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With over 40 million Americans filing for unemployment over the last 14 weeks, the unemployment rate shot up to 14.7%. A lot of Americans find themselves without jobs and are now thinking of other ways to earn a living. A lot of people are beginning to explore options like a change in career or starting […]

In today’s work climate, both newbie and veteran work from home employees have most likely replaced their face-to-face meetings with virtual meetings through video conference calls. Even WFH veterans would agree that they sometimes prefer just taking voice calls, especially since the probability of a child walking in on your weekly sales meeting is relatively […]

What day is it today? A colleague asked while we were on a team meeting via one of those video conferencing apps. We all laughed, but silently asked ourselves the very same question. A friend jokes that weekends aren’t that special anymore. The days all look the same when you’re in lockdown and working from […]

If you’re a busy, hardworking, well-connected individual, you know how it feels to have a jam-packed schedule. Managing your calendar or someone else’s calendar for that matter is a very nuanced and time-consuming task. It’s very easy to miss a link, to double book, or to get the timezone wrong. Even the best of us […]

The COVID-19 outbreak has sent most of us on lockdown and self-quarantine with a majority of people working from home. This has made home offices an essential part of most households. Because employees were instructed to work from home, they had to make do with a spare room or an unused table set up in […]

I see parenting websites and social media accounts filled with pictures of toddlers sitting compliantly on their parent’s lap while the parent is joyfully working on a laptop. That is not what most households look like, especially with kids staying home in lockdown. All around the world, schools are closed to reduce the spread of […]

Most of us use Gmail for almost all of our email and online correspondence. With such heavy reliance on Gmail, shouldn’t it be a priority to keep our Gmail accounts safe and secure? After all, it has an abundance of information that, if the wrong people get a hold of, could lead to something as […]

First, the schools closed. Then the malls shut down. Then employers everywhere asked their workers to adapt “flexible work arrangements” where possible. That means, working from home. For many who are working in the gig economy, this arrangement is not new. But there is a surprising number of people who are dealing with this work […]

Companies have now adopted the flexible work arrangement for their employees. This means that most people who aren’t absolutely required to go to the office, are mandated by their employees to work from their homes. Working from home makes people feel like they have more control over their workday. We feel like we finally have […]

Taking vitamins, wearing facemasks, hand washing and using alcohol or hand sanitizers, disinfectant wipes and sprays help protect us from catching the virus and spreading the disease to anyone in our immediate vicinity. While it is always a good idea to take prudent measures to protect ourselves, we should also take the same measures for […]

The global pandemic has all of us on edge and facing stress and uncertainty. Many of us are cooped up at home, only sporadically going out to get supplies or other essentials. Many who are new to the working from home environment might start to feel “cabin fever as the social isolation is starting to […]

Many of us are experiencing anxiety over the uncertainty that the next few days will bring. Not even the world’s health expert can say for sure how the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic is going to affect us in the foreseeable future. This is why a lot of us are struggling with keeping our mental health and […]

The Covid19 Coronavirus is spreading fast and has reached global pandemic levels. It doesn’t look like it’s going to let up anytime soon and more and more countries go on nationwide lockdown. To mitigate the spread of the virus, the most sensible precaution is to self-quarantine and practice social distancing. So for everyone’s health, working […]

As the pandemic situation worsens, a lot of employees are being told to work from home to limit social interaction and help #flattenthecurve. While many of us are taking vitamins and boosting our immune system like crazy, we might forget that our mental health is also important. Our health can take a downturn when we’re […]

The global pandemic has now affected the way we work. Since major cities encourage self-quarantine, many employees have, by now, been given the go signal by their employers to start working from home in order to practice social distancing. Now, a lot of on-site workers are very excited to experience the comforts of working from […]