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New Research Reveals That Most Employees Want a Do-Over Career

Mike Adams — Tue, 04 Sep 2012 13:00:28 +0000

If while you were sitting at work a strange man walked up to you and handed you a magic wand that was said to hold magical powers that would allow you to abracadabra yourself from your current career to a new one of your choice would you do it? A recent survey conducted by Parade [...]

New Research Reveals That Bullying in the Workplace Is On the Rise

Mike Adams — Mon, 03 Sep 2012 13:44:07 +0000

Almost everyone has encountered that one co-worker who would rather spend every ticking second of an eight-hour workday telling you how to do your job rather that minding their own business and focusing on their own work. That person is called the workplace bully, and according to new research, he is rearing its ugly head [...]

Eating at Your Desk Could Be Making You Sick

Mike Adams — Sun, 20 May 2012 12:19:24 +0000

Unfortunately, a memo requiring you to work on Saturday may not be the only thing on your desk making you sick. A new study by the University of Arizona says eating lunch at your desk can actually put you at risk of developing a food-borne illness. According to their report, the average office desktop has [...]

Can Wasting Time Online Improve Employee Productivity?

Jeremy Taylor — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 15:00:46 +0000

In a study that anyone who works in an office will heartily embrace, researchers found that spending small parts of the day wasting time on the Internet makes workers more productive because it acts to mentally refresh them.

“Browsing the Internet serves an important restorative function,” concludes the report from the National University of Singapore.