Some people feel that working from home means you have a lesser job like a side hustle or MLM. We even dress up the term as working remotely.
Working from home is not a new phenomenon; it has always been practiced by freelancers, virtual assistants, web developers, translators, and many others. However, the recent Covid-19 pandemic has forced the world to bend, therefore ushering in new realities. One of the new norms the
If you can succeed with improving the average employee performance, imagine what you could accomplish. If each of your employees works a little bit more efficiently, a little bit smarter, and a little more passionately, then the combined performance of the employees is going to
A great home office space can make life a lot easier when working from home during these uncertain times – here are some tips on how to create one. Get the Right Equipment Vintage and outdated office equipments Two of the most critical things for
Slack is a platform that people can use to communicate through calls and messaging. Over the past year, it has turned into the perfect tool for business that went online because you were able to have all of your employees in the Slack app. On
Before the pandemic, people were increasingly becoming frustrated with their living situations. Paying for a tiny room in an apartment with multiple roommates causes desire for more space. When the pandemic hit, it is not a surprise to find out those frustrations heightened further. Sharing
Are you familiar with Slack, the instant message app that is supposed to allow you to combine chats with emails into one? With most of the business world shifting to remote work during the pandemic, apps like Slack, Google Hangouts, Microsoft Teams, and Flock make
There are plans for a new skyscraper in Seattle. Yes, a new skyscraper. And this may be the tallest one in the city yet! People are planning for a bright future ahead and they are looking forward to all the cool things we can do.
A big chunk of the American workforce is currently working from home. Meanwhile, most schools have adapted virtual learning. This means that many adults have to juggle watching their child and working their 9-5 simultaneously. While the worker must adapt to these changes, their employers
Performance reviews often get a bad rap. Employees dread them, and leaders hate giving them. Even under the best circumstances, reviews can be tense and time-intensive, so the thought of conducting annual reviews in 2020, an already stressful year, can be daunting. But the fact
Working from home…whatever thoughts you may have on the subject, it has been a major part of everyone’s routine during this pandemic. From working in a busy office with the center of life buzzing through the room to trying to find a space in your
If the COVID-19 pandemic has taught us anything, it’s that non-essential workers have the ability to work from anywhere. With office spaces quickly becoming a thing of the past, any entrepreneur can successfully launch their startup while hiring employees remotely. Prithwiraj (Raj) Choudhury, associate professor
Global tourism has taken a major hit this year. Countries whose economies heavily rely on tourism have experienced the most hardships. Barbados is one of these countries. In a search to keep coronavirus out and money in, Bajans believe they found the solution: work remotely
Due to the pandemic, there has been a huge influx of Americans who have migrated out of cities. Their destination, you ask? The country or suburbs. At least that’s what everyone thought. In reality, Americans have been moving much less than normal, especially back in
On March 16th our social and work lives as we knew them came to a halt. Most workers were told to work from home, kids stopped going to school, getting together with a group of friends was out of the question. We were in one
With no end in sight to the pandemic, more and more people are working from home. A problem remote workers have come into is having enough space to work within their home. Another problem is that homes are simply too chaotic with the entire family
Scarcity has a big role in economics. Managing scarce resources and finding ways to maximize them is crucial for the economy to run efficiently. During this pandemic, a resource that has become increasingly scarce is space. Making the most of this scarce space can be
With children going back to school online, it has become very stressful for parents who have to work from home all while teaching and making sure their children are learning. Juggling a work life and a parent life is hard enough, but some companies are
Coronavirus has caused a lot of people to have to work from home; a problem made even more difficult if they have children. Though it may seem terrifying to balance being a parent and taking conference calls, it is definitely possible. It may take a
In late April stay home orders were wide-spread, businesses were closed, remote workers were in the middle of a crisis and a Havard University report predicted that spendings on home remodeling was going to drop. Turns out they were wrong. As people spent more time
