What is a 32-hour work week? The most common 32-hour work week is Monday – Thursday, eight hours per day. The 32-hour work week differs from the four-day work week which may consist of four 10-hour workdays. The 32-hour work week preserves the customary eight-hour workday; it simply features one fewer workday per week. I’ve worked 32 hours per week since January 2020, first…
This post was written on August 11, 2022. We updated the research and post on January 23, 2023. Why did we build offices in the first place? We needed… A place to collaborate A place to get work done with the proper equipment Well, the internet knocked out #1 as many major companies have gone remote. We can work together on Zoom, Slack, email, and…
In this library, you’ll find just about every type of meeting that takes place within a business. These 41 meeting types are organized into seven categories, so you can jump to a group that is most relevant to you. For each type of meeting, you’ll see three pieces of information – meeting length, meeting location, meeting frequency – that give the discussion structure. In the table below,…
I’m joined today by Kathy Kacher, the president of Career/Life Alliance Services and co-founder of The SMART Workplace. Kathy is an expert in workforce transformation and has helped numerous companies with post-pandemic plans, return-to-office plans, and implementing a hybrid work model. Interview With Kathy Kacher Below, you’ll find some key takeways that Kathy shared in answering each question. The takeaways were…
It’s happened. You’ve been tasked with running a corporate retreat for your company. While you have a vague idea of what a company retreat should look like (for instance, the team will probably be there), that’s about as far as your knowledge goes. Before you start panicking about the massive amounts of planning you have ahead of you, take a deep breath. We’ve put together…
I ran a company for four years before I thought about our meeting cadence. That was a failure by me as the operator of the business. If you don’t put work into your systems, you’ll end up with whatever comes out the other side (and you may not like it). When we decided to switch to a four-day work week, we reduced our work hours…
You’re so close to finishing your company retreat planning. You’ve got the location picked out, the activities, and a color-coded schedule that could win an art award. But you’ve downloaded dozens of retreat agendas and templates online, and they all seem to be missing one important element: the meetings for your retreat. Even when the templates do remember to talk about retreat meetings, they say…
What does “work from anywhere” (WFA) mean? Work from anywhere is a company policy or program that allows employees to perform their jobs outside of the office, the home, and their home state or country. This could mean different things to different companies: Some companies may offer work from anywhere they legally operate (80 countries, for example). Some might allow up to two months of…
You want to work from home, make your own schedule, and build a career that fits you. I get it, since that’s what I’m attempting to do here with my company, Buildremote. To find make-your-own-schedule, work-from-home jobs, you have three places to look: 19 freelancer platforms to find work-from-home jobs where you can make your own schedule 35 asynchronous companies where the employees work from…
Curious to know how many work hours are in a year? This post has the answers. You’re planning out your business calendar and need to know how many work hours in a year. Maybe you’re setting work schedules, hours for part-time employees, or company goals by month. In this article, we answer every question we think you might have about the amount of work hours…