by Allison Julander | Feb 13, 2015 | Wellness
Ryan Carson of Portland tech company Treehouse works 32 hours weekly, resulting in a four day workweek. His unique work schedule prioritizes his family above all, forcing him to optimize his work habits. “I’ve really tried to engineer a sustainable life,” he says in...
by Allison Julander | Jun 17, 2014 | Culture
Portland is frequently touted as the city America’s young people flock to, with an ever-increasing number of single, childless residents as a result. A recent Oregon Business article by Katie Ausburger listed a number of strategies and ideas for companies to consider...
by Brandon Laws | May 27, 2014 | Culture
The following information is from an interview with Molly Kelley, Human Resource Business Partner at Xenium. Work/life balance used to be a hot term that only cutting edge companies like Google, Microsoft and Zappos were able to offer. Nowadays, rather than being...
by Brandon Laws | Feb 18, 2013 | Wellness
Telecommuting is an emerging trend, with 24% of organizations already offering mobile workstyles and 83% planning to by 2014 as predicted by the Mobile Workstyles Survey. By 2016, according to the same survey, 63 million workers, 43% of the workforce, will...
by Suzi Wear | Sep 1, 2010 | Wellness
The Work Life Balance Award Act, a bill designed to establish special recognition for employers that develop and implement work-life balance policies, was introduced in Congress during the Spring of 2010. While the vote failed in the House of Representatives,...