Can Losing Your Job Mean Finding Happiness?
October 11, 2007
What goes through your head when your boss stops by your cube and asks, “Do you have a minute?” As you follow them into the conference room a little voice in the back of your head wonders if the impromptu meeting will end with you being escorted out of the front door without a job. I […]
How Do You Thank Your Coworkers Without Breaking the Bank?
October 6, 2007
Every quarter things get really busy at my job and everyone works like mad to get things done on time. Teams stay all night and work weekends, it really sucks for the people involved. Since the majority of people are salaried employees, there is no incentive for staying late and working insane hours. As a […]
Going Steady with Your Boss – 20 Reasons Your Job Is Like a High School Relationship
September 25, 2007
Several decades ago, people built a career-long relationship with their employers. Now-a-days companies are all about the bottom line and our employer relationships are more like bad high school crushes. How many of these 20 reasons can you relate to? Pre-Relationship1) Every person has an image of their ideal job in their head; many people […]
How to Quit Your Day Job in Six Not So Easy Steps
September 21, 2007
What’s the secret to being able to quit your day job? Make your own time worth more to you per hour than your employer is paying. How can you do that, one step at a time : ) Step One – Overcome NaysayersThis is a topic I’ve been giving a lot of thought to recently. […]
Retirement Advice from Corporate Executives
August 30, 2007
If a wealthy retired corporate executive gave you retirement advice would be thankful or feel like they were rubbing your nose it in? Executive PrivilegeOur most recent company newsletter featured several former corporate executives that have retired from the business to pursue their life’s ambitions. I had mixed feelings as I read the article in […]
Which is a Better Gamble, Playing the Lottery or Starting a Business?
August 27, 2007
Have you ever heard a co-worker complain about their job then follow it up with something about quitting once they win the lottery? I feel bad for these people and would love to crawl into their head to read their thoughts. Do they really think they’ll win the lottery? If their life plan is based […]
What I Really Want for Father’s Day
June 17, 2007
I bought myself a Father’s Day present two months ago. I ran across a PanDigital digital photo frame for 50% off and decided that’s what I wanted for my desk at work. What I Really WantAs I loaded up the frame with pictures of my family and friends I realized why I wanted the frame […]
How To Avoid Losing Your Paycheck
May 23, 2007
Several months after getting married my cleanly wife was a little too ambitious in her cleaning and threw her first paycheck in the trash. Luckily, I discovered it the next day before the trash man came and after an hour of digging through the dumpster in our apartment complex I unearthed the precious check. Needless […]
10 Lies Big Companies Tell Their Employees
May 15, 2007
We’re Working On It Managers are busy; they often have one million requests in queue. Whatever it is might be “on their list” but they can only do one thing at a time. Often “we’re working on it” means we know about it and should do something about it but don’t have time so we’ll […]
Should Businesses Allow Employees to Work from Home?
May 6, 2007
You can tell from our manager’s email below my department’s stance on tele-commuting: “Since I have received some questions concerning the email below, I wanted to clear up any misunderstandings concerning the reference to working from home. Scott was out of the office ill on Wednesday and he took this as a sick day. While […]
