Technology, church music, bicycles, and life in Ireland
I had an essential reason to be in town today, and so I’m back in the office today for the first time since March – and it’s a lot quieter than the last time I was here! My office was officially re-opened following the COVID-19 lockdown at the start of August, but only a handful […]
Like a lot of people in Dublin, I work for a large multinational company, and since March I’ve been working from home full time. As the COVID-19 restrictions are easing, there’s lots of discussion in my team about the return to the office. Some companies have told their staff they can work from home until […]
Following yesterday’s announcements from the Irish government about a phased reopening of society and business, it re-enforced the reality that I’m going to continue working from home for at least another three months! I really didn’t like the prospect of working from the kitchen table for that amount of time, so I decided it was […]
Estimates are that around a third of the Irish workforce are currently working remotely from home during the COVID-19 pandemic. The widespread use of laptops, together with corporate VPN connections and video-conference tools, has enabled entire companies to close their doors during the lockdown and have pretty-much their entire workforce continue working remotely. The technology […]
Flexible working seems to be a hot topic at the moment, whether it’s to juggle work with other commitments, or to achieve a better work/life balance. People have moved beyond the days of being a wage-slave, and have realised that free time is often more valuable to them than a high salary. Some employers do […]
On a busy project it’s common to have a full calendar of meeting; so much so, that it’s often hard to find time to get actual work done! When something new crops up, people are quick to add another meeting to the calendar, but how often do people go out of their way to remove […]
