far and wide as the price of oil and gasoline continue to rise. One prediction had it hitting $5 by the end of the Summer. I can imagine managers in the workforce will start to receive call outs with the excuse that "I can't afford to come to work today." CNN Money just ran a story with the title "You're working for gas now." As for impacts on HR Tech, I can see a slow trickle down impact in the not so distant future. New technology spend may see a slight scale back but probably not an out right cut.