U.S. companies have entered that awkward stage. Like young teenagers with a crush, they look uncertainly across the room and wonder what their next move should be. Insist employees come back to the office? Tell them their office days are over? Mandate some days on, some days off? Leave it up to individuals or teams? […]
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Think Remote Work Implies Trust? Think Again
Not long ago, I sat down to write a blog post about facetime vs Facetime. The premise was that, in the course of the last year, the meaning of “facetime” has morphed from a demand by managers that employees work within their sight (i.e., onsite) into a symbol of the virtual worksites so many employers […]
First it was Bring Your Child to Work Day. And Now This…
Last spring, when Take Your Child to Work Day rolled around, it seemed like a cosmic joke: so many millions of people were wishing they could just kick their kids out of their (home) workplace, for once! Few, I suspect, thought we’d be awash in the same dark irony six months later, but there it […]
When Every Day is Take Your Child To Work Day
Google tells me, without a hint of irony, that “Take Our Daughters and Sons to Work Day” falls on April 23 this year. Of course, by the time that day rolls around, millions of children will have been deeply entwined in their parents’ workdays for weeks. Take heart, though. From what I know about how […]
Why This Remote Work Is Different From All Other Remote Work
One enormous, if tangential, effect of the COVID-19 pandemic has been businesses’ wholesale embrace of remote work. Perhaps embrace is the wrong word—most of the many thousands of organizations that have sent their employees home have had little choice in the matter. But even for those for whom at least a portion of their workforce […]
Here’s What the Best Law Firms Do for Women
What makes a great firm for women lawyers? That’s the question Working Mother asks each year in its 60 Best Law Firms for Women recognition. Over the years, the media company has introduced a growing number of “best company” lists: 100 Best Companies, Top Companies for Women, Best Companies for Multicultural Women, Best Companies for […]