As businesses around the globe consider telecommuting, more and more employees are experiencing working from their homes for the first time. For remote workers, the change in the labor atmosphere is not too overwhelming. However, for those who are used to working in the office, they’re quickly learning that the experience is not all butterflies […]
Managing a remote team gives you several advantages in terms of convenience. For one, you don’t have to go through the hassle of visiting a bank just to process your payment. No matter where your freelancer is in the world, you can pay them right in the comfort of your home. You don’t even have […]
Get work colleagues together to talk team development or group dynamics, and you’ll invariably hear someone utter the phrase: forming, storming, norming and performing and subsequently start an analysis of where particular group is on the scale. (There is also adjourning, but this is usually left out because everyone forgets about it. Understandable, because the […]
The world belongs to the telecommuters. At least it is going to belong to them for a while. Following the elevation of the Coronavirus disease to pandemic status, companies across the globe have rolled out “work from home” policies. No more rush hours, mandatory office check-ins, or sternly-worded queries for absenteeism. From the western world […]
Freelancer and UpWork are the two most popular talent staffing sites around. On each platform, you can create an account, bid for projects, and get paid for your work. The platform handles interactions between clients and freelancers and receives a flat commission from both parties. While UpWork is big in its own right, Freelancer.com is […]
Time management is the number one burning issue in most workplaces. A company that doesn’t manage its time well simply won’t be able to compete with its rivals in the marketplace. Its productivity will be undermined by inefficient work practices and will finally hit bottom. Hard work has been replaced by smart work. It is […]
If you care about your business and want to grow it (and who doesn’t?), you need to be innovating, reinventing and systemising. You and your staff also need to be learning — continuously. YouTube and TED Talks are powerful and free learning tools to explore new ideas and approaches, but so are business blogs. You […]
With the World Health Organization officially declaring the Coronavirus a pandemic, companies around the globe are forced to take their businesses to their homes. The threat is undeniably alarming, which is why it is important to follow protocols for home quarantine to flatten the curve. Remote workers won’t find this inconvenient, especially since they are […]
In most — if not all — developed countries in the world, there is a minimum wage in place to protect workers, and these protections are usually enshrined in federal industrial relations laws. Minimum wage varies from country to country, state to state, and even city to city, with local laws and federal laws sometimes […]
As the demand for telecommuters continues to rise, more and more people are opting to join the market. There may be plenty of job opportunities out there for remote workers, but often, the number of freelancers outnumber them. The competition has become fierce that when you observe the marketplace, it’ll seem like you’re watching National […]
We all get stressed the drudgery of daily work, and sometimes, we just want to “Netflix and Chill.” However, what will you do when the streaming site is blocked in your region? At times like this, we can’t help but wonder if we screwed someone over in our past life to deserve this. You may […]
If you think that task tracking is some new invention that capitalists invented to drain every drop of sweat out of freelancers, well, you’re wrong. It has been around longer than you thought, dating back to the era of punch cards. Now, if you’re guilt is preventing you from having a good night’s sleep, let […]
New employees — apart from the first week or so when they are being on-boarded and getting to know the workplace, their colleagues and projects — are arguably at their most productive. They are keen to impress their boss, form positive relationships and build trust with their customers, clients and workmates. Check on that same […]
For some people, Carrie Bradshaw immediately comes to mind when they think of an average freelancer’s life. Well, we hate to burst your bubble, but the job is not at all that glamorous. Most of us don’t get sent designer shoes and gowns for free. Our weekends do not consist of red-carpet events, celebrities, and […]
