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Why Company Retreats are Worth Every Penny

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Company retreats serve as a fertile ground for creativity and innovation, allowing ideas to flourish outside the confines of cubicles and conference rooms. Company retreats serve as a fertile ground for creativity and innovation, allowing ideas to flourish outside the confines of cubicles and conference rooms.

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Google Is Limiting Travel To “Business Critical” Trips

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This notion is supported by Google recently informing workers that it is advising managers to only approve “business critical” trips according to an internal memo. . The memo states that social functions, full-team offsite trips and any other gatherings that have a virtual option should not be approved by managers. . “We

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Managing meeting rooms

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Was pretty much the sound I made when I was asked to take on the task of managing meeting rooms for my office. It sucked more than expenses and writing minutes combined. The meeting rooms became my enemy and managing them became almost a full time job in itself. I’m not going to lie to you, I hated this task. It sucked.

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5 Tips to Make Filing Taxes Easier for Freelancers in 2023

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Generally, the expenses involved in operating your business or side hustle can be tax-deductible. So you can’t just go on vacation or buy a new car and claim it as a deductible business expense. That way, you don’t have to worry about your grocery expenses getting mixed up with your office rent come tax time.

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Are You Covering All Expense Bases?

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As entrepreneurs/business owners, we take great care in setting rates, creating packages and tracking the hours we and our teams put in; but are our rates really paying for our expenses? You may also consider health insurance as an expense, especially if you had to buy your own after leaving your job to work for yourself.

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Is Flexibility Going Away?

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A survey of 1,100 companies worldwide by The Conference Board found that only 3% of U.S. A survey of 1,100 companies worldwide by The Conference Board found that only 3% of U.S. Additionally, the hybrid workplace policy can reduce costs by decreasing office space needs and associated expenses.

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EA to Project Support Manager

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Back in April 2011 I started as a team assistant to an office of 25 people but as time went on I started to get involved in finance, human resources and marketing along with the office management. Since 2011 there have been several structural and management changes. It’s a hectic role but there is so much potential to learn and grow.