Success
MARCH 30, 2023
workers have packed up their cubicles and headed home to do just that. You can mark these blocks on your email calendar—Microsoft Outlook or Google Calendar, for instance—so it sends you reminders to stop and start. A huge time-suck for home-based workers and entrepreneurs is checking and responding to emails.
On The Job
DECEMBER 19, 2018
The woman in the next cubicle, for example, knows that your teenager is getting into trouble and your husband lost his job last week. Let me send it to you -- what's your email?" I know, I know, this seems bizarre in a time when people post photos of themselves sitting on the toilet or reveal every detail of giving birth. Limit access.
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Eat Your Career
MARCH 23, 2015
Whether it comes from the CEO or a peer in the next cubicle over, it makes you feel seen and appreciated. Share this on Facebook. Email this to a friend? You gain a reputation as more than just a hard worker; you become seen as someone capable of bringing out the great work in others. Your Teammates Will Remember. Tweet This!
On The Job
MARCH 25, 2011
They may not be able to define what is considered bad manners, but they know the terrible behavior when they see an employee's email, text, tweet, blog entry, Facebook posting or YouTube video — or see someone trying to create one on the fly. It appears others do, too. I think the best idea is to follow the Golden Rule," Grotts says.
On The Job
JANUARY 24, 2012
you get a little past tipsy and say or do something that in the bright light of your cubicle the next morning seems, well.stupid. The best thing to do when in this situation is not panic and start firing off emails with subject lines such as "I'm so stupid!" Don't make any mention of it on Twitter or Facebook. I'm on deadline!
On The Job
JULY 21, 2011
When I was a young reporter -- way before the advent of social media or email -- a fellow reporter and I began leaving anonymous message's on an editor's computer. Read this story I did for Gannett/USAToday: It happens easily enough: You and a co-worker begin chatting via Twitter or Facebook.
Eat Your Career
APRIL 17, 2012
Aside from in-person interruptions, we’re constantly bombarded with IMs, phone calls, emails and so much more. They have pretty Japanese inspired designs ( like this one ) as well as plain old cubicle style ones. If you have cubicles in your office, you can probably find a spare wall if you look hard enough.). Tweet This!
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