Author: The SaneBox Gang

Pre-pandemic, working from home offered a welcome break from many office workers’ routines. Today, remote work is routine for a large percentage of employees. Gallup research from September 2021 showed 45% of full-time U.S. employees working from home all or part of the time. That means almost half the workforce socializes with colleagues less than before.

Setting your out-of-office message can seem like a niggling detail when you’re about to jump on a plane to see your family/vacation in Cancun/take a sabbatical, but it’s still one to do with care. The last thing you want while sipping a pina colada on a remote island with spotty cell reception is to wonder if you set up your out-of-office message correctly.

The holiday season is that special time of the year when we spread good cheer, gather with loved ones and set up our out-of-office email messages. This year, why not combine all three? Fun out-of-office messages spread good cheer and enable us to enjoy family and friends with fewer distractions. It’s festive multi-tasking!

It’s no secret that every manager wants their teams to be productive. But, ensuring that your employees stay highly productive may be a challenging task, especially nowadays when millions of employees are working remotely.

All individuals need to recharge to return to work refreshed–perhaps solopreneurs most of all. To help, here are our five time-management tips to keep your season bright and productive.

Ding. You’ve got mail. You pause the show you’re streaming–earning boos from your household–and grab your laptop. The offending email didn’t need your immediate attention, but you reflexively snapped into work mode. On a Sunday night. Sounds like you need to set email boundaries.