employment

When I was in high school a summer job was a big deal. Everyone had one, and some were better than others. I was lucky to live in Saco, I worked fun gigs at Cascade Water Park, The Hungry Bear at Funtown and The Round Up in Old Orchard Beach...

This school year has been a challenge for many families who have had to juggle their job and find care for their school age children on days off from school. Between regularly scheduled school vacations, half days, teacher's days and snow days, most parents don't even come close to having enough time off from work to be home for all of this time off from school...

I have a very difficult time concentrating and staying alert during meetings. It has nothing to do with the person speaking or the material being discussed. It's a phenomenon that happens when I am expected to not fidget or talk. In my silence I become acutely aware of the way the conference room lights give me a headache, I can hear and feel my breathing like I do when I'm about to drift off-and

When I return to work after being away, I am just relieved when the combination door still opens for me. When my husband Mark returned to his job at Idexx, this is the site that welcomed him! Nothing says, "We missed ya' man" like a pranked office space...

Yikes! Being employed is expensive! A new study done by CareerBuilder.com, shows that the average person spends about $3,300 a year working. That doesn't even include day care for the kids. The biggest costs: Gasoline- 84% of us drive ... Read More ...

One thing that I can say about working at BLM, is that there is never a dull moment! Many of you know that WBLM is part of Townsquare Media Portland. Our sister stations are WCYY, WPKQ, WJBQ and WHOM. Here is the entire family! Like any family, when there's a man down, we pitch in to help...

The Zombie Apocalypse is on! According to a new survey, the average person wakes up at 6:30 a.m., leaves for work around 7:20, begins to feel human at about 8:40, but is not completely awake until 9:40! A scary amount of people don't even remember their drive into work, 60%...

Every now and then I have a real whopper of a work nightmare! It usually involves mucky-mucks showing up and there is no music in the studio, coming in and finding strangers working here and sometimes I dream that I have forgotten to go to work...

Don't turn in to a Ho Ho Ho at your holiday party! According to a new survey more than HALF of us have made out with a coworker at the office Christmas party! Woa, it's gone farther than that because 39% have had sex at the party. Most likely spots were parking lot and conference room...

It's Cyber Monday and and if you get busted by your boss while doing some online shopping, I have an excuse! It's actually a good use of company time, because leaving the office to go buy this stuff at a store would take much more time away from your productivity...

I run late. I find 3 other things that I ABSOLUTELY have to do as I run out the door. You do that too? However, the other morning I was not awake enough to see that there was something seriously off with my clock. This oversight caused me to be ten minutes late...

This weekend my dad, Ben, taught his grand daughter how to paint a wall. I had to take a picture, because this is a rite of passage in our family. My Great grandfather, Sam, taught my grandfather, Albert, who taught my father, Ben, who taught my brothers and brother-in-law, Billy, Bobby and Cory...

I've always been impressed by two little words. Home Office. Someone is important to have  a space dedicated to work! I can't even get time alone in the bathroom. This janky set up is MY version of a home office. A torn-up Minnie Mouse table, a box of tissues for my cold, and a glass of wine...

The math makes sense, but it doesn't make it any easier to deal with! Because kids are back in school, our morning commutes have gotten longer and more frustrating. Once the school year starts up, getting into work takes us 30% longer because there are more cars and busses on the road...

Can an unhappy workplace be fixed with money? A new survey asked if a miserable employee would rather get a $5,000 raise, or a new boss. A whopping 28% of people would rather have a new boss than take the money! Alternately, would you be willing to take a $5,000 pay cut to be happier at work...

First of all, this list has nothing to do with the fact that I might not be at work Wednesday. But I have been thinking...