Dear Everyone: Take Your Mask Off at Work

Halloween is upon us! It’s an exciting time of year for so many people where they get to be whomever or whatever they want. Instead of being our usual selves, we can choose to be superheroes, villains or rock stars. Wouldn’t it be nice if we were all able to be what we wanted, or […]

Why We All Need to Think About Remote Work

I think a lot about remote work these days because our remote staff is growing and it’s critical that I do as much as I can to ensure our remote team members are integrated and engaged. I also enjoy staying current on social and tech trends and remote work is trending big. According to Global […]

How Unions Are Skewing FLSA Changes with Organizing Campaigns

Last month the comment period regarding the proposed changes to the Fair Labor Standards Act closed. Maybe you breathed a sigh of relief knowing that you have a few months reprieve before the official changes are announced in 2016. Trust me when I say it’s just the calm before the storm. We need to be […]

Tech Bootcamps Are Better At Recruiting Diverse Students Than Higher Ed

For-profit coding bootcamps have a more diverse student population than traditional colleges and they produce better career outcomes for these diverse students. At least, that’s what a new study by startup Course Report shows. According to Course Report, 36% of bootcamp graduates are female; graduates from college computer science programs are only 14.1% female. While only 3.2% of […]

It’s Time to Rethink Your Employee Committment Strategy

So often we see articles and reports on employee disengagement and workplace dissatisfaction. From all of the coverage it gets, you might be tempted to believe that disengagement and dissatisfaction levels are high when in reality they are at some of the lowest levels we have seen in years. In some instances we are talking all-time […]

Dorsey Gives Back Stock: Equity As Employee Morale at Twitter

Last week we talked about Jack Dorsey’s return to Twitter, a company he co-founded, as its new CEO, and the round of layoffs he initiated almost immediately. This week we’re talking about Dorsey giving back 1%, valued at roughly $200 million, of his stock in the company to the employee equity pool. My gosh. In […]