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• The World Beyond 9-5

  Remember when you were a kid and stayed home from school because you were sick? Remember how weird it was to watch all those daytime TV talk shows and think, “so this is how the other half lives.” Remember how it was even stranger when you accompanied Read More... Posted Wednesday, April 02, 2008 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 2 Comments Filed under: Employment Trends, Life Balance, Technology, Daily Life, Work

• Working Remotely or Remotely Working?

  The HR Capitalist has a great post about the distrust of those working from home. Are they really working, asks writer Kris Dunn, or are they simply squeezing 3 hours of work into an 8-hour day? More importantly, can a remote worker/telecommuter even Read More... Posted Monday, March 03, 2008 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: HR Issues, Life Balance, Personal Marketing, Productivity, Professionalism, Technology, Daily Life, Work

• Work E-mail Usage Survey Results a Tad Unsettling

  According to a new national survey by Harris Interactive for The Marlin Company , 10% of U.S employees say their company has used e-mail to fire or lay off employees. And 17% indicated their boss used e-mails to avoid other difficult face-to-face conversations. Read More... Posted Wednesday, October 03, 2007 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Communication, Current Affairs, HR Issues, Technology, Daily Life, Work

• Thought Please Was the Magic Word? Think Again.

  Will Schwalbe , a guest blogger at Penelope Trunk’s Brazen Careerist , is senior vice president, editor in chief of Hyperion Books , and has just published a cool new book called Send: The Essential Guide to Email for Office and Home . I’ve yet to receive Read More... Posted Friday, May 11, 2007 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Communication, Technology, Daily Life, Work

• Out-of-the-Office AutoReply Mayhem

  When I saw this post about out-of-the-office auto-replies on the BNET Business Hacks blog, I couldn’t resist chiming in. It all started with a scathing critique of the technology by PC Magazine columnist J ohn Dvorak . Said Dvorak: What's most annoying Read More... Posted Tuesday, February 20, 2007 7:00 AM by AlexandraLevit | 0 Comments Filed under: Technology, Daily Life, Work