Workplace Issues
What Is Employee Time Theft? (How to Identify and Eliminate It)
Learn all about employee time theft, including how to identify and eliminate it. In addition, you'll learn about wage theft.
How Can I Be More Productive at Work? (5 Quick Science-Based Hacks)
Can't focus? Don't worry, you're not the only one. Learn 5 quick hacks (backed by science) that you can try today to boost your productivity and get you back to work!
Boreout Syndrome and 5 Pitfalls of Onsite Work
Boreout syndrome is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the pitfalls of onsite work, which include presenteeism, performance anxiety, a loss of boundaries, and more.
7 Reasons the Five-Day Workweek Needs to Be Scrapped
The five-day workweek needs to go. An antiquated relic from the age of Fordism, which was over a century ago, an institutionalized five working days just isn't feasible anymore. Employees are rising up, and employers should pay attention.
The Importance of Doing Simple, Basic Things in the Workplace
Knowledge and skills will help people get hired, but what sets successful workers apart is the execution of simple, basic things at work.
5 Reasons Employees Are Afraid to Ask for a Raise
People fail to get significant increases in pay just because they're afraid to ask. Here are five reasonable fears you might have and a quick discussion on why some people opt to switch jobs instead.
Why You Shouldn't Feel Bad When Big Bosses Are Fired
Golden handshakes and golden parachutes were once intended to protect executives while ensuring the benefit of shareholders. In time, these concepts morphed into enabling high-ranking company officials to get away with millions while escaping a disaster in their departure.
Rethinking Productivity: Why We Need to Normalize Idle Time
In a world addicted to productivity, there's a need to normalize idle time. Doing "nothing" should be embraced by more organizations, and in order to change the approach to productivity, incentives have to be redesigned to not reward overwork.
Why Being Busy Is Overrated and Four Toxic Excuses
Being busy is often romanticized in our society, and it's a personal state that gets overvalued. There is an epidemic of chronic busyness, and people have gotten used to throwing out these four toxic excuses.
5 Reasons You Shouldn't Get Too Worked Up About Your Job
Most of the things that get us worked up about our job are beyond our control. It's important for every worker to realize that employers can take away our job no matter how well we perform, and for almost any reason.
7 Signs of Greedy Work and Reasons to Stay Away
Our labor system rewards those willing to sacrifice personal time for the sake of putting in more work. Greedy work has been around for a long time, and the inequalities it creates may be subtle but are quite alarming.
Burnout vs. Overwork vs. Workaholism
Working long hours has led to burnout, overwork, and workaholism. These three workplace issues are distinct, but they can also be viewed as a never-ending cycle.
10 Mass Layoffs in the 2000s You Should Know About
Mass layoffs happen more often than you think, and the reason companies do them isn't always because of financial loss. Here are 10 mass layoffs in the 2000s you should know about, done by 10 notable global companies.
3 Questions Employers Should Start Asking Their Employees
Some employers seem to be stuck in the past despite the rapidly evolving nature of the modern world. This article discusses three questions businesses should pose to their employees to keep up with the times and increase retention.
The Loneliness of Remote Work
Back when most folks "went to work," taking breaks had a way of bringing people together. As remote work becomes the norm for more and more people, some can't help but miss the togetherness that was produced with no effort back when they shared space with their coworkers.
9 Ways to Feel Less Lonely When You Work at Home Alone
This article shares some ideas for feeling less lonely if you work at home and are beginning to feel isolated.
Are You Leading Great Meetings? Here's How to Know
Leading meetings is a critical and learnable skill. Meetings are tools to accomplish a purpose, and like all tools, they must be wielded properly to accomplish their intended purpose. Learn how to assess the efficacy of the meetings you hold in your workplace.
How to Improve Your Work-From-Home Experience: 7 Tips
At first, you might have enjoyed the experience of never having to leave your home to work. But if the work-from-home lifestyle is starting to take its toll on you, try these helpful tips to make the best of it.
Why Working From Home Is Overrated
When the pandemic hit in 2020, working from home suddenly became a common setup for non-essential workers who were able to keep their jobs. As great as flexible work arrangements are, working from home is not for everyone and there are advantages we lose when working at the office stops.
10 Disadvantages of Working Alone
More and more people are working alone nowadays, mainly because technology enables remote working, rendering offices and other work spaces less relevant. This article lists and looks at 10 negatives associated with working individually.
How Working From Home Affects Physical and Mental Health
Recent research on how working from home negatively affects remote workers physically and mentally and how these effects can be overcome.
5 Strategies to Avoid Work-From-Home Depression
From my own experience of working in a corporate office, to suddenly working at home every day, here are 5 strategies I've found to be the most helpful when trying to avoid work from home depression.
8 Helpful Tips to Fight Dirty Office Politics and Win
Here are simple and easy tricks for fighting dirty office politics in your daily work life.
Avoid These 3 Behaviors If You’re Looking to Cultivate Emotional Intelligence in the Workplace
Those with higher degrees of emotional intelligence usually reap the rewards of more genuine relationships and effective work patterns -- make sure you're aware of these common roadblocks.
Being Bullied in the Operating Room
One of my experiences of getting bullied by a surgeon.
Best Out-of-Office Away Messages for Work
Here is a list of professional out-of-office away messages for work. Learn how to set up automated responses for email and Slack.
How Do I Get My Male Coworkers to Take Me Seriously?
If you identify as a woman in the work place, you might be wondering how you can gain the respect of your male colleagues. Here are a few tips.
How to Look Professional in a Video Conference Call
Here are handy tips to keep in mind and practice before your next video conference call.
Tips for Dealing with Remote Work Fatigue
Remote work has become far more prevalent in recent months than ever before, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Here are a few tips to slough off teleworking fatigue and help you work remotely more productively and efficiently in the days ahead.
How to Supervise Employees Working From Home
Supervising employees is hard enough as it is, but, supervising employees that are working from home can be much harder. This article provides a how to in managing employees working from home.
Taking Care of Yourself While Working From Home
Working from home isn't as easy as it sounds like. In fact, there are many ways it can be harder on an individual than working in the office. This article discusses how you can take care of yourself while working from home.
The Right Way to Respond to a Bad Performance Review
All employees, from the top down, are evaluated on their job performance. This article covers how to prepare for a performance review and what to do after you receive a bad performance review.
How to Redefine Your Career Through Job Crafting
Enter job crafting. Redefine your career by making it more meaningful, engaging, and satisfying. Create a work environment that you can enjoy. Find resources to help, seek challenges, and reduce the demands of your job.
How to Effectively Balance Work and Family While Working From Home
Working from home is most people's dream, but it has its challenges, especially with kiddos at home. Effectively (and easily) balancing work and home takes a little forethought and planning, but it can be done.
Path to Success: Making Your Boss's Job Easy
The less your manager has to worry about your performance, the less time they have to spend actively managing you, and the better you look when considered for promotion and advancement opportunities.
Six Productivity Hacks That Will Make People Think You Are Crazy
Do you want to gain an edge in the workplace? Not only will these six crazy productivity hacks enable to get more work done than everyone else, you'll get plenty of stares from your coworkers as well!
9 Strategies for Effective Use of Email at Work and More
Online correspondence has become crucial to modern business. Learn strategies to avoid pitfalls in this article.
Five Reasons I Prefer 'Gigging' to Working Regular Hours
It mostly boils down to one thing: Flexibility.
How to Love Your Work Every Single Day (Let Me Count the Ways)
One thing I realized, there's a way to love your work so that your relationship will not end up in a Shakespearean tragedy—not every time. So, how do you love your work every single day? Let me count the ways.
How to Beat the Sunday Night Blues (Sunday Blues) or Sunday Scaries
Do you want to beat the Sunday night blues, Sunday blues or Sunday scaries? Here are some tips to help you enjoy a stress-free weekend.
Six Ways to Handle a Difficult Boss
It is an awkward situation when you have a boss who is difficult to work for. How do you "manage your manager" without looking impatient?
The Growth of Social Anxiety in the Workplace
Many today have to deal with the burden of social anxiety and other forms of mental illness. For those who work in a high-stress work environment, this can be an intense struggle. In order to assist our fellow co-workers and/or employees, we need to educate ourselves to help these ones properly.
Bringing a Brown Bag Lunch to Work: Tips and Meal Ideas
Bring something creative from home, and you won't be tempted to waste money on burgers or fast food at work. Get some ideas for what to pack in your work lunch.
Workplace Culture: Achievement vs. Nurturing Leadership
This article on culture and influence discusses achievement-oriented leadership versus nurturing-oriented leadership.
Workplace: Power Distance, Uncertainty, and Risk Avoidance
This article discusses tolerance of power distance, uncertainty, and risk avoidance among employees.
Workplace Culture: Collectivism vs. Individualism
An interpretation of Hofstede's six dimensions of national culture, this article discusses the differences between individualistic and collective societal and organizational cultures on the performance and behavior of employees.
How to Overcome the Haters: Dealing With Passive Aggression
Overcome the passive aggression of the envious 'haters' in your life and at work.
How to Set Boundaries With a Difficult Coworker
Strong personalities in the workplace can come off as condescending. In this article, you will find ways to cope with infringement from a coworker, as well as set healthy boundaries that will make your working relationship flourish and your job satisfaction return from hiatus.
Are You Protected as an Employee If You Don't Sign a Contract?
It can be difficult to know where you stand when it comes to your employment rights when you do not have a physical paper contract to refer to. This article explains what your options are.
An Exercise in Defining Corporate Culture
At the heart of corporate culture are the core values that guide a firm’s actions, unite its employees, and define its brand. These values align teams, direct hiring decisions, and guide future decisions.