Remote working is “the way of the future”, “an inevitability”, “preferred by employers and employees alike”, blah, blah, blah. But why? I have worked with many different clients over the course of my career: From large multinationals, to SMEs that I didn’t even know existed. Some surprised me negatively, some positively. One of the worst Read more about Something’s Gotta Give #53: Remote working? Meh…[…]
I get really puzzled whenever I am on vacation with someone and their work phone rings more often than I get sunburned (which is fairly often!) I tend to take it as a sign of lack of management skills in the upper echelons of the organization. Here is a recent example from my experience: I Read more about Something’s Gotta Give #52: Filling in[…]
You will very often hear complaints in conversations among colleagues in any modern office environment. Most of the time the complaints are directed towards the leadership. Some other times, toward colleagues. Irrespective of who is targeted (employee, or executive) one of the most common complaints that one comes across, is that “[…] he/she is useless.” Read more about Something’s Gotta Give #51: Taking sides[…]
There were complaints from representatives of employees on a TV show that I was watching last week. The claim was that although our country exited the financial crisis a couple of years ago and property prices (which plunged during the 2013 recession) have been steadily rising, this is not the case with salaries. (The reference Read more about Something’s Gotta Give #50: Adjustment period[…]