A reader writes: My question is about how to treat a great employee fairly when faced with a company financial decision. I have a growing small service business with 1 full time and 3 part time employees. They’re out in the field most of the time and drive their personal vehicles. They’re reimbursed $0.56 a […]

A reader writes: Our team just recently relocated to a new facility which is an open office environment, and I’m looking to get some advice on visitor space (all of the visitors are internal employees who still work at our old building). We don’t have very many visitor cube spaces, so I’m running into the […]

Over at Intuit QuickBase’s Fast Track blog today, I take a look at several interesting work-related stories in the news right now: how jerks can sap your productivity, whether we should all be on a four-day work-week, and more. You can read it here.

A reader writes: I was only supposed to be in my temporary job for one month, but now I’ve had it for a year and a half. Three months into the job, my boss left the company, and we only got a new one six months later. In the beginning, my contract was renewed for […]

A reader writes: Not a formal advice question, just a workplace “event” I was witness to years ago that i thought you would find interesting, and would like your hypothetical take were you the manager/COO of an workplace involving this exact scenario (What Would Alison Do?). There are articles about it here and here, but […]

A reader writes: I have a new job! I haven’t worked in a setting involving use of computers in a few years (this is still possible in my field), and now I do, once again. However, my job is not a desk job, at all, nor is it 9-5. At my new job, there’s some […]

When managers think about productivity killers on their team, they often think about things like people spending time on Facebook or not working at peak capacity. But there are some hidden inefficiencies that don’t often get the same attention, but which can have a much great impact. At Intuit QuickBase’s Fast Track blog today, I […]

A reader writes: Long story short, my boss is planning a corporate retreat near the coast for five executives, four of whom are men and myself, the lone woman. The challenge is that we are supposed to stay in this 5-bedroom house and I will get my own in-suite bathroom. I find this somewhat unprofessional, […]

When your job is increasingly encroaching on your evenings and weekends, and you’re regularly finding yourself emailing late at night or working on non-urgent projects over the weekend, is there any way to push back? At U.S. News & World Report today, I talk about what to do if your office expects you to be available outside of work […]