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Summer is quickly approaching, and for many business owners, that means planning vacations, switching to flexible schedules, or working remotely to watch the kids at home. But, while you’re enjoying longer days and looser routines, your business still needs a reliable address to receive mail, packages, and official communications. Whether you’re a solopreneur, a remote team leader, or simply tired of using your home address for everything, now is the perfect time to get ahead of summer and
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In fast-moving, remote-first teams, decisions happen in DMs, updates live in people’s heads, and onboarding often starts with, “Let me find that thread for you.” It works—until it doesn’t. When time zones don’t overlap and everyone’s moving quickly, the absence of clear documentation can quietly erode team clarity, consistency, and momentum. That’s why investing in a culture of documentation isn’t about slowing things down; it’s about protecting speed.
In fast-moving, remote-first teams, decisions happen in DMs, updates live in people’s heads, and onboarding often starts with, “Let me find that thread for you.” It works—until it doesn’t. When time zones don’t overlap and everyone’s moving quickly, the absence of clear documentation can quietly erode team clarity, consistency, and momentum. That’s why investing in a culture of documentation isn’t about slowing things down; it’s about protecting speed.
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In reply to Roland. Yes, this!! A couple of jobs ago, I went from an “email everyone to figure out a meeting time” culture to a “you can see everyone’s calendar availability, just pick a time that works and send the invite” culture, and it was MAGICAL. For something like job interviews, back when I was a hiring manager I would have loved to have a tool like Calendly available, because what happened instead was me sending out a bunch of times to half a dozen people a
Welcome to Pressing Questions , Fast Company ’s workplace advice column. Every week, deputy editor Kathleen Davis, host of The New Way We Work podcast, will answer your biggest and most pressing workplace questions. How can I delegate more? Warning: Clichés abound with my answer to this problem. You may feel that if you want something done right you have to do it yourself, or that passing your work off to someone else means that it won’t be done to the same standard.
I work in higher ed and have both written countless letters of recommendation and offered advice (and sometimes scripts) to hundreds of students who have asked how to approach other instructors for letters. Bringing up how to ask for letters with the class as a whole is a solid approach, though that can be a simple announcement like “please keep in touch and remember you can always ask me for a letter of recommendation.” Noting that they don’t need to give a worthy performance
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In reply to Sarah. That is my take as well. In my last job I oversaw large-scale events, and we always had extra food because I trained staff to make sure we had more than enough (while also still staying within budget). The main issue is when you want to provide variety, but you are providing too much variety and then people want to try ALL the things, (i.e. having several breakfast tacos and a breakfast sandwich, because they all sound good, etc.).
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1. Let staff know the rules in advance AND during set up. 2. Don’t have events where staff can’t eat, it’s weird when some people are eating and others aren’t. 3. Keep an eye on repeat offenders.
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In reply to BellStell. Late to the comments section, but I know in my agency we’ve gotten instruction from on high that we WILL lose all positions that were swept but they won’t necessarily be the EXACT billet lost. So for instance, if four GS-1101-12s took the fork from agency X, branch Y, but agency X, branch Z kept all their GS-1101-12s, two of those billets might move to branch Y to even things out, or maybe to branch N even though they only lost 1 GS-1101-12 because they need it
John Marioni discusses how he and his teams across industries and academia use evolving technologies to bring increasingly sophisticated drug therapies to patients.
Another thought for #2: Upthread, I was wondering whether this is a normal/expected proportion of applicants/hires to be getting from this one university. If it seems normal to you, the rest of my comment here doesn’t apply and you can stop reading here. If it does seems like a high proportion, another thing to look at if you have data is whether there are any sources where you would expect to be getting more applicants but aren’t?
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In reply to Windy City. That seems unfair when teens, who are growing, legitimately have a need for more calories and more nutrient-dense food (particularly fats and protein) than most adults.
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In reply to Kx. I’m generally an “it’s the thought that counts” person when it comes to gift-giving – if somebody spent their time and money picking out a gift for me, I’m not going to complain if they don’t choose something I like. For instance, I hate almonds, but when my coworkers brought in an almond cake to share for my last day of work I had a slice and said thank you.
In reply to Nusuth. Oh my goodness, words from reality! I think it’s highly ironic that people think veganism is so common and should be properly looked up and understood (and absolutely, yes it should). But so you know what is also common? Ignorance, blind spots in knowledge, not knowing you have it wrong, asking for advice and misunderstanding it, looking for information in the wrong place, not being able to imagine people being very different to you, and figuring out your mistakes only
In reply to Alf. There comes a point where ignorance is unacceptable, and can even be a form of malice. If Marie is expending time and energy fretting to multiple colleagues, multiple times, about Liz’s reaction, she could have spent that time and energy just looking up “gifts for vegans” The thoughtlessness is its own problem. It’s good someone squared her away but she should have been more proactive if she cared that much about the gifts.
In reply to Tim. Agreed. I have been out of the church for 11 years and understand the OP’s serious misgivings. But I don’t have an advanced degree, so my BS from BYU remains on my resume. Nice to know what Grasshopper is incorrectly assuming about my values and value as a potential employee and is just fine with illegally discriminating against me based on their own imagination.
In reply to Grasshopper Relocation LLC. I don’t think there’s any school whose values or culture would make me refuse to hire someone from that school. Lots of schools have some kind of reputation associated with the “kind of people” who go there. At pretty much all of them, at least some of the graduates don’t fit that stereotype.
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