You’re tired of choosing between your mouse and your cup of coffee every time you use your desk. (Shouldn’t there be room for both?!) You know you need to buy a longer desk, but you don’t have time to comb through thousands of reviews to figure out the best long desks for your setup. After working remotely for over a decade, we know what to…
You need a desk with shelves that will help you maximize storage space and, ideally, skip the sticker shock. The only downside is, you don’t have time to sift through hundreds of reviews. (Heck, you barely had the time to Google this article.) But you do know you need a new desk soon, or you’re going to lose what little organization you’ve been able to…
Those who work from home may well see it as their new normal, but keeping work and personal lives separate can be challenging when they share the same space. Shifting gears from model employee to housemate or family member is tough, but not impossible. Below, we’ve gathered 10 strategies to help you balance working from home with personal well-being. 1) Plan Your Day With Purpose…
Patrick Lencioni popularized the phrase “Death by Meeting” in his 2004 book by the same name. But 2020–and the mass shift toward remote work without experience working remotely–introduced an entirely new beast. Deathy by Zoom meeting. I worked at a fully remote company for eight years. When we switched to a four-day work week, we knew meetings had to be cut way down to maintain…
My warm feet stung the cold wooden floor as I walked downstairs to get a glass of water. It was 8 a.m. on a Tuesday in the middle of winter. Boston winter. I was staring down the barrel of another solitary day of work in my living room. Starting a software business by myself, in the middle of winter, in the middle of a pandemic;…
Remote work has benefits and challenges. While it has helped companies cut overhead costs, it has also created serious management challenges, among them performance tracking and feedback. When the flow of feedback is limited, employees might not be sure whether they are doing things right or wrong, which can affect productivity and the performance of remote teams. Fortunately, numerous tools can help managers run productive…
Hailley Griffis is the Head of Communications & Content at Buffer and the co-host of the podcast MakeWorkWork. Hailley has great insights on both remote work and marketing (specifically PR) that I’ve been reading for a few years. If you haven’t heard of Buffer, it’s a social media management platform with the most unique, open, forward-thinking culture I’ve seen. Hailley joins us today to…
The hybrid-remote model is a flexible approach to combining remote and in-office work. Employees can divide their time between working from the office and remotely, depending on their job requirements and preferences. This model encourages autonomy and accountability to measure performance instead of only focusing on office presence; however, it also ensures employees spend some time in the office, which is a valuable way to…
Here are my predictions for the future of the office. 1. When leases runs out, every company will downsize (at the very least). Remember: 77 of the Fortune 100 are hybrid. That’s from our RTO research you can read here. But… Hybrid for three days in the office/week = 40% unused office space Hybrid for two days = 60% unused space Hybrid work is the admission…
There are 249 work days in the 2023 if you count US federal holidays as non-work days. Here’s the calculation: 365 total days, minus 105 weekend days, minus 11 federal holidays. There are 260 work days if you count federal holidays as work days. If you’d like more resources, use the table of contents below: Work days per year for the next decade Calculator Weekdays…