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Tips for Preparing for the R.E.T.U.R.N. to In-Person Work
If I could pick a theme song for this summer, it would be “Welcome Back,” a song by American rapper Mase. As vaccine rollout continues across the country, many professional organizations have been developing return-to-the-workplace plans and communicating to employees their plans that focus on office space, scheduling, and safety. That’s good news for people…
Three Rs of Creating a Strong Remote Culture
Although businesses are reopening at full capacity, the sudden shift to remote work due to COVID-19 has left a lasting impression on organizations. There are many benefits to remote work1 and a Gallup survey2 revealed that 59% of employees would like to continue working remotely. Leaders learned the importance of having an agile workforce and…
Flexible Paid Time Off: Before, During, and After COVID-19
Fall 2020 marked year four of flexible paid time off (PTO) at FMP . However, having begun my career at FMP in March 2017, I’ve never experienced anything different during my employment here. First, you may ask, ‘what is flexible PTO?’ I describe it as a type of PTO that gives employees the freedom to…
Staying Motivated and Maximizing Workplace Flexibility in the New Year
So, it’s 2021. New year, new you (or, something like that…)! A chance for fresh starts, fresh goals, and reinvigorated motivation. But, if you’re still working from home in the new year, that “fresh start” won’t look like a brand-new work outfit, greeting coworkers and sharing stories of celebrations over coffee in the kitchen, and…
Lessons Learned from One Year of Flexible Paid Time Off
In the fall of 2016, FMP shifted to a self-managed, flexible paid time off (PTO) policy. By moving away from a fixed allocation of PTO hours, we hoped this shift would increase flexibility, boost employee engagement, help us attract and retain top talent, and reduce the administrative burden often associated with tracking and managing PTO….
FMP’s Footprint: Remote Employees Across the Country
At FMP, flexibility is one of our core values, and flexible work arrangements are one of the ways we put it into practice. With flexibility being our theme this February, we thought it was only fitting for FMP’s remote employees to talk about how their remote work arrangements fit their lives and what they’ve learned…
How Do You Make Remote Work Arrangements Work?
While at a conference panel discussion on Millennials in the workplace, one speaker commented that future generations will be shocked to learn of an antiquated era when…
Making Telework Work: I’ll Take My Telework Program STIRred, Not Shaken
Technology is changing the way we work. Not only are the types of available jobs dramatically different than they were a generation ago, technological advances are making it increasingly easier for employees to perform these jobs outside the office. Global Workplace Analytics reports that 50% of the US workforce holds a job compatible with at…