Challenge: You had to furlough, business has picked up, and you need your people back. Your employees are “milking” unemployment right now. When “normal” unemployment benefits run out for people, they might get to keep them through the end of the year. Unemployment Insurance Fraud is on the rise! People applying to jobs, going through …
Challenge: Adjusting to flexible work schedules. New company “norm”. Productivity is down. Employee absenteeism is on the rise. Stress, stress, and more stress! If you’ve found yourself caught up in the COVID minutia over the last 6 months, then you’re not alone. It’s been tough, as an employer and an employee. Floundering around and acting …
Challenge: How your company handled COVID Pay cuts. Expecting your people to work productively from home. Layoffs or furloughs. How employees handled COVID Can’t stay focused trying to juggle working remotely, kids, and school. Worrying about who’s been infected. Knowing people have died from it. Not sure if they should go out or stay inside. …
Supply vs. Demand – Are we in an employee’s market or an employer’s market right now? Read More »
Challenge: How to recover from your company being crippled because of losing people, losing business, losing trust, and having to work remotely, due to COVID. You’re hoping that once this “COVID thing” goes away, things will go back to “normal”. You’re going to be recovering from losing people and business. You’re going to be recovering …
Recovery Game Plan – Grading your adaptability post COVID Read More »
What do work quality, expertise, and hiring flexibility have in common? Are you finding that in order to get through the damage that COVID has caused your business, that you’re having to cut costs affecting payroll? We’re seeing 10-20% pay cuts across the board with a lot of companies out there right now (just to …
I’ve seen countless ‘how to work from home with kids’ articles from people who after suffering through a couple months started to figure out some tips and tricks. I then realized- wait a second! My team and I have been 100% remote working for 8 years, most of us with young children and quite frankly, …
From Running My Own Business to Joining the Team at AIS For 18 years my husband and I ran a very successful home inspection business in Maryland. In late 2016 to early 2017, I had the pleasure of dealing with a couple that were looking to buy a home that required renovation work. One aspect …
These have certainly been trying times, to say the least. There are so many people out there who have been reacting to everything COVID-19 related. You have businesses that shut their doors, laying people off, putting a complete freeze on all hiring. You have people who were following instructions and completely quarantining themselves, to the …
During these wild, crazy, scary, uncertain times that our global community is now facing, there is no doubt that we are also seeing a lot of good. A lot of kindness, love and empathy. It’s times like these where the good in our world, both in companies and in individuals, shine the brightest. Speaking for …
From a Local Small Business Owner’s Perspective… Read More »
“What do you want to be when you grow up?” Children face this question frequently on the path to adulthood, and it never fails to spark an inferno of imagination, even as the answer matures from the fantastic to the realistic. The future is a blank canvas upon which we have all at some point …
