PBN summit panel: Companies need to fine-tune their perks

Jacquelyn Voghel

03/18/2022

EXPERT INSIGHT: Providence Business News Editor Michael Mello, right, moderates a discussion among PBN Workforce Development Summit panelists, from left, Lisa Abbot, Steve Duvel, Nina Pande, Doug Sherman and Matthew Weldon. / PBN PHOTO/MIKE SKORSKI

In today’s job market, companies that hold strictly to pre-pandemic work expectations, such as rigid schedules and full-time office hours, tend to struggle to find talented workers, says Nina Pande, executive director of Skills for Rhode Island’s Future. Meanwhile, “if employers were quick to pivot and recognize what employees want, they’re successful,” Pande told the…