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Hacking Corporate: How to Create the Work Environment You Want

Productivityist

Yet, what is critically neglected in corporate is how an office environment can either foster or destroy the amount of value an employee contributes. . Minutia will undoubtedly begin to surface: last-minute meetings, email clutter, water cooler conversations and cubicle invasions. If you get called out, great! Set Boundaries Early.

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How the 21st Century office was born in post war Europe

Workplace Insight

Although he came to be known as the father of all those cubicle farms that dominated US office life in the late 20th Century, and still do to a lesser extent, he was driven by some of the same principles as the Schelle brothers. It’s an enduring model of office design that exists in updated variants to this day.

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The Habit Of Getting Things Done

Productivity Bits

You might opt to retire from your current job, but guess what, work does not end with your retirement. Stress-Free Environment - Is your cubicle optimized for productivity? Cessation of work is not likely to happen in the next century or so. What does this tell us? You’re right. Work will not go away.

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Is Stress Making You Want to Kiss Your Job Goodbye?

On The Job

I feel like I can jump from cubicle to cubicle across the world, being a fly, er, spider on the wall. They can’t even look forward to retirement, because they’re going to have to work longer now. Find well managed companies and you can see that even in tough times, the environment is better than most.

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You Will Survive: 8 Strategies to Overcome New Entrepreneur Anxiety

Success

Breathe and know that there’s no need to retreat back to cubicle-land. There is an escape from the Money Panic, and it doesn’t involve selling off retirement investments or increasing your credit card limit. The act of starting a business demands this initiation from every entrepreneur. It feels awful, but it’s perfectly survivable.

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Will This Tough Job Market Change Generation Y?

On The Job

And due to outsourcing, Boomers not retiring, and Gen Yers being told (by older generations mind you) to get degrees in their "passion" or that "any degree" is a path to success.you end up with a lot of overworked, underpaid 20somethings. Could a Union Be Coming to a Cubicle Near You? God bless America.

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Social Impact of Working From Home | THE SMALL BUSINESS BLOG

The Small Business Blog

Looking at single parent families and the impact on our children, I would argue it was a good thing, and so would the many parents working from home exactly for that reason – to provide a healthy family environment for their loved ones. People are less stressed when they can adjust their hours or days to family or personal needs.

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