Episodes tagged: Work Life Balance

New Research Shows Return to Office Mandates Increase Turnover and Slow Hiring

In this episode Steve discusses how new research on the impact of corporate Return to Office mandates has shown that the mandates increase employee turnover – especially for women and highly skilled employees, and slow down replacement hiring.

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Japan Tries the Four-day Workweek to Address Declining Birth Rates

In this episode Steve discusses how authorities in Japan plan to institute a four-day working week for government workers in an effort to boost the county’s declining marriage and birth rates.

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Don’t Email Your Colleagues on Sunday – Unless You Want a Response

In this episode Steve discusses new research on when is the best time during the week to email your colleagues – and whay it might also be the worst time to send work emails.

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Return to Office Mandate at Sam’s Club Costs Company a Chief Technology Officer

In this episode Steve shares how a Return to Office mandate, and a required relocation, has cost Sam’s Club its Chief Technology Officer and discusses how these mandates often act as downsizing by another name.

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Japanese Officials Hoping to Convince Companies to Try Shortened Workweeks

In this episode Steve discusses how govermental officials in Japan are trying to convince companies and workers to adopt shorter workweeks and cut back on overtime and overwork.

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Workplace Movie Hall of Fame: America’s Sweethearts

Today, Steve and Trish discuss the Netflix documentary “America’s Sweethearts: The Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders,” which explores the high-pressure, low-compensation world of professional cheerleading.

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Retired Billionaire Thinks You Should Not be Working from Home

In this episode Steve discusses recent comments from former Google CEO Eric Schmidt where he attributed Google’s current challenges with their embrace of remote work and attention to employee work/life balance.

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Workplace Movie Hall of Fame – Up in the Air

This week, they explore the workplace issues and themes within the movie, Up in the Air.

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Could Employee “Right to Disconnect” Laws Come to the United States?

In this episode Steve discusses a new proposed “Right to Disconnect” bill in California that would allow employees to legally ignore off-hours work emails, calls, texts, and messages from their bosses and employers.

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“Lazy Girl” Jobs are a Response to Increased Levels of Stress and Burnout

In this episode Steve discusses how the “lazy girl” jobs trend is really a response to women’s increased levels of burnout and stress in the workplace.

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