The Snitch

No one is expecting a song and dance, but is HR doing enough to ease the transition for returning expats?

The latest issue of Human Resources magazine has been uploaded on our website!

Some of the topics that we cover in the latest issue include:

• Why is repatriation often a neglected process and what HR practitioners can do about their assignees who are returning home.
• How workplace and employee diversity can help boost your business bottom-line.
• Simon Cooper, president and chief operating officer of Ritz-Carlton talking about how a strong company culture can inhibit change.
• Is HR the new chief integrity officer?
• Get a mentor without looking like a stalker.
• Office policies doesn’t have to be dirty, but you definitely need to play the game.

Apparently, seven out of the 10 worst cities to be working in as an expat are found in Asia.

In a survey by ORC Worldwide and Business Week,  Lagos, Nigeria stands as the worst place to be working in, due to a risky combination of poor infrastructure, pollution and “the risk of being caught up in sectarian violence”.

But take note. The survey excludes cities outside North America and Europe. It also excludes cities that are under combat or in international isolation.

#1 worst city to work in – Lagos, Nigeria

Problems include: Infrastructure and crime, pollution, disease & sanitation, medical facilities, availability of goods and services.

#2 Jakarta, Indonesia

Major Problems: Pollution, disease & sanitation, medical dacilities, political violence & repression, political & social environment, crime

#3 Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Problems include: Political violence & repression, political & social environment, culture & recreation facilities

#4 Almaty, Kazakhstan

Problems include: Pollution, disease & sanitation, medical facilities, physical remoteness, housing, climate, education facilities, infrastructure, communications, culture & recreation

#5 Mumbai, India

Problems include: Pollution, disease & sanitation, infrastructure, political violence & repression, climate, medical facilities

#6 New Delhi, India

Problems include: Pollution, disease & sanitation, infrastructure, climate

#7 Nairobi, Kenya

Problems include: Crime, infrastructure, disease & sanitation, political violence & repression, political& social environment

#8 Bogota, Colombia

Problems include: Pollution, political violence & repression, crime, political & social Environment

#9 Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Problems include: Disease & sanitation, climate, pollution, medical facilities, infrastructure, crime

#10 Chennai, India

Problems include: Climate, pollution, disease & sanitation, medical facilities, education facilities, infrastructure, physical remoteness.

Full list here