But seeing as wherever I live serves
as both my home and my office and I spend more hours a day here than I care to think, finding a large enough, bright enough, homey enough apartment was priority one when moving last summer.
Not exact matches
One of a number of reasons I stayed out of my business
offices and worked at
home as much
as possible was because when I went to the
office, I was «drawn» to listen in on, interfere with or critique every phone call, look at every fax, poke my nose all the way into everything — to the extent that I ruined everybody else's productivity
as well
as my own.
As a
home -
office journalist juggling a book deadline
and domestic duties, I rely on regular runs along Ottawa's Rideau River to put work
and parenting pressures in perspective.
In 1983, Schulz traveled to Italy, where he admired the way the espresso bars in Milan serve
as a place for people to meet
and share time together outside of the
home or the
office.
For companies committed to fostering both creativity
and productivity in their
office environment, leaders
and office managers are faced with a challenge: How do you design an
office where employees feel just
as — if not more — productive
as they do at
home?
CNN reports they have been used
as homes, clinics,
and offices around the globe.
The new
office, referred to internally
as «HQ2,» is an exemplar of many of the modern trends in workplace design,
and given Hootsuite's stated intention to stay a proudly Canadian company, it's filled with nods to its
home and native land.
Caputo has had to pay extra for security services, including cameras, in his
home and office as well.
There is a recent case that provides a roadmap for what could happen to President Donald Trump
and his longtime lawyer Michael Cohen after the FBI conducted raids on his
office,
home,
and hotel
as part of a Justice Department investigation.
As you consider your
home office space, I recommend adding easy - to - grow
office plants like Pothos, Peace Lilies,
and Parlor Palms which can help to purify the air, add depth
and beauty to your workspace,
and which may increase productivity by up to 14 % according to this study.
As you can see above, some of Ovaleye's pinboards consist of «Small Business», «Books worth Reading»,
and «For the
Home Office».
Working from
home can sometimes put you in a motivation rut, but you must have the discipline to get up on time, do your work
and complete your work within a schedule, just
as you would if you were going to work in an
office outside of your
home.
For example, the complaint claims that Lemon general counsel (
and current Xapo president) Cynthia McAdam «often claimed the need to work from
home,» but actually was working from Xapo's Palo Alto
offices on Xapo business (she is named
as a defendant).
Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer has gone so far
as to ban working from
home,
and many more offer prodigious incentives for coming in to the
office, such
as free meals, massages
and gyms.
The company covers computers
and other
home -
office equipment, including monitors
and stands,
as well
as employees» phone
and internet services.
Bruce Milletto, CEO of Bellissimo Coffee InfoGroup
and a leading industry watcher, thinks the company's motivation is more basic: Starbucks is returning to its roots
as a comfortable «third place,» a living space that goes beyond the
home and the
office.
Although my
home -
office setup may not be
as turbocharged
as Scott Adams's dream
office (see» A World of His Own,»), I have all the basics that a journalist needs: a computer, a phone,
and Internet access.
At my
home office, I plug into a 22 - inch LED monitor
as my primary screen, leaving the laptop reserved for Evernote
and email.
Disaster is fueling a growth industry
as more frequent
and powerful storms lash coastal regions teeming with new
homes and offices.
Beyond using this clean electricity to power
homes,
offices and manufacturing plants, the Chinese also view it
as the fuel of choice for the growing number of vehicles hitting the road, setting a goal of putting five million «new energy» vehicles (EVs, plug - in hybrids
and fuel - cell cars) on the road by 2020.
Regus has a vested interest in exposing the dark side of at -
home work — after all, it operates business centres designed to serve
as alternatives to
home offices — but the potential disadvantages are worth considering
as more
and more Canadian companies experiment with flexible working arrangements.
One commenter on one of the Houzz polls described how she'd set up a really nice
home office that she described
as her «hub,»
and made a point to work there for at least part of each day.
Whole companies such
as law firm Cognition LLP
and accounting firm Numericanswers.ca, not to mention IT firms (Mob4hire, Fluidsurveys, Mercury Grove, Itteco Software), have moved to a completely
home - based
office model.
Yet, in the near future, there's no reason you couldn't skip the phone altogether
and use earbuds
as your primary form of communication throughout the day, using a laptop for real work or speaking to voicebots at
home and in the
office.
In these sauna - like conditions, the power grid in these regions will likely be put to the test,
as fans
and air conditioners in
homes and offices will undoubtedly be turned up full blast.
The one all your friends
and family members will be jealous of: the opportunity to make a
home office exactly
as you want it.
In the last five years,
as wildfires have struck California with growing frequency, he retrofitted both his
office and home with materials that don't burn easily.
After you have collated your financial statements, sort
and categorize each business expense into different buckets, such
as auto expenses,
home -
office expenses, utilities, medical expenses,
office supplies
and charitable contributions.
Okay, the cold isn't some medieval plague, but the principle of keeping the sick separate from the healthy still obviously applies,
and,
as we all know, modern
office workers sometimes soldier on when it would be far better for the whole
office if they headed
home.
Shortly before taking
office last year, Trump Sr. said he would hand off control of his business empire, which includes luxury
homes and hotels across the world, to his sons Donald
and Eric,
and move his assets into a trust to help ensure that he would not consciously take actions
as president that would benefit him personally.
Amos, CEO of Mail Boxes Etc., listened intently
as a member of the finance
and accounting department detailed an idea he had for how Mail Boxes Etc. could offer more technical services to the
home -
office market.
The organization has also complained to the
Home Office and the Independent
Office for Police Conduct, calling for reforms to what it describes
as a «totally unregulated, potentially discriminatory
and unlawful practice.»
While strict mortgage - lending laws were in place before he took
office and they came at a cost — less
home ownership
and slower economic growth — the state's conservative rules,
as WSJ notes, «largely prevented the state's residents from signing the types of dubious
home loans written in other markets across the country.»
The United States Patent
and Trademark
Office (USPTO) recently published a patent filed by the mega-retailer for a «delivery management system» that aims to improve upon last mile shipping — the final stretch extending to consumers»
homes — by using robotics, sensors,
and yes, blockchains, also often referred to
as distributed ledgers.
From her
home office, Gloria Baylis — better known
as a Black rights activist after she successfully sued the Hilton chain for discrimination in 1966 — imported
and distributed medical devices for neurosurgery.
This century - old warehouse district enjoys a new life
as home to trendy
office space mixed with theatres, nightclubs, restaurants, shops
and gourmet food markets.
People who scored high on the productivity assessment were 10 times less likely to agree with statements such
as «I live in a mess — cluttered
office, buried desk, disorganized
home»
and «I often feel distracted.
«We tell ourselves that
office spouse relationships can be professional,
and feelings will remain mutual
and platonic,» says Lara, «However, long working hours
and having less time at
home, coupled with being involved in the same projects
as your work spouse, can all become too intimate emotionally.
«After getting a small amount of seed money from a college competition, we rented a
home that doubled
as an
office,
and funded some of our start - up expenses by renting out rooms on AirBnB.
These provide the appearance of a professional
office to clients,
as well
as keeping clients
and deliveries separate from
home life.
Look for advice on increasing your productivity
and you'll find plenty of tips on how to stop procrastinating
and nix interruptions,
and hints about cool tools that make work easier
as well
as evidence that people crank out more work when they do it from
home instead of at the
office.
Fritz Maytag, president
and master brewer of the Anchor Brewing Co., based in San Francisco, uses his VisaCalc at
home as well
as in the
office; frequently he will test some new «what if» in the middle of the night.
They followed 474 employees, half of whom were allowed to work flexible hours, deciding when
and where they worked — at the
office, from
home, or elsewhere — while still logging in the same number of work hours
as those who maintained a rigid work schedule.
These types of small business loans are frequently used for
home - based,
office - based, street - based, or storefront businesses, such
as restaurants, beauty salons,
and taxi operators.
According to CBS News, four other companies joined the list Friday: the
home office supply store Office Depot, the dieting company Jenny Craig, the Atlantis, Paradise Island resort and Johnson & Johnson which produces pharmaceuticals as well as consumer products such as Band - Aids, Neutrogena beauty products and Ty
office supply store
Office Depot, the dieting company Jenny Craig, the Atlantis, Paradise Island resort and Johnson & Johnson which produces pharmaceuticals as well as consumer products such as Band - Aids, Neutrogena beauty products and Ty
Office Depot, the dieting company Jenny Craig, the Atlantis, Paradise Island resort
and Johnson & Johnson which produces pharmaceuticals
as well
as consumer products such
as Band - Aids, Neutrogena beauty products
and Tylenol.
Virtual assistants handle scheduling, bookkeeping,
and various other administrative tasks remotely from their
home office; similar to freelancing
as a writer, editor, designer,
and so on, virtual assistants can build up their client base
and experience on sites like Upwork.
It has a sizable presence in the Eastern United States
and its
office in Rhode Island serves
as its
home base for projects taking place there.
LONDON — The United States
and Britain on Monday issued a first - of - its - kind joint warning about Russian cyberattacks against government
and private organizations
as well
as individual
homes and offices in both countries, a milestone in the escalating use of cyberweaponry between major powers.
President Donald Trump blasted the Monday raid by federal authorities of the
home, hotel,
and office of his longtime personal attorney Michael Cohen
as «a disgrace»
and «an attack on our country.»
Although the
home office acts
as a supporting arm helping to facilitate Masterminds, the groups generally function on their own
and independently determine structure, membership, agendas,
and meetings.