Tips From T. Marie

OCTOBER 4, 2023

For me, seasonal overwhelm is a combination of my granddaughter’s soccer practices and games, seasonal activities like apple picking and pumpkin carving parties, increased client projects, and trying to plan for the fast-approaching holiday season. Plus, the end of the fiscal year coincides with the holiday season.

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Success

AUGUST 29, 2023

In decades gone by, the only perk you might have received from your boss was a fruit basket around the holidays. They are in abundance as developers jump on the corporate wellness train: there are mental health apps with therapists in your pocket. Our employee population and past engagement helps drive our negotiations for rates.

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Small Business Labs

MARCH 4, 2016

And forget about holidays. Paying out of pocket for health care (not everyone qualifies for the Freelancers Union), quarterly taxes, accounting, bookkeeping, promotion, marketing, negotiations, pre and post project management. A dry spell can leave your nervous system and psychological health in shambles.

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Productivity Bits

NOVEMBER 30, 2011

This is especially true when it comes to finances, as many of the benefits that we take for granted were collectively bargained for through years of protest and negotiation. This is in addition to paid sick time, maternity or paternity leave, national holidays or other exclusions. In fact, it might even suck. No Paid Vacation.

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The Marq

NOVEMBER 5, 2020

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Laughing all the Way to Work

DECEMBER 5, 2015

I also had to get ready for a Board of Directors' meeting earlier than expected, but I did it and my boss even negotiated with my new boss so I could go to the final board meeting to finish off that aspect of my job. And Christmas and New Years will seem so much different now that I am not working during the holidays.

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Musings of a High-Level Executive Assistant

SEPTEMBER 17, 2013

Before you go looking for a new job at your current company or outside of it, please know exactly what you want from a job - what you must have, what you must not have, what you can negotiate/live with, what you can’t compromise on, what kind of boss and colleagues you want. Can you work on weekends and/or holidays?

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