Eat Your Career

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

While event planning can feel overwhelming, approaching logistics systematically and creating a standardized event playbook that you adapt for each event can ensure you are not starting from scratch each time you begin planning. For a more detailed event planning calendar, download The Complete Guide to Office Management from Managed by Q.

Planning 64

Planning Logistics Delegation Creativity 64

SnackNation

FEBRUARY 27, 2017

This was echoed in our recent State of the Office Manager report (a first of its kind survey of hundreds of office managers from around the U.S.) Emotions, business objectives, tools and logistics all converge, and it can sometimes seem like there are too many moving parts to really nail down your comms strategy.

Communication 72

Communication Problem-Solving Customer Service Cubicle 72

Ask a Manager

MAY 17, 2018

People who manage the cash boxes. Somebody in housekeeping whose responsibility is to manage cash logistics. When I was going to be out on vacation, the office manager asked my coworker if she could refrain from making coffee that week so as not to waste it. Monthly bills.

Sales 46

Sales Logistics Cleaning Computer 46

SnackNation

FEBRUARY 22, 2019

For example, when you’re hiring an Office Manager , you never simply need someone who can do everything on a bulleted list. Determine interview and screening logistics. (3 Agree on hiring logistics. (1 Clearly define what your company wants to get from each position on your list. Note: This prompt is deceptively simple.

Planning 39

Planning Salary Interviewing Logistics 39

Ask a Manager

AUGUST 19, 2018

Arya burned through the small amount of vacation she received when she started working here six months ago, taking care of the boys after my boss found the boys in our conference room and had the office manager talk to Sansa and Arya about how this workplace was not a day care.

Interviewing 36

Interviewing Logistics Office Management Promotion 36

Ask a Manager

SEPTEMBER 22, 2015

In other words, assume that you’ll be reimbursed and ask them about the logistics for making that happen — because any reasonable employer will reimburse you if this incurs extra charges. I’ve worked in the same 80-person office for three years and know everyone really well. It may be.

Legal 36

Legal Logistics Communication Software 36

Ask a Manager

FEBRUARY 14, 2023

The office manager is responsible for ordering things/keeping them stocked. Office manager called in maintenance but they were estimating that it wouldn’t be online until late afternoon/next business day. The teabags I worked in one office that provided coffee and, theoretically, tea. totally free to employees.

Supplies 66

Supplies Purchasing Cleaning Sales 66

Ask a Manager

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

Thankfully it appears that the logistic complications of that have finally overwhelmed her desire and the plan has been dropped, but I expect this year’s party will probably remind her again.” Our office manager had apparently signed up for cranberry sauce and HOW DARE I try to take over her item. The mystery.

Food 55

Food Logistics Catering Banking 55

Ask a Manager

JULY 19, 2020

Professional protocol says you should tell your boss first (partly out of courtesy and partly so she’s prepared to answer questions or concerns from coworkers about logistics), but there’s no reason you can’t tell those two coworkers yourself immediately afterwards. Sure, absolutely. Should I leave off the new title all together?

Sales 49

Sales Logistics Communication Problem-Solving 49

Ask a Manager

DECEMBER 21, 2021

She is supervised by an office manager, Mary. It’s obnoxious, and it reflects badly on Mary, both as a jerk and as a manager who apparently didn’t deal with issues while it was her job to deal with them. The proper way to handle it would have been to stay focused on logistics and leave it at that. – 2016.

Computer 49

Computer Logistics Supervising Networking 49

Ask a Manager

MAY 3, 2016

She is supervised by an office manager, Mary. It’s obnoxious, and it reflects badly on Mary, both as a jerk and as a manager who apparently didn’t deal with issues while it was her job to deal with them. The proper way to handle it would have been to stay focused on logistics and leave it at that.

Logistics 31

Logistics Interviewing Supervising Flexibility 31

Launch Work Places

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Traditional office spaces will often require you to independently arrange for amenities like meeting rooms, kitchen spaces, or IT infrastructure. This not only increases costs but also adds logistical challenges. Think of it this way: do you really want the headache, costs, and learning curve that come with setting up an office?

Office Lease 52

Office Lease Flexibility Flexibility Networking 52