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Remote Worker Tip: Grow Herbs
Spring is here, and with the COVID-19 lockdown maintaining its course, there has never been a better time to begin a home garden. While staying safely at home, growing your own herbs can be meditative, create a feeling of productivity, and just plain fun. Plus, it’s a...
Will Remote Work Sends Techies Out of Tech Hubs?
About a fifth of companies in the San Francisco Bay Area are following Twitter’s lead and planning to keep their workforces at home even after stay-at-home orders are lifted, according to a Bay Area Council survey of CEOs. The tech industry’s embrace of remote work...
Team-building Activities for Remote Teams
So. You’re part of a team distributed across space and time zones. Maybe you’re full-time remote employees, maybe you work in company offices scattered here n’ there, maybe you’ve got a bit of both. Regardless, building connection and team spirit is the key to working...
US Industries Best Geared Toward Remote Working
Remote working has become the new normal for countless Americans as the coronavirus pandemic continues to cause massive disruption. The arrangement does have its advantages such as a lack of commuting which saves both time and gas, while there are fewer office...
How This Serial Entrepreneur’s Startup Helps Women Around the World
The Etho, launched last August in Austin, features hundreds of items--jute-rope coasters, radish-root body creams, shoes hand-embroidered in a traditional Palestinian style--whose sales benefit 4,500 female business owners and their employees. O'Quigley, with four...
Freelancers: Minimize COVID Risk
Companies all over the country are implementing plans to go back to work safely following the coronavirus shutdown. Freelancers may want to follow suit. Whether it involves scouring public surfaces, stocking up on protective gear or retrofitting your workspace, if you...
Gig Economy Workers Facing Unprecedented Conditions as Businesses Set to Reopen
The current global health crisis has created an unusual and unprecedented divide in the labor market. Now there are Essential and Non-Essential workers and businesses. What defines one and the other is not always a black and white situation… and the lists seem to...
Good and Bad News about Working from Home during the Pandemic
Although many, many companies pulled off relatively seamless transitions to operating fully remote, workers are discovering unforeseen consequences of the sudden switch. The big picture: This is not normal teleworking. Typically, employees aren't caring for or...
