Grazing Minds

How do you make the most of a day off? We often find cranking to meet a deadline is easier than true relaxation, but one benefit to this wild quarantine world is more time for reflection. With a good work ethic, we make, execute, coordinate, manage, fulfill, and get things done.A solid rest ethic gifts us inspiration, ideas, and recovery. It allows us to build up our enthusiasm and sustain our passion. In 2020, in the wake of COVID-19, a lot of people have found themselves with more free time on their hands than ever before, and many have realized the need for a solid rest ethic: Rest is not simply a result of free time. It is a skill that needs to be learned. It is something that—just like a meeting at work—needs to be scheduled and protected. And not all rest is created equal. Your unlimited PTO policy is useless if you don't empower people to actually take time off. Normalize not demanding a reason for why people need time off. Normalize people prioritizing their families. Norma

Today, when teams are scattered across cities, with some colleagues having temporarily moved back to their hometown to work from the comfort of their own homes and when zoom meetings have now become the casual new way to discuss stuff, many of the concerns about working remotely have all but disappeared. With organisations adopting the remote work model and the pandemic triggering a reverse migration of sorts, there arises a question if new prospects of jobs and career growth across cities changed too?  At a broader level, optimism levels of professionals have increased over the last few months,with roughly one in four individuals expecting an increase in job openings and even salary levels in the near future.  It should not come as a surprise, but with COVID-19 creating a supply shortfall for digital talent, IT firms have upped their hiring targets for freshers. Global leader Aon projects an average of 7.3% increment in salaries this year for India Inc, up from 6.1% last year!! thwart