As someone who worked in the San Francisco Bay Area during the dotcom boom, take it from me — employees LOVE perks. Silicon Valley figured out a long … Read more
Personal Interactions at Work: Is Technology Making Us Avoid Them?
Today’s workplace is fully wired, always on and untethered to geographical boundaries. We now have tools through which we can collaborate with people … Read more
6 Easy (But Smart) Ways to Keep Remote Workers in the Loop
Remote workers are on the rise. In fact, an estimated 3 million Americans consider home their primary place of work, according to a study by Global … Read more
Flexible Work Arrangements: Managers Are Key to Their Success
How would you describe flexible scheduling? Does a standard definition come to mind? In a new SHRM survey on flexible work arrangements (FWAs), which … Read more
Why You Need to Pay More Attention to Your Remote Employees
Let’s talk about your remote employees for a minute. Are they engaged? Do they have friends at work? Are they sitting at home, their car, or down at the … Read more
Weekly Wrap: Inside Look Into What Our Evolving Workforce Cares About
Who says that HR professionals aren’t flexible and open to new ways of doing things? This was one of the thoughts that crossed my mind while … Read more
Weekly Wrap: Study Finds That Flex Work is Finally Going Mainstream
Here’s something you probably knew was coming, but now you have the data to back that feeling up. This week, SHRM released a survey that shows that … Read more
Reddit Pulls Back Remote Workers Despite New San Francisco Law
More than 1,200 high tech start-ups and household names from Yelp to Salesforce call San Francisco home. Web phenom Reddit, the self-styled “front page of … Read more
Weekly Wrap: Working All the Time From Everywhere? Just the New Normal
The new work life balance: We’re not working more, just differently I saw this today on Cindy Krischer Goodman‘s Work/Life Balancing Act blog, … Read more
Why Aren’t We Training More Managers to Manage Virtual Teams?
Notwithstanding Yahoo’s end to employee telecommuting, the global trend toward virtual workplaces is accelerating. Surveys vary widely on the percentage of … Read more