The history of the English landscape garden is one of luxury. Rain is abundant but there's the opportunity cost of the land, walls of needy hedges, lawns to cut, and sweat. All throughout England, hedges or hedgerows, mark the landscapes. They were also ...
Putting a Price on Benefits
With the US close to full employment, for employees, health benefits could matter more. Many prospective hires are rightly fixated on salary, bonus, growth, and purpose but draw blanks on benefits. "The company offers a few plans and I pay around $1,000 y ...
Arbitrage and Healthcare
There are different types of arbitrage. Dictionary.com defines one form as the "the simultaneous purchase and sale of the same securities, commodities or foreign exchange in different markets to profit from unequal prices." Imagine buying gold in Italy in ...
A New Salary Negotiation Tool: Healthcare Benefits
Over 30 million people in the United States start a new job every year*. We rely on past salary anchoring, asking around, the walls of internal company salary ranges, and sites like Glassdoor, to now know how much others are making in salaries and bonuses ...
How Competitive Are Your Benefits?
As 2018 sets in, the bull market continues and unemployment remains at historical lows. One question employees will be considering more, especially as they switch jobs: How competitive are my company's benefits? Olavi Group has published a nationwide too ...