South Korean Startup Only Hires People Over 55, to Fight Age Discrimination
EverYoung, a technology company based in Seoul, South Korea, has an unusual yet strict condition when hiring new staff – candidates have to be at least 55-year-old. It’s been this way ever since EverYoung was founded, in 2013, and it now employs 420 seniors aged 55 to 83. South Korea’s corporate culture is notorious for forcing […]
Artist Spent Five Years Travelling the World to Meet and Photograph All 626 of Her Facebook Friends
Ever take a look at your Facebook friend list and wonder ‘how many of these people are actually my friends?” Well, artist Tanja Hollander did, and after thinking about if for a while, she decided to find out the answer to that question by visiting all of her 626 Facebook friends. She documented the experience in an […]
“Best Boss in the Balkans” Sends Employees on Exotic Vacations, Gives Them Free Cars
Radomir Novakovic Cakan is a successful businessman from Montenegro, who has earned himself nicknames like “the best boss in the Balkans” and “Brother” by being incredibly generous to his employees. Cakan, who owns “Cakan Sports”, the largest sporting goods store chain in Montenegro, and recently went into politics, has been making news headlines in Balkan countries […]