Sentences with phrase «fewer work hours»

Equally important, 15 year mortgages represent a potent problem if household finances sink because of a job layoff, fewer work hours, or other problems.

Or just fewer work hours?

When asked about what was important to them about a job, women were more likely than men to say they wanted fewer working hours and flexibility whereas men were more likely to say they wanted higher pay and the freedom to take risks.

Not exact matches

I ended up coming to work an hour later, and during my drive over the next few weeks, listened to the entirety of Gustave Flaubert's Madame Bovary (13 hours) which filled my car time with purpose.

A few minutes away from the desk can improve productivity for hours and provide consistent increases to morale worth far more than those few lost minutes of work.

Depriving yourself of sleep occasionally for a few hours to work on a project could be understandable, but it should not become a habit.

You can select a specific day of the month for «personal project» work, an hour or two every week, or simply grant an extra few days of vacation time for employees to use for personal work.

And for the previous few years, I'd worked 70 - plus - hour weeks.

Does all the analysis mean Smith works fewer hours than the typical CEO?

Experiments in Sweden are proving that giving staff equal pay for fewer hours of work might actually boost productivity

«Total compensation is down, part - time workers aren't getting as many hours, and there are fewer hourly employees who are working full time,» said Susan Woodward, the economist who helped to develop the survey.

They're doing it through dozens of workshops held in community centers, libraries, YMCA's, and municipal buildings, where anywhere from 40 to 60 women (and sometimes a few men) work their way through a two - hour curriculum that teaches them how to figure out how much they should be paid, how to make their case to an employer, and how to gracefully exit a negotiation that might not be going well.

Millstein acknowledges that being his kind of activist director is hard work, much harder than just spending a few hours at eight board meetings each year.

Next Monday, Blue Point Brewing, which is owned by AB InBev, is unveiling a new Pilsner called Delayed, a Penn Station - exclusive beer named in honor of the train you thought you were going to take home right after work, but will now be spending the next few hours waiting on instead.

«Everybody worries about making mistakes,» he says, «but when it comes to choosing between working 24 hours [and risking] having your mental faculties function at less efficiency, and spreading that out over more time, most lawyers would tell you the former is more likely to result in fewer mistakes.

In practical terms, that will free up the design staff to do more creative, speculative work because it will take fewer traditional «billable» hours from the staff to cover the firm's operating costs.

«Lots of people set high goals, and, if things don't work out, they may be disappointed for a few hours or a day, but they move on,» Antony says.

While you should take a break from thinking about work during your lunch hour, it's smart to spend at least a few minutes coming up with a plan for tackling your afternoon tasks.

It was much easier to find meaning and satisfaction in activities outside of work when we were under a lot less pressure and worked far fewer hours.

Within a few hours, a Spanish open - source advocate named Héctor Martín got a Kinect working with his Linux laptop, and released his open - source driver into the wild.

Working for a few bucks an hour is fine if you like crocheting, but it hurts full - time sellers by creating the equivalent of a developing economy on the Internet.

Lunch walks, a standing desk, even just getting up for a few minutes every hour can help get that blood flow going and even help increase your focus at work.

BI: On the other hand, ahead of the General Elections we hear demands for zero - hour contracts (in which employees have few rights and no guaranteed work hours) to be reformed or even abolished.

At work, there's always a little extra that needs to get done before the holidays, and once you're done clocking your hours, you have to find, buy, and wrap presents for everyone you love and probably even a few people you don't.

Barton, the project manager, did the usual interviews and data analysis, but he went further: for a few hours before and after work, on his own time, he pumped gas.

No matter how much research you might have done to find the perfect space to put your head down and work for a few hours, always expect the unexpected.

Flynn stays relatable through his admission that he himself is not a millionaire, but he does earn six figures while only working a few hours each week.

If we can really streamline things as much as we think we can, most experts are in agreement that we will end up working fewer hours.

With 10 minutes of training from any employee, it can get to work on a job and after a few hours switch to another one.

However, if an employee would rather work fewer hours and enjoy more time for other projects, that is his choice as well.

However, that's not to say that people will actually choose to work fewer hours.

In the future, people won't automatically work fewer hours.

That's 1 - 3 days working a few hours per day, or 1 - 3 weeks working just a few hours per week - stretching it over a longer period is often a better plan for additional objectivity and less burnout.

If you are in startup mode, it can be easy to work from dusk till dawn, sleep for a few hours, order a pizza and go do it again.

If they need to work later one day, allow them to work fewer hours the next day.

Just because we have the ability to work fewer hours, will we actually work fewer hours?

Working a few hours an evening for two weeks, Frind built a crude dating site, which he named Plenty of Fish.

Choose one that'd make the most positive impact with regard to how you feel about your job and pitch your manager on why they should give you an hour a day — or a few hours a week to incorporate it into your work routine.

Like Sachs, Whippman believes that «there are many reasons why life in America is likely to produce anxiety compared with other developed nations: long working hours without paid vacation time for many, insecure employment conditions with little legal protection for workers, inequality, and the lack of universal health care coverage, to name a few,» but she stresses that our «happiness - seeking culture» is also part of the problem.

Define exactly what you need, whether that's a larger budget to get real results, an assistant, flexible hours, working from home a few days a week, time to go to the gym and clear your head in the afternoons, more realistic expectations, the ability to define strategic goals or otherwise, and explain how that will have a positive impact on your output.

I carve out a few hours (or even an entire work day) to deep dive on an important project.

Although many Boomer entrepreneurs report working up to 60 hours a week, few claim to have the same energy as when they were younger.

Out of the routine, and thus briefly out of his current mindset, something that can quietly but powerfully take hold of any of us and narrow our view, even in the few hours of work before lunchtime.

In order to get out of the restaurant service industry, John planned to work six hours per week on his own business, FUBU, and if he reached certain goals, he would double that after a few months.

Whenever studies come out saying that Millennials would rather work fewer hours per week, would rather make less if it meant more personal time, etc., the overwhelming consensus is that we are lazy.

- One depends on your views: Some people will work less because they can keep the same standard of living while working fewer hours.

Do a few hours» work, and then stop.

Consider pursuing potential pay raises, job promotions or even working a few overtime hours to boost your income (and therefore, your savings).

Bloom and Liang found study participants who worked from home also put in more hours and took fewer sick days, thanks to not having to commute as well as the ability to start earlier in the day.

But unless you work as an emergency responder (in which case you already have a radio), there are very few emergencies that can't wait for half an hour, or even a couple of hours while you unplug.