UK Office

Is Google a Cult?

Planet Ivy | Posted 09.04.2013 | UK Tech
Planet Ivy

If our top ten blogger is to be taken at (stupidly grinning) face value, then Google are breeding an army of employees that cannot envision a world without Google, a world where the latest Google plugin is a digital Mother Teresa.

Leaving Employees in the Cold

Monica Parker | Posted 02.04.2013 | UK Lifestyle
Monica Parker

A Cornell study found the optimum temperature for productivity was approximately 25°C. But someone - Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg included it seems - always persists in the belief that "the cold keeps you awake!" Awake maybe, but shivering with mukluks on doesn't seem to say "high performance office" to me.

Two In Five Office Workers 'Dangerously Stressed'

PA/Huffington Post UK | Posted 27.02.2013 | UK Lifestyle

How's your week going so far? Feeling stressed already? If so, you're far from alone - according to a new study, two out of five office staff are w...

How to Get in With the Right Crowd: Choosing the Right Company to Work For

Sophie Baker-Britton | Posted 21.04.2013 | UK
Sophie Baker-Britton

In the run up to an interview, with all the preparation that takes place to ensure you make the best impression on the interviewer, it's easy to lose sight of the fact that you too should be using your time in the chair to assess their suitability as a company.

Is This The Most Annoying Office Habit Ever?

PA | Posted 21.11.2012 | UK Lifestyle

Noisy eating by colleagues tops a list of office gripes by British workers, according to a survey. More than half (57%) identified the habit as the...

Why Do British Sitcoms Fail to Bridge the Atlantic Divide?

Pete Strauss | Posted 02.11.2012 | UK Comedy
Pete Strauss

The internet is awash with criticism of the US remake of The Inbetweeners and the ensuing and arguably inevitable backlash, decrying that this is yet another example of American television taking one of our beloved shows and ruining it.

Office Gossip: Don't be the Fodder!

Preetam Kaushik | Posted 28.10.2012 | UK Lifestyle
Preetam Kaushik

You know how these things work, once you begin to get things off your chest to strangers, you just can't seem to stop. Next thing you know, the nasty boss, turns even nastier. So much so I had to start looking for another job.

What's The Number One Office Bugbear?

PA | Posted 08.08.2012 | UK

Kisses on emails to business contacts are Britain's biggest office bugbear, according to a new survey. Two-thirds (66%) of 1,000 people questioned ...

How Will Stephen Merchant Fare Without Ricky Gervais?

Pete Strauss | Posted 24.09.2012 | UK Entertainment
Pete Strauss

Merchant's first sitcom venture sans Gervais will be intriguing for a number of reasons; the most prevalent of which is that it will allow us to explore the notion that's long been mooted that Merchant is perhaps the more talented of the Gervais/Merchant pairing, with many citing Ricky's solo efforts as evidence to support this (Derek often being used as a stick to beat him with).

Is Your Office Making You Ill?

Jonathan Lee | Posted 03.09.2012 | UK Lifestyle
Jonathan Lee

I was one of 2,000 employees, and we had every workplace perk we could ever want. But in some way, every day, the office was making us ill.

Alex Fisk

Office In A Bag - Can You Go Fully Mobile?

HuffingtonPost.com | Alex Fisk | Posted 19.07.2012 | UK Tech

If there’s one thing that epitomises modern technology, it’s the strive towards portability. You may lament some aspects of this progression o...

Overworked and Underpaid: Oh How We Love to Complain About Those Extra Hours at the Office

Olivia Rose | Posted 23.05.2012 | UK Lifestyle
Olivia Rose

If you are working ridiculous hours to get things done, unfortunately, you only have yourself to blame. Go home when you are supposed to every night this week and see what happens. You might get a talking to by your boss, but I can guarantee that you won't lose your job.

Emails Banned At Work: IT Giant Atos Pledges To Replace Email With Facebook Style Chat

Huffington Post UK | Felicity Morse | Posted 29.11.2011 | UK

Multinational IT giant Atos has pledged to become a zero email company in a bid to help its 80,000 employees cope with information overload. Switch...

Can You Catch Stress At Work?

The Huffington Post UK | Kyrsty Hazell | Posted 10.01.2012 | UK Lifestyle

Beware, it's not just colds and flu that could be doing the rounds in your office. It's possible to catch other people's stress, too, according to a r...