Category Archives: Work/Life Balance
“Little” Reddit Offers Requiem for Remotes – Will San Francisco Respond?
by Paul Rupert More than 1200 hi-tech start-ups and household names from Yelp to Salesforce call San Francisco home. Web phenom Reddit, the self-styled “front page of the internet,” is small but influential. It became its own lead story last … Continue reading
“Right to Request” Flex Goes Viral – Where Do You Stand?
by Paul Rupert Flexibility stops plodding and goes for the fast track In 2012, the tally of employees covered by a legislated right to request flexible schedules was: UK = 30 million Australia = 11.5 million New Zealand … Continue reading
Bad Managing is Like Smoking – It’s a Habit, Not Ignorance
by Paul Rupert Barely a week goes by without at least one article or study bemoaning the things managers don’t know or do. A frequent target: the pitifully low level of workplace feedback. Feedback is “too rare,” “too vague” or too … Continue reading
San Francisco’s “Right to Request” Law: Turns Out Hindsight is 20/20
by Paul Rupert Who knew Yahoo was a sideshow? Just about a year ago, the first-time CEO of a failing Silicon Valley tech company gave the media and flex advocates a unique Valentine gift – one that would dominate flex-related … Continue reading
Foes and Fans of Flexibility Mount Fall Face-Off
by Paul Rupert If 2013 has been a year of telework controversy, October is raising the bar. Its first two weeks have brought several strong – and conflicting – voices to the debate: FFWO, HP and One Million for Work … Continue reading
Can – and Should – San Francisco Mandate Flexible Workplaces?
by Paul Rupert San Francisco – While on business here the last 10 days, I had the opportunity to join discussions about the city’s proposed flexibility ordinance. My conclusions follow. When San Francisco Supervisor David Chiu proposed a ballot measure … Continue reading
Yahoo’s CEO finally speaks – and misses the real “Elephant in the Room”
By Paul Rupert “People are more productive when they’re alone, but they’re more collaborative and innovative when they’re together.” –Marissa Mayer, CEO, Yahoo Marissa Mayer maintained a long and remarkable silence in the face of unrelenting criticism of … Continue reading
Yahoo! The New Sheriff Meets the New Gospel
By Paul Rupert, President, Rupert & Company Marissa Mayer left Google to tackle what ailed Yahoo. And this week she took on telecommuting. Yahoos were pleased with the new iPhones and free food from the new boss – a Google-icious … Continue reading
“Has the “Mommy Track” Become the Flexibility Track?”
By Paul Rupert – President, Rupert & Company I went public as a flexibility advocate in 1986. It seemed then that our small band at San Francisco’s New Ways to Work was either onto something big – or tilting at … Continue reading
“Among them are Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness”
By Paul Rupert – President, Rupert & Company Maybe we all hear the Inaugural address we want to hear. The one I heard President Obama deliver spoke strongly and clearly to the champions of the more flexible workplace. “What?” you … Continue reading
The Co Scheduler 