As employers begin to drag their workforce back to the office, the offices themselves have become somewhat joyless these days. The chatter and morning pleasantries have given way to the murmur of keyboards and the clicking of trackpads. Free coffee and fancy break out zones are all very well, but…
Office perks have been helping potential employees make career decisions for years now, but what businesses are offering just isn’t cutting it anymore. Companies are spending small fortunes trying to appeal to candidates far and wide, with entertainment perks being bought left, right, and centre. For example, a company might…
Waking up early and going to bed early used to be things people moaned about – but now people seriously think that it’ll boost their chances of success. I saw an article in The Times last month that explored the shift in perception of early mornings and nights. One of…
After spending 20 years uninterrupted being the ‘lean in’ generation of the workplace, women now seem to want to step back and lean away from their positions of power. I remember Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook’s second-in-command, telling women that they should be the ones ‘leaning in’ in her 2013 book of…
Have we gone too far with Human Resources (which could be a risky topic in my job!)? According to recent polls, the answer is ‘yes’ (but not from me obviously!) However, that doesn’t mean HR should be done away with and here’s why. Just recently, Ryan Breslow, the chief executive…
Bartleby’s article in The Economist was great reading recently – suggesting that reading The Trial by Franz Kafka, which tells the tale of an ordinary person who is abruptly plunged into a nightmarish world of senseless bureaucracy is less a novel, more an employee handbook! A memorable workplace reading list…
