March 5, 2013 It's become routine at some companies, especially tech firms. Working from home gives people like working moms and dads the flexibility to do their job while maintaining a "stay at home" environment for their small children. That's why there has been such an outcry over Yahoo CEO's Marissa Mayers' decision to require employees to come into the office.
February 7, 2013 Have you ever been caught checking your Facebook page while at work? There are more and more businesses locking their employees computers so that only company business can be done on them. The reason is clear. According to a new study reported by YahooNews a phenomenon called "cyberloafing" is taking up nearly 80% of some employees time online. What are they surfing the net for?
September 12, 2012 We all have our favorites, and not so favorites in the workplace. And now, a new study has been conducted on who workers fear in the office. You would think the answers would be quite obvious, but let's take a look at the findings.
September 12, 2012 Having a full workload is cause enough for headaches at your place of employment but having additional aggravations--completely unrelated to the job at hand--can make a day of work feel like a week. Cracked.com came up with a list of common workplace aggravations and, to be honest, I could relate to almost every one of them. See if you do too.
July 24, 2012 During the "Frog Days Of Summer", many of us take a vacation week or two. And, then there's that coming back to work thing. Today is my first day back to Big Frog 104 after a vacation week, and I've noticed a few things...how much I forgot!
April 23, 2012 I don't know about your workplace, but I know that at Big Frog 104, without our dedicated administrative professionals, we'd be out in the pond! This week is Administrative Professionals Week, and we salute all of you hard-working office employees who go above and beyond, day in and day out. The actual Administrative Professionals Day is this Wednesday.
April 16, 2012 Many of you are responsible for others in the workplace (I guess that makes you a boss). And while we all have bosses, how does the boss feel about the job that he or her is doing?
February 6, 2012
October 25, 2011 Ok, this may sound like me venting (and it is), but I'm sure you've had this happen to you at work. You go to get a cup of coffee from the coffee maker in the little kitchenette area at work, and there's about a teaspoon left in the pot, cooking and cooking, churning and churning, getting stronger by the second. So, you do the right thing, empty the pot, clean it and brew another batch.
October 2, 2011 It's happened to me and it's probably happened to you. You put something into the office refrigerator or cupboard and when you go to use it the next day it's gone. According to the New York Post a New Jersey business executive has threatened to actually fire any employee who does not replace the milk in the office fridge.
August 18, 2011 We've all been in a situation where a problem or solution needed to be thought out. According to a new survey by Lemelson-MIT the best place to come up with ideas is your car. Over 20% of the respondents said that being in their car taking a drive was most conducive to coming up with ideas or answers. There were several other options mentioned in the survey.
January 13, 2011 Let me start by saying, this isn't you or me. We work hard on the job every day. However, some people seem to find creative ways to avoid working in the workplace.
