‘Sick Day’ Confirms Challenges, Benefits of Working from Home
The virtues of remote work are many. But taking a sick day reveals the challenges and benefits of working from home. Here's a look at both sides.
7 Strategies to Convert a Traditional Office Job to a Work-from-Home Arrangement
Despite workers being more productive in a home office and the bottom-line benefits of remote work to employers, many companies are still hesitant to embrace it. Here are seven suggestions to convince your boss to allow a work-from-home arrangement.
How to Stay Connected When You Work from Home
While working from home can sound heavenly at first, almost every remote worker can, at some point, experience moments of isolation. Here's how to stay connected.
Work Flex News: FlexJobs’ 100 Top Companies with Remote Jobs in 2018, and More
FlexJobs, 1MFWF's sister website, has released its fifth annual survey of the top 100 companies with remote jobs.
Team Creation, Innovation, and Momentum Thrive in Remote Work Environments
Let's be clear: working from home doesn’t impede team creation, innovation, or momentum. An inflexible work environment does.
How-To Guide: How to Manage Team Time Zone Challenges
It's not intuitively easy to communicate and collaborate while working across different time zones. That's why it's key to plan ahead carefully.
Transit Woes Slowing You Down? Flex Could Help.
New York's subway riders are having a "summer of hell". A variety of flexible work options could help address their transit woes.
3 Industries Poised to Benefit from Flexibility
A few entire industries stand out for the potential to benefit wide swaths of the workforce by exploring opportunities in flex.
Work Flex News: Dad Wearing His Newborn to Work, and More
Tom Williams, a Chicago-based chiropractor, made headlines recently when the word spread about how he takes his newborn to work.
Take 5: Daniel Arnold on Flexible Work in the Digital Age
Dr. Daniel Arnold helped organize an interdisciplinary conference on “Flexible Work in the Digital Age", focused on work flexbility and work-life balance.