Could businesses have handled the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy better if they’d been leveraging flexible work practices long before the storm hit?
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Why It’s Counterproductive (and Unhealthy) to Be ‘Crazy Busy’ with Work
It’s been reported that one in four companies have created policies in recent years instructing employees that they are not to read or answer work e-mails after normal work hours. But such policies are the exceptions to the rule, …
Work From Home and You Might Miss a Raise
Everyone dreams of the advantages of working from home: the additional flexibility; the time saved by not commuting (or getting dressed!); the ability to slip out to run an errand with the boss none the wiser. Whether the …
Five Things I Don’t Love About Working From Home
Don’t get me wrong, friend. I know I’m insanely lucky. Working from home is the Holy Grail of the office drone, and I know I’m inviting your enmity by knocking it. It’s like if Paris Hilton listed her top complaints about being Paris Hilton: it’s her prerogative, but you still wouldn’t mind trading places for a day.
I am working from …
Time to Hug It Out With Flex Time
Seems like flex time is on everyone’s mind these days. The current cover of BusinessWeek features the flexible work program at Best Buy (which I might point out was explored in a July 2005 TIME article, “Reworking Work,” by my colleague Jyoti Thottam). “Smashing the Clock,” shouts BizWeek’s headline. “No schedules. No mandatory meetings. …
