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Top 10 Ways to Save Time at Work

Time efficiency and time management is one of the biggest concerns when working. With so many tasks to do and only 8 hours to do them, it's easy to become overwhelmed and stressed out. ...

Oct 10, 2012 Posted by The Cubicle Chick In Career, Cubicle Life, Featured, Office Stuff Tagged time efficiency, time management, Timex, Timex Group, work issues, work/life balance

How to Say No to a Demanding Boss

As a former HR manager, I've seen my share of bosses who have treated their employees recklessly or without respect. It was at these times that saying no had to be done, PERIOD. It was never easy. ...

Sep 12, 2011 Posted by The Cubicle Chick In Cubicle Life, Featured, The Water Cooler Tagged boss, Human Resources, office issues, office problems, work issues

Workplace Conundrums: To Decorate or Not Decorate the Cubicle? That is the Question

During the holidays, I have found as a previous human resources manager, that the holiday time brings a lot of challenging fodder in the workplace--- ...

Dec 14, 2010 Posted by The Cubicle Chick In Controversy, Cubicle Life, The Water Cooler Tagged cubicle, cubicle decor, Holidays, office, work, work issues

Jet Blue Employee Flips Out & Then Gets Applause: Why?

TweetWe all have heard the story of Jet Blue flight attendant Steven Slater. Apparently having “a bad day”, Slater slings a set of expletives at a passenger whose luggage hit him in the head and then proceeded to get on the loud speaker and curse everyone on the plane out. As a “dueces” to the people on the plane and his job, Slater grabs a beer and utilizes the plane’s emergency exit chute and makes his getaway to his car. I guess he thought he was going to ride off into the sunset? WRONG. Slater was later arrested at his home in Queens and was charged with criminal mischief, trespassing, and reckless endangerment. He has a rap sheet now, but as I read tweets last night from people who were discussing the matter, it seems that he is a sort of hero amongst many working people who love the fact ...

Aug 11, 2010 Posted by The Cubicle Chick In The Water Cooler Tagged Airlines, Human Resources, Jail, Jet Blue, Steven Slater, work issues

Is There Such A Thing As Privacy At Work?

TweetI received an email from a reader who did not want me to publish the contents of her letter, but wanted to me answer this question: Is there such a thing as privacy at work”. She was asking because she felt her privacy had been violated due to the fact that her boss read all of her “personal” emails on the laptop she used for company business. Apparently she had synched her private mail account into her Outlook, which also served as the host of her business mail account. When she went on vacation and left the laptop with her boss, her boss went through the contents and read several emails which we explicit in nature and time stamped during company time. The reader wanted to sue. My answer? There is no such thing as privacy at work. Especially when you are using company equipment on company time for personal ...

Jul 6, 2010 Posted by The Cubicle Chick In Cubicle Life, The Cubicle Chick Don't, The Water Cooler Tagged coworkers, employers, Letters, personal life, privacy at work, professional life, work issues

Working With Your Loved One Has It’s Pros & Cons

TweetA few years ago, I worked as an Human Resources manager for a couple who owned a franchise here in St. Louis. They were married with two children and decided to buy a franchise together and run it has husband, wife, and business partners. She was in charge of the customer service side, he was in charge of the sales side. From the outside looking in, this was a happy marriage of both love and work, but as a manager, I saw the scars working together had left on their marriage. To most of the employees who were on the frontline, they had the dream life. But to myself and others who were privy to the behind-the-scenes drama, it was anything but. Working with your loved ones has it’s pros and cons. I have never worked professionally with someone I was dating, but I have worked with relatives. I actually ...

Jul 6, 2010 Posted by The Cubicle Chick In Family Ties, Relationships, The Water Cooler Tagged dating, employers, marriage, Relationships, work issues

Instilling Good Work Ethic In Your Children

TweetWhen I was younger, about age 9 or 10, my father took me to work with him on Saturdays when he worked extra hours on a project. He was a computer systems analyst consultant (fancy word for data programmer) and worked in an office in downtown Phoenix with rows of complex machines and computers. I would sit down with him at the desk next to him and would marvel as he worked. Occasionally, he would have me help him by handing him materials or retrieving things from the fax machine or copier. I really thought I was doing something back then, and at the end of the work shift, he always treated me to a good meal and gave me $5 for my hard work. I grew up knowing how hard my father worked to provide for my family. Taking those work visits made me see firsthand that my father’s ...

Jun 23, 2010 Posted by The Cubicle Chick In Cubicle Life, Parent's Just Don't Understand, Relationships, The 16 yr old, The 6 yr old, The Water Cooler, Twittering in the Cubicle Tagged children, generation gap, parenting, work ethic, work issues

5 Ways To Unplug From The Office After You Leave Work

TweetNo matter how hard we try to disconnect from our office space, traces of the Corporate life still linger once we log out of our workstations. Here are five things you can do to disconnect from the office and leave the work where it should be—at your desk at the workplace: Turn Off The Smartphone Turn off the Blackberry, point blank. When office hours are closed, then you should be too, UNLESS your job requires you to be on call 24/7. If you are an Executive, you should have a phone for personal and a phone for work, and the work phone shouldn’t be used after hours unless in an emergency. Turning off the smartphone and disconnecting from the emails and texts and other work stuff will allow you time to unwind without being stressed out. You deserve that! Do Not Reply To Emails Unless there is a catastrophic emergency ...

Jun 22, 2010 Posted by The Cubicle Chick In Cubicle Life, Relationships, The Water Cooler Tagged executive, lists, office life, personal life, work issues