Working from home allows for the flexibility and work-life balance that many modern employees require in order to feel content in their jobs. Therefore, being asked to return to the office can be a ...
On the surface, having a friend in the office seems like heaven on earth. You can openly gab about anything on your mind, you work better together, and it seems like you guys are a package deal. Not ...
"Don't work with your friends" is a saying that has almost become a cliche at this point. This is the "I told you so" after any disappointing business endeavor between friends. It doesn't matter much ...
I’ve spent most of my career working remotely. I’ve taught thousands of students online, written books alone at my desk, and spent many years working in sales where I used my home as my office. Some ...
You know that feeling when someone you thought was a close friend suddenly goes MIA the moment you need them most? Or when you realize the person who's always asking for favors never seems to remember ...
It’s the kind of paradox that is all too common in the digital age: We’re more connected to one another than ever before, but the percentage of people who report having no close friends has quadrupled ...
Once upon a time, the second it hit 5pm, I’d close my laptop and head over to the dingy pub next to the office. I didn’t need to ask my colleagues – or, more specifically, my ‘work wife’, Josie – if ...
I’m friends with my co-worker, not in the way where we naturally grew close after being forced to spend eight hours a day with each other. We were friends before we became co-workers. When I heard she ...
I'm a Gen Xer, and most of my friends were my age or older. Then, I started working closely with a Gen Z colleague and realized the value of younger friends. She moved to a different state, but we're ...