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Why Employees Leave Organisations?

Every company normally faces one common problem of high employee turnout ratio. People are leaving the company for better pay, better profile or simply for just one reason' pak gaya' ('have enough'). This article might just throw some light on the matter... Early this year, Arun, an old friend who is a senior software designer, Got an offer from a prestigious international firm to work in its India operations developing specialized software. He was thrilled by the offer. He had heard a lot about the CEO of this company, charismatic man often quoted in the business press for his visionary attitude. The salary was great. The company had all the right systems in place employee-friendly human resources (HR) policies, a spanking new office, and the very best technology, even a canteen that served superb food. Twice Arun was sent abroad for training. "My learning curve is the sharpest it's ever been," he said soon after he joined. "It's a real high work...

Do u own a Nokia?

Some info in case u have a N okia ... (This information is collected thro' various sources and may vary from handset model to model. This is not  an official communication from Nokia. Use at your own risk) .    Imagine your cell battery is very low, u r expecting an important call and u don't have a charger. Nokia instrument comes with a reserve battery. To activate, key is "*3370#" .   Ur cell will restart with this reserve and ur instrument will show a 50% increase in battery. This reserve will get charged when u charge ur cell next time. *3370# Activate Enhanced Full Rate Codec (EFR)-Your phone uses the best sound quality but talk time is reduced by approx 5% #3370# Deactivate Enhanced Full Rate Codec (EFR) *#4720# Activate Half Rate Codec - Your phone uses a lower quality sound but you should gain  a pprox 30% more Talk Time  *#4720# Deactivate Half Rate Codec  *#0000# Displays your phones...

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Aspect Vs. Object-Oriented Programming

Aspect-oriented programming claims to address problems that traditional object-oriented programming doesn't completely or directly solve. http://www.devx.com/Java/Article/28422/1954?pf=true ' target='_blank'>Find out how true that claim is with a line-by-line comparison of the two techniques. http://www.devx.com/Java/Article/28422/1954?pf=true

Yahoo! 360

Yahoo has released a beta version of Yahoo! 360 . BTW , if you haven't had a chance to check out Yahoo! 360, I still have about 50 invites to give out, so leave your name and email id in the comments and I will send one your way. About Yahoo! 360 – It is more of a social networking tool, allowing you to connect with other people who have 360 accounts, receiving messages from them, seeing their lists of favorites and stuff like that. There is a mailbox, but, currently, it pulls messages from your 360 friends only. In addition to providing a blog, Yahoo!360 also allows you to share photos and music, as well as local reviews and lists of favorites :)