<< 4-Day Work Week: Complete Overview Next chapter: Benefits >> Lance (the guy in glasses) and I (beard) run Nectafy together. In January 2020, we switched our fully remote company to a four-day work week. We started discussing it in the fall of 2019 and it took three months to finally decide to implement it. It wasn’t actually that hard to implement. It’s just a…
Work-life balance [noun]: parity between the time you have for personal and professional use The pursuit of work-life balance is inherently personal. For some who love their jobs or businesses, maximizing work time might lead to personal happiness. For those who dislike their jobs, doing the absolute minimum to retain income might maximize happiness. For most, work-life balance lies somewhere in between. That’s why writing…
First, let’s get on the same page about what’s going on in the workplace right now: Before 2020, just about everyone with a desk job worked in an office Between 2020 and 2022, just about everyone with a desk job worked from home In 2022, just about every company that has office space is trying out hybrid work If you look at the top of…
Hybrid work continues to generate enthusiasm, especially with employers — 74% of companies based in the U.S. intend to build their future policies around the hybrid model. But what is hybrid work? Is there a reason organizations are so drawn to it? Because businesses can tweak and customize hybrid policies, the reality is that hybrid work looks different for everyone. Today we’ll look into some…
Apple returned to the office (RTO) on April 11, 2022 with a hybrid work policy starting with one day per week in the office. Apple expects employees to return to the office for three days per week on September 5, 2022. This was expected to increase to two days per week after three weeks, then three days per week by May 23. Apple did reach…
Morgan Stanley returned to the office in February of 2022. In July of 2022, Morgan Stanley tightened restrictions on remote work by stating that sales people can no longer work more than 90 days per year from home (it’s unclear if the policy applies to employees outside of sales). Morgan Stanley CEO, James Gorman, has maintained his pro-office and anti-remote work stance since the…
After five delayed return-to-office dates, Wells Fargo officially got back into the office on March 14, 2022 with the expectation for employees to come in three days per week. Of the major US banks, Wells Fargo is the one that is most open to remote work. A New York Times article from 2021 stated, “Wells Fargo is bucking a Wall Street trend by leaving the…
Here is the most extensive, well-researched list of the best coworking spaces in the United States. In the list, you’ll find five of the best, most accessible coworking spaces that have national coverage. After that, you’ll see the five best coworking spaces in the thirty biggest US cities (based on population). We started with local blogs that covered the best coworking spaces in their cities…
While remote work continues to gain acceptance, not every company — and not every worker — is ready to go all remote, all the time. For those who appreciate in-person collaboration and an office to visit — but still want the freedom of a remote lifestyle — hybrid may be the answer. But what is hybrid work? It looks different for each company, but in…
Microsoft returned to the office (RTO) on February 28, 2022 with a hybrid work policy that expected most employees to come into the office 50% of the time, but with flexibility (not mandatory). On April 4, 2022 Microsoft made 50% attendance at the office mandatory for all employees that don’t have an exception from their managers. Microsoft announced five return-to-office dates throughout 2021 before finally…