Corporate Successes

But Mostly Failures

  • I’ve been asked, “What hours do you work?” That’s an interesting question. Do you mean when am I in the office? Do you mean including nights and weekends? Each moment I check my phone? Companies seem to be more open to letting their employees work remotely. Despite this modern way of thinking, there sometimes is Read.

  • It’s Show Time!

    In this COVID-19 working remotely era, we have decisions to make when it comes to meetings — to video or not to video? If you choose yes, do you show your actual background or a fake background? Dress up or show your true work attire? One day, a co-worker and I were on the phone Read.

  • I See You

    Remember when we used to have meetings in conference rooms when we actually used to go to the office? Then in March 2020 corporate America decided to all stay home and not spread this nasty little germ around. There was (and probably still is) a conference room in the department where I work. Whenever I Read.

  • Planning is for Fools

    You may know that you can’t say what you’re really thinking at work. Well, you could but then you might not have a job. And, maybe you’re thinking nice things like, “Wow, it is so great to walk in on a Monday morning to the hundreds of emails that are in my inbox, the five Read.

  • Let’s Meet

    The key to making a meeting long is to say it’s going to be a short one. We should all know this by now. It’s just like saying, oh, traffic is going to be light today because of the holiday. Never say that! If you do, you’re sure to run into masses of people on Read.

  • Fortunately some (unfortunately only some) companies have embraced modern technology and realize that for many employees living in the 2010s (and really even in pre-historic 2000), all they need to get their job done is access to those things called the Internet and the phone. As many of these employees have those in their homes, Read.