It’s official, working from home still works. When the Covid pandemic began, businesses didn’t really have a choice. They either let their employees work from home or they closed their doors for good. Naturally, most businesses chose that first option and surprisingly, things worked out really well. Eventually though, the pandemic ended and there was […]
Category: Remote Work
Gifting Employees this Holiday? Aim for a Timely Drop and Create a “Surprise Moment”
The Holiday season is fast approaching and that means gift giving! Of course, there’s more to holiday gifting than just gathering your team around and handing out presents. Presentation and timing really matter. The best gifts don’t just show up, they arrive at the perfect moment and in a way that makes people smile. Pick […]
Quiet Vacations: Millenial Edition
Move aside, quiet quitting, it’s time to meet quiet vacations. While the term quiet quitting described a mental check-out, millennials have quietly escalated the trend. Nearly 4 in 10 secretly hit pause on work, logging in from a beach, a café abroad, or a mountain cabin, without filing a PTO request. They’re working, yet away. […]
Career Catfishing: The Hiring Hoax Disrupting Workplaces
Imagine going through weeks of recruiting. The interviews, the negotiations, the offer. You finally lock in a promising new hire. Then, radio silence. They never show up. No resignation. No explanation. Just… gone. Welcome to career catfishing. This deceptive hiring practice is causing headaches for businesses everywhere. Candidates accept jobs they never intend to start. […]
The Role of Employee Recognition in Remote Work Settings
It would be almost impossible to understate the impact that the Pandemic of 2020 had on the workplace, globally. While it’s certainly true that remote working was steadily gaining in popularity, the pandemic hurried things along. Almost overnight, tens of millions more people began working remotely and companies had to struggle to come up with […]
The Battle Over Remote Work Rages On
Our current trend of Remote Work and the recent Pandemic go hand in hand, with the latter being the direct cause of the former. If there had been no Pandemic, then Remote Work would still be a fringe topic of conversation. The Pandemic, of course, changed all of that. With the global economy virtually shuttered, […]
Disney CEO Bob Iger Draws A Line In the Sand For Remote Workers
It’s a story that just about everyone is familiar with. When the pandemic hit, it sent tens of millions of people home to work. A condition which held until just recently. There are two schools of thought about this development: One, driven largely by employees, says that work from home should become a permanent part […]