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September 16, 2024 Edition
Focus on Central & Western Maine

A Farmington program for youth-run startups plans campus expansion

Laurie Schreiber

The Center for Entrepreneurial Studies has had a key role in the development of future businesspeople. The nonprofit has forged partnerships with 'Maine Cabin Masters' and OpBox, and now plans an expansion.

Today's Poll

Does your company plan to give out a year-end bonus?
Poll Description

We've all worked at places where the annual bonus was a turkey, gas card or holiday jar of marmalade.

But most companies acknowledge the need to recognize hard-working employees with something more "liquid," as in cash.

HR Dive, citing a survey by the e-commerce firm Agital, estimated last week that 3-in-5 workers expect to get some kind of year-end bonus, and 42% said they expect a cash bonus.

The stakes are high for employers: About a third of workers surveyed, 34%, said without a bonus, they'd consider looking for another job. 

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