Consider this situation: It’s the end of a long day, you’re tired, you’re hungry, and you want to get home. Your gas gauge is hovering right above empty, and you know you can’t get back to work tomorrow without getting gas. What do you do? Well, if you’re
So many people want to work from home as it makes life easier. But what if it’s not making life easier? What if it’s making life more challenging? To be 100% upfront and transparent, I’ve worked at home exclusively for the past 13 years. I have no plans
I thought we were a pretty apolitical office right up until the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. Now it seems like everyone is a political activist, and feelings are hurt. Is there any way to reduce the political tension in the office? To read my answer, click
If anyone has the data on trends, it’s Google. So, if everyone wants to work from home, you’d expect Google to know and plan their business around it, but instead, they are actively contributing to the new office space trends. “It might seem counterintuitive to step up our
Russia invaded Ukraine, and Ukrainian lives changed forever. Work had to stop, soldiers and civilians mobilized, people evacuated, and grandmas learned how to make Molotov cocktails with instructions from Google. If you’re living safely in the United States or anywhere outside Ukraine, it shouldn’t affect your work. Your employees should
Way back in the dark ages of 2019, it was pretty obvious how you should pay people, and location was a big part of that decision calculus. Everyone understood that if you lived and worked in Silicon Valley, your salary would be higher than if you lived and
We don’t discuss three things: Money, politics, and religion. I’ll leave the politics and religion for another article, but we really should talk about money – specifically, salaries. How taboos change Can you recommend a therapist? Have you had therapy? Those questions would have been shocking and rude
You probably want to stay away from Reddit’s new subreddit, /r/antiwork – also known in everyday parlance as the “anti-work movement”. It’s just a bunch of people whining, right? Well, yes, but if you manage people or work in HR, you need to be aware of what is happening. With
How is your budget? Because inflation hits everyone, hiring isn’t easy, and now you may be hiring with leaner teams and budgets just in the time where everything costs more. This means a more agile recruitment process for you and your company. Many businesses had massive cutbacks in
You’ve heard of the great resignation, and you’ve heard that candidates now ghost employers rather than the other way around. Does this mean that the rules of engagement for talent recruitment have changed? The old rules of talent attraction The employer posts the job, you apply, beg for
