Workplace distractions are everywhere and come in many shapes, sizes, fonts, and social media outlets. From Instagram likes and Twitter responses to texts from the babysitter, your spouse, the crazy mother-in-law, or your friend from the East Coast, there are countless ways for your employees to get off task. In an attempt to better understand these workplace distractions and the effect that they do or do not have on productivity, @BambooHR took a stab at [...]

Employees are expensive. Keeping an office open on Christmas Eve when your net sales are less than $500 is not smart when you are paying over $1000 in utilities and employee salaries. So when the boss sees an employee being less than productive, dollar signs run across their mind. Then again, spending money to terminate and rehire is probably not the most cost-effective plan either. So how can you tackle the problem of unproductive employees [...]

“The value of a diverse team is its capacity to challenge the norm or group think and thus boost organizational performance and improve decision-making.” Yrthya Dinzey-Flores Diversity in the workplace is a topic that has been covered in many different ways, and by now, we are all aware that this includes race, gender, religion, age, and culture. But, have we stopped to consider the effect a multi-generational (not just age but also the generation and [...]