Tag Archive: "economy"
Sabbatical fans have watched with wide eyes as global mammoth KPMG/Britain hit hard times, sought solutions beyond firing, and found success.
Their “Flexible Futures” concept…
photo by Kirk Horsted
Married With Children families are no longer the norm in this country, but they still command attention and fill the portrait…
photo by Kirk Horsted
This darn recession shows little sign of mellowing. Oh sure, the economic indicators and trading markets look better. But without the…
The suffering economy may be leading people to couponing and cocooning, but we’re still suffocating in stuff. Gosh, when I recently took some high-quality clothes to…
The global recession continues to force companies to get creative about offering–even mandating–sabbaticals to help cut costs. Which forces employees to ponder (and sometimes embrace) the…
One cool trend emerging from the global downturn is that some savvy firms that are not just firing folks, but offering them Sabbaticals instead. Talk…
I may be topping off a glass that’s not even half-full. But buried in this dreary personal wealth story are some—okay, a few—signs that Americans…
“Staycations” are huge this year, and there’s nothing wrong with a little home cookin’. But if you long to BreakAway, it need not bust your…
A recent survey published in TIME reveals that more than half of Americans are losing faith in the future of the American Dream. No surprise…
When Dorothy gushed, “There’s no place like home,” she was not choosing between Caribbean and Cold. But she got home, as have we, and it feels…
