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11 Awesome Places You Can Work From When You Have a Location Independent Job
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8 Jobs That Let You Make Your Own Schedule
4 Tips To Set Boundaries With Your Friends & Family When You Work Your Own Schedule

Why It Sucks

10 Signs You’re Ready To Quit Your Desk Job

01/22/2016 By The Drifting Desk 4 Comments

Are you ready to quit your desk job? For some, desk jobs are soul sucking. Check out the alarmingly obvious signs it might be time to finally quit your desk job. 1) Your coworkers are driving you crazy Being around unpleasant and negative people can be a drag on us, not just emotionally, but professionally as […]

15 Reasons Why Unpaid Maternity Leave Sucks

01/06/2016 By The Drifting Desk Leave a Comment

One of the reasons I left my desk job in 2015 was because I was calling BS on one of the common workplace policies in the US- unpaid maternity leave. It’s no secret that unpaid maternity leave sucks, and is absolutely asinine. Here’s why:     1) What family-values? Isn’t it ironic that a country that […]

5 Tips To Survive Your Work Commute

06/22/2015 By The Drifting Desk Leave a Comment

Commuting sucks. Especially in traffic. But you can survive your work commute (literally and figuratively). A lot of people are really bad at driving. And the USA Today reports that the average American’s round-trip commute is about 52 minutes per day. That’s a lot of time to spend around terrible drivers. Commuting in heavy traffic […]

5 Ways To Be a Normal Human in a Workplace Bathroom

05/17/2015 By The Drifting Desk Leave a Comment

Do you know someone that might need some reminders on how to act decently in shares spaces? This list should be a good warm-up for nudging the grossest of offenders.   Shhhhh Be quiet. Seriously. Stop speaking to other people in the bathroom, immediately. We aren’t quietly riding the elevator or eating a salad in […]

7 Things To Know if You Hate Your Job

04/26/2015 By The Drifting Desk 4 Comments

You hate your job and you want to quit. You want to grab your crap, stand up, knock the girl who never stops talking’s coffee off her desk, raise your arms in the air and bravely walk out the door as your coworkers applaud your long overdue exit and finally quit the job you hate. […]

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