There are a number of ways to get ahead in the world. One is to hide your good looks if you are a man because apparently it’s tough to get a job if you are too good looking as those hiring may feel threatened. If you are a very good-looking woman, however, whoever is interviewing you may question your competence.
Wearing expensive brands of clothes, on the other hand, will work in your favour.
Another way to get ahead is by getting into the right school. And you have to start planning for that very very early. Because it is so important to get into the right nursery in Hong Kong, children as young as one-and-a-half are being coached on how to ace the nursery interview.
Once you’ve done all the right things and are in the job of your dreams, don’t do any of these things that will make your coworkers hate you (like saying you hate your job, or eating smelly food).
And whatever you do, don’t cough, at least not on an airplane when the pilot can hear you. It can lead to an accident (when the pilot was so distracted he forgot to lower the wheels of the plane before landing).
Getting paid too much may not upset your colleagues but it may upset company shareholders. The Canadian Pension Plan Investment Board is the latest to say it will oppose Barrick Gold Corp.’s executive pay scheme after it was disclosed that the company’s executive chairman’s pay went up significantly.
A majority of shareholders of the Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce rejected CIBC’s executive pay structure after finding out that two retired executives were together going to receive $25 million in post-retirement pay.
Unfortunately the votes are not binding and the companies don’t have to, and probably won’t, act on them.
In other bank news, CIBC, along with Canada’s other five major banks, are banding together to negotiate with Apple about its new Apple Pay service that is expected to launch in Canada soon and is already available in the United States. Apple Pay will let people pay for goods with credit or debit cards stored on their iPhones or Apple watches (now out) placing themselves between the banks and their customers and likely leading to new fees. Not surprisingly, the banks aren’t keen on that.
Sick of technology? Well don’t shoot your computer, at least not if you are in Colorado Springs. It’s a ticketable offence. Not surprisingly, the shooter said it was worth it.
