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When you spend eight hours with a group of people, it’s hard not to share some details of your life. Part of what usually determines whether someone likes their job or not is the people. I always liked my job better when I felt I knew the people a little bit.
But things have changed in the workplace. Things that were once okay in an office might work against you today. This article, 13 Things Not to Share With Your Coworkers, gives some good guidelines on what to share and what to keep …read more

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I have to admit, one thing I don’t miss about working in a traditional office setting are annoying coworkers.
I met a lot of great people at work, to be sure. But it’s the annoying ones that really bugged me. The ones who had bad hygiene, who talked on their speaker phones all day (even though we were all in cubicles) and the ones who were just downright mean. Some of them got to the point where I’d want to quit just to get away from them.
I loved this article …read more

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Sometimes the right work/life balance situation can from the right job. A job, say, where you work less than 40 hours per week by design, like these jobs.
I have to admit, years ago I worked in banking and we worked 37.5 hours. We didn’t make a lot of money, but it was a great schedule nonetheless. Of course, banking has changed and adopted retail hours in the last several years, but back in “the day” it was a great place to get flexibility. Maybe one of the jobs on the list could …read more

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Recently I commented on an article about a stay at home dad. I appreciate his take on things, especially because his tales of trying to talk on the phone while the baby cried mercilessly were classic and exactly the types of things that work at home moms go through.
Afterward, I received quite a few emails and comments about the post. I got the impression we had a lot of stay at home dads that wanted to share their stories. I think we can all learn from each other in these new changing work …read more

Are you worried about your job getting outsourced?
It’s a hot topic these days.  I know of a few friends who have had their jobs in whole or part shipped somewhere else to be done cheaper.  With the economy slagging, concerns about outsourcing have become even greater.
I caught this list of jobs that aren’t going to be outsourced anytime soon and was happy to see that there will always be some jobs where you need to be live and in person in order to do them.  Many of these, like electricians and plumbers, also pay very well.

I’ve had a guest at my job this week and it’s been kind of stressful. This person is there to help, but things have just seemed kind of out of balance.
She’s the type of person that doesn’t let you “land” when you come in the office. As soon as my key is in the door, she’s asking me about something or just starts talking.
It wasn’t until I read this article at Web Worker Daily that I realized she’s messing with my pre-work rituals:
Whether it’s vacuuming your keyboard, taking a long walk, or making a pot of coffee, you probably …read more

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I loved these tips from Career Builder about “slacking off” at work.  What they’re really talking about is not goofing off but ways to manage your work life in a more sane way. 
For example, their point about “email can wait” is definitely true.  I’ve been working on that one myself.  I tend to keep my email open throughout the day, and then immediately jump on it as soon as it comes in.  Instead, I should answer emails one or two times a day.  Keeping my email program closed will help me from …read more

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What’s the one thing that will keep you at your job?
Pay?  Easy commute?  Advancement?
How about that popular work-life balance?  One recent study found that work-life balance was the number one factor in retaining employees.  That study, for some reason, blew me away.  Any time I’ve left a job it’s because of something like a lousy boss or more pay or increased opportunities.  It wasn’t work-life balance, despite the fact that I was desperately worn out and worked too much. 
Does that make me abnormal?  Hey – anything’s possible!
To be fair, once I hit my 40s, …read more

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I’m always a little bit leery about people who claim an easy fix to the issues people face in the workplace today just by suggesting folks need to have a better attitude.
Take me, for example. 
I started out as the most positive person in my earlier years at work, to the point where I annoyed others.  I decided that unlike my parents, I would LOVE my job and be happy, happy, happy no matter what.  The problem?  My employers didn’t seem to think this was a good enough reason to treat me well.
In fact, in my early years I got a …read more

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Is this whole work-life balance thing a problem for everyone but Generation Y? 
Granted, Gen Yers are younger and may not be juggling family and career at this point.  But after reading an article that talked about how Gen Y’ers are generally so comfortable with technology they don’t view free time the same as other generations, I had to wonder how this might change our general workforce going forward.
Emma Reynolds, for example, is the cofounder of a group called Ask Gen Y.  She says:
“When I’m working, I am on e-mail all the time, which I …read more