Sentences with phrase «worked in a long time»

But let's face it, it's the first thing that has worked in a long time.

Al Pacino dials it down and does some of his best work in a long time as a veteran actor struggling to regain his former glory.

Reporter Eilperin wrote: «Robert Correll, who chairs the Arctic Climate Impact Assessment, said the paper in Science will likely «in the long haul become a seminal piece in the scientific literature» because it allows other climate researchers «to set their work in a long time scale.

I feel like I haven't worked in a long time because I love what I do and I believe in the mission of my company.

Not exact matches

Have you been working in your industry for a long time?

The move to more secure chip cards, also known as EMV, has been in the works for a long time.

In our team's work with creators (bloggers, YouTubers, Instagrammers and the like) we have heard, time and again, that they're eager to establish longer - term relationships with brands, rather than «pay to play» transactional ones.

Once years ago while attending a conference in Las Vegas put on by a startup I was working with at the time, I ran into one of the speakers for the day, long - time Vegas resident and Zappos founder Tony Hsieh.

But when times get tough and people are work long days, culture plays a huge role in sustaining excitement around your vision.

You can find the same types of long - running disagreements across the therapeutic board in clinical trials, as I wrote about years ago in an essay for the New York Times, entitled «Do Clinical Trials Work?»

In the in - depth piece she enumerates a long list of innovators — from Ernest Hemingway to Steve Wozniak — who felt solitude was central to their work, before going on to argue that it's not just artists and inventors who need to carve out more time alonIn the in - depth piece she enumerates a long list of innovators — from Ernest Hemingway to Steve Wozniak — who felt solitude was central to their work, before going on to argue that it's not just artists and inventors who need to carve out more time alonin - depth piece she enumerates a long list of innovators — from Ernest Hemingway to Steve Wozniak — who felt solitude was central to their work, before going on to argue that it's not just artists and inventors who need to carve out more time alone.

You'd think that even in these crazy times of radical change most people would have learned to stick with what has worked for them — at least until it doesn't work any longer — and also to hang on to the advisors, the tools and the techniques that got them to where they are.

In the ROWE environment I worked in there were no vacation days or holidays either, because at least in theory an employee could take 5 vacation days a week, every week, so long as he or she could get the work done in the remaining timIn the ROWE environment I worked in there were no vacation days or holidays either, because at least in theory an employee could take 5 vacation days a week, every week, so long as he or she could get the work done in the remaining timin there were no vacation days or holidays either, because at least in theory an employee could take 5 vacation days a week, every week, so long as he or she could get the work done in the remaining timin theory an employee could take 5 vacation days a week, every week, so long as he or she could get the work done in the remaining timin the remaining time.

The Times reported that Amazon employees are forced to work long and hard hours, that employees sabotage one another to get ahead, and that «they're encouraged to tear apart one another's ideas in meetings.»

Assign projects with specific deadlines and from there, give them the benefit of the doubt if you catch them in a texting storm, so long as their still turning in quality and on - time work.

Most operators are on call 24 hours a day, and often work in remote locations for long stretches of time.

Women have less time for on - the - job labor because they spend more time doing housework than their male counterparts — so they miss out when they're working in fields that reward long hours, based on a new National Bureau for Economic Research study.

That worked for a long time in other countries, but it hasn't worked in America — and isn't likely to.

FCA's Marchionne said Monday his company's decision to invest in expanded truck production in the United States «was in the works and has been in the works for a long period of time.»

In other words, when you're working toward a long - term goal (draining the swamp), don't let your time and energy be eaten up by urgent, daily tasks (slaying alligators) that don't necessarily help you achieve that more important objective.

Taking this time relax your mind can help sharpen your focus in other aspects of your work and allow you to work for longer periods of time.

Reasons for not moving are complex, of course, but the report isolates EI as one factor because the program pays higher benefits for a longer period of time to those located in areas of high unemployment, thereby creating a disincentive to look for work elsewhere.

But before long, he was again back in school, this time working on a second PhD, in strategy.

«For a long time, I worked in a pure fee - for - service model, and I still have people who just want to hire a designer.

A study from 2009 now getting buzz on the blogosphere explored the role marriage plays in the lesbian wage premium, and found that women who don't expect to be part of a traditional family spend more time investing in labour participation through on - the - job training and working longer hours than household skills.

Huffington adds: «As long as success is defined by who works the longest hours, who goes the longest without a vacation, who sleeps the least, who responds to an email at midnight or five in the morning — in essence, who is suffering from the biggest time famine — we're never going to be able to enjoy the benefits of time affluence.»

There are few things more aggravating at work than being kept stagnant with the same routine responsibilities over a long period of time, especially after you've voiced interest in expanding your level of contribution.

The most important — and the hardest — part is the collection of actions, decisions and work that a person does day in and day out over a long period of time.

It didn't matter that they put in long hours, drove themselves to work very hard, and thought about their job all the time.

Despite data from an ABC News poll that indicated only 26 percent of Americans felt they worked too hard, analysts have found that not only do people from the United States work longer hours than individuals in other countries, but they also take less time off and retire later.

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.

People get lazy when it comes to travel because any prep work, no matter how much time it may save in the long run, just seems like another dreary task on the to - do list.

Regardless of where and how you fall into the trap of half - work, the result is always the same: you're never fully engaged in the task at hand, you rarely commit to a task for extended periods of time, and it takes you twice as long to accomplish half as much.

«Either will work,» says Sherman, who also heads the Searchwise consulting firm in Boulder, Colo. «Organic placement will take more time [to show up on search engines] and last longer.»

If we're talking about Millennials in the workforce, then let's not suddenly change the topic around how Millennials also don't have the patience for deeply meaningful relationships — when their work managers don't really care whether or not their relationship is all that meaningful, as long as the excel spreadsheet gets filled out on time.

But I can imagine there are some times of the day you can also stay one hour longer in the bed and do some work from there.

But that I'd remember, you know, sometimes something will stick in your brain, you know, from a long time back and you kind of go eh, that'll work perfect for this.

Millennials who get their jobs done in less time are not lazy, as long as they do good work.

It was a long way from the email he wrote Johnson on Dec. 7, 2011: «Amazing to me how much you've gotten done in such a short time, not to mention the quality of the work and genius of the ideas.»

The long - time Kanye West creative director worked on a number of menswear collections and launched other brands before finally settling into Off - White, the label he founded in 2013.

Budget cuts, in other words, take a long time to work their way through the federal bureaucracy and into the real economy.

In any working relationship (virtual or not), you're better off to focus on the long - term and build trust over time.

Yup, he says, but that's the point: «As long as you adhere to the rules you've created for yourself, over time you'll find that the strength of the habit fields keep you in place — the act of getting up, walking over, and getting situated in the chair becomes just tedious enough to keep you at the desk, leading to a prolonged work period.»

During his time working on interiors, Dyson had been getting increasingly frustrated with the lighting products in the market then - designers were, he felt, more focused on their externalities, as opposed to the technology that was powering them and thus make them more beneficial, efficient, and long - lasting.

«We've been in negotiations with Amazon for a long time, working towards an agreement that provides great experiences for customers on both platforms.

TVs can last a long time — my first HDTV from 2006 still works perfectly — so investing in a good one will ensure a gamer gets the most out of every title.

Challenge number one was how hard it was to find a large number of research subjects working in similar jobs, who could divide into work - at - home and work - at - the - office cohorts, and who were willing to cooperate with the researchers over a long enough period of time.

To help extend your savings at retirement over a longer time horizon, work with an advisor to assess both your investment allocation and your draw - down strategy in relation to the number of years you expect to live, he said.

«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.

Working long hours in a job you need, but don't want, feeling as if each hour is time you should have spent pursuing what you love — time you'll never get back.