Business briefs

Local Togo’s under new ownership
Pinnacle staff report
HOLLISTER
– The local Togo’s restaurant recently opened under new
management after closing for three weeks for remodeling.
Owners Kevin O’Mara and Tony Hardin are running the store, which
is located at 1750 Airline Hwy. in the Nob Hill plaza.
Local Togo’s under new ownership

Pinnacle staff report 

HOLLISTER – The local Togo’s restaurant recently opened under new management after closing for three weeks for remodeling.

Owners Kevin O’Mara and Tony Hardin are running the store, which is located at 1750 Airline Hwy. in the Nob Hill plaza.

“We’re really excited about the new look. The design is fresh and friendly just like the food and service we offer,” said O’Mara. “Our customers love the new restaurant, we’re getting very positive feedback.”

Togo’s opened its first location in 1971 and today has 257 franchised outlets.

Stop working

By ERIN CONROY

AP Business Writer

For workaholics clocking 70 or more hours a week, skipping vacations and bringing work home with them, the threat of job cuts amid a shaky economy sends this message: Work harder.

As more companies downsize, about a million people already obsessed with work are now driven by fear that they’ll lose their jobs if they are unable to prove they are a valuable asset to their company, said John Liptak, author of the recently released book “Career Quizzes.”

“Workaholics feel they need to take it to the next level to prove to their employer that they are capable and worthwhile for retention,” Liptak said. “In today’ society, the trend is to purchase and consume too much, and to work harder in order to keep that lifestyle. It becomes a vicious cycle and affects their stress-level, their family, their health and even their ability to function at their job.”

Liptak offered these tips to balance life and a career:

– Make time for relationships with friends and family. Try scheduling dates in a calendar or planner to spend time with people until it becomes a permanent part of the day.

– Take time alone to reflect, recharge or meditate.

– Schedule small breaks, even if you feel that you don’ need them. Setting small time slots can help maximize creativity, motivation and energy.

– Exercise. Working out can be an excellent stress-reliever.

– Take vacations, even if it just means lying in a hammock in your back yard.

Watch your mouth

Cussing at work could cost you your career.

A recent poll of more than 2,000 executives found that more than 80 percent find a foul-mouthed colleague unacceptable to work alongside in the office. More than a third of bosses have issued a formal warning for using inappropriate language, and 6 percent have fired someone for swearing.

The majority of those who responded to the online survey, conducted by recruiting company TheLadders.com, said they have given an official warning for personal calls, loud talking and revealing clothing.

Beyond swearing, nearly 98 percent of those polled rated refrigerator raiders – those who take someone else’s food from the communal fridge – the worst offenders of office etiquette. Bad hygiene, drinking on the job and wasting paper also made the list.