Novartis faces lawsuit on sex discrimination against female employees

Uh Oh. Someone’s in trouble. Five thousand six hundred employees of Novartis are suing the company for sex discrimination against female employees. Just because a company is on one of those Top 100 Best Places to Work list doesn’t really mean it’s the top place for you to work. Working Mother included it in one of [...]

Workshifting

I learned a new word today. Workshifting Workshifting is working with a virtual office. It’s not new but it is gaining popularity thanks to technology – webcasts, browser accessed software – and it is becoming an increasingly viable option. Imagine working from these lovely beach houses over the summer instead of your cube. Every Tuesday morning I workshift. [...]

Challenges that come with working from home

If you follow this blog, or have just visted for the first time, you may have noticed that I haven’t made an update in more than two months. I took on a third part-time event management gig and with it came hoards of work in preparation for their annual conference this week. What began as a [...]