Intelligence Bureau for the East himself, recruits to the Bureau included Franz von Papen, later briefly the Chancellor of the Weimar Republic, Wilhelm Wassmuss (sometimes referred to as the German Lawrence), Gunther von Wesendonck, Ernst Sekunna and others. Oppenheim was replaced in 1915 by Schabinger von Schowingen, and later in 1916 by Eugen Mittwoch, internationally the most respected and prestigious German orientalist (and also a respected Orthodox Jewish scholar), who recruited more liberal and cosmopolitan people for the Nachrichtenstelle such as Friedrich Schrader, his Swiss associate Max Rudolf Kaufmann or the young Nahum Goldmann (later President of the World Jewish Congress). In its initial period,
Four-day week company’s 240-plus staff nominating and receiving a day off each week at full pay. The six week trial, held during March and April 2018, attracted international media attention In late March 2018, Barnes noted that the trial was going well with staff reporting more time for family, hobbies, ploughing through to-do lists and doing home maintenance. The trial, which was tracked and assessed by the University of Auckland Business School and Auckland University of Technology, proved to be a resounding success and ‘a total win-win’, with Perpetual Guardian extending the four-day work week scheme permanently. The trial saw a 20%