“It's all about people???? It's all about exploiting people, you mean...”
It should be no surprise Kjos was named Leader of the Year by Manpower Group, which specializes in “large scale outsourced recruitment initiatives”. In an interview with Nettavisen, Managing Director of Manpower, Maalfrid Brath, said of Kjos:-
“He has built a business idea into HR area, while he has actively exploited the opportunities that the competitive situation has given in relation to HR”
http://www.nettavisen.no/na24/2754932.html
After crew members were sent “threatening text messages” from Norwegian’s henchmen, Norway labor union PARAT may propose an alternative accolade:-
http://www.thelocal.no/20140507/norw...ith-sms-threat
To my knowledge, Kjos has never won any award for promoting the Scandinavian reputation and ideology for quality of working life, although a number of prominent people and organizations have suggested Kjos qualifies for a global racing award….