San Francisco-headquartered Tophatter offers an irresistible spin on eCommerce as it continues to pioneer mobile discovery shopping. The company, launched in 2012, was founded by CEO Ashvin Kumar and CTO Chris Estreich. Discovery shopping, or “shopping as a pastime,” makes up about 50% of the overall retail market, and Tophatter aims to bring that experience … Read full-story
April is National Stress Awareness Month. Studies show that workplace stress is easily the biggest source of stress for U.S. adults. A little bit of stress at work is only natural, and can help sharpen your senses and instincts for improved performance. But researchers have long been aware that too much stress can lead to a … Read full-story
A recent study showed that seventy-two percent of Gen Z high school students plan to start their own business one day. It seems the entrepreneurial spirit lives in most of us when we’re young, but as time rolls on, many of us lose our ambition to strike out on our own and settle for being … Read full-story
We aren’t our jobs, and our jobs aren’t out lives. But let’s face it: the way human society has evolved, our jobs are as consequential to us and our happiness as our family lives, our personal interests, and our relation to the rest of the humanity. And deep at the heart of the essential bond … Read full-story
Bosses are human too, if you haven’t heard. Having a problem employee can be as irritating and upsetting as having a toothache. Whether the employee in question is too lazy, too angry, or borderline incompetent, a good boss will take a lot of the brunt of the problem on their own back: Did I do … Read full-story
In Comparably’s weekly Women’s History Month series, we have been recognizing female executives from our Best CEOs list. Highlighted this week is Lidia Yan from NEXT Trucking, a Los Angeles-based, venture-backed company innovating the transportation sector by boldly taking on the challenge of digitizing the $800B freight trucking industry. Its intelligence matching technology capabilities transform the way … Read full-story
How much sense do rank-and-file employees have of what is going on at the Executive Level? We’ve all wondered what secret plans are being bandied about in the executive suite that we aren’t privvy to. It turns out many do have an opinion of how the executives are functioning at the company where they work, … Read full-story
Anxiety is described by Wikipedia as “the subjectively unpleasant feelings of dread over anticipated events,” and never has a definition rung more true. It’s subjective, in that the anxious person is not entirely concerned with the reality of the situation; it’s unpleasant, which is obvious; and it’s all about anticipation, because the anxious person is … Read full-story
There’s no guarantee or even any expectation of face time with a company’s CEO for most rank-and-file employees, especially when it comes to large businesses. Such encounters are usually based on necessity or chance, and often a CEO works on a different floor or in a different building or even a different city than most … Read full-story
Getting laid off can be like taking a sledgehammer to the chest. You rarely see it coming – even in times like these – and if there are hints of company-wide layoffs on the horizon, you don’t figure you will among the unlucky to lose their job. But it happens to most of us, and … Read full-story
In Comparably’s weekly series commemorating Women’s History Month, we recognize female executives from our most recent Best CEOs of 2019 list. Highlighted this week is CEO Joanna McFarland from Los Angeles-based Hop Skip Drive, a mobile app that allows parents to hire transportation service for their children. The company pairs drivers with both families and school … Read full-story
It turns out the general workplace edict to not discuss compensation and salary details is only a “hard-and-fast” rule some of the time. When asked how likely they were to share details about their compensation with their co-workers, just 21% of respondents said they would never do it, according to the latest reading of an … Read full-story
The population is reeling as the country becomes accustomed to what is, at least for the moment, our new way of life. Increasingly, people of the U.S. are being asked to confine themselves to home while the potentially deadly Covid-19 virus threatens to destabilize everything for everyone. This means that many work teams that were working … Read full-story
In Comparably’s new Women’s History Month series, female executives from our most recent Best CEOs of 2019 list sit down with us to impart some important leadership lessons. Following is an excerpt from our conversation with co-founder and CEO Lynn Jurich of San Francisco, California-based Sunrun (Nasdaq: RUN) – a company revolutionizing how consumers get electricity. Not … Read full-story
An Interview with TaxJar’s Darcy Boles For years, the idea of working from a space as comfortable as your own living room was only a hazy dream for most American workers. Leaving the creature comforts of one’s home or chosen space for the formal realm of an office seemed like it was part of the … Read full-story
Gen Z, born between the mid-to-late 90s and the early 2010s, are soon to be the largest generation on earth, constituting a quarter of the U.S. population. They’re incredibly diverse, and they demand the same from their employees. They eat, sleep, and breath technology. Every industry in the nation and the world will depend on … Read full-story
Gen Z. They have high-tech minds. They expect a healthy work-life balance. They require a lot of feedback. They want to start their own businesses. They’re excellent multitaskers. Soon, they’ll surpass Millennials as the Earth’s most populous generation. And constituting a quarter of the US population, they’re the most diverse generation in the nation’s history. … Read full-story
In a new series in commemoration of Women’s History Month, Comparably will recognize female executives from our most recent Best CEOs of 2019 list. The first person we are highlighting is Elizabeth Cholawsky of Santa Barbara, California-based tech software company HG Insights. Following is an excerpt from a recent Q&A we conducted where she shares her … Read full-story
Most workers who replied to a query don’t report having a mentor at work. While the data suggests that entry-level employees are still often getting the guidance one might expect, it seems that workers of other experience levels either don’t seek or aren’t provided with any help to continue their professional development. This information comes … Read full-story
You can’t just ignore office politics. As nice as it would be if we could always just all get along in the workplace, there are just too many unfortunate similarities between work and war for political maneuvering not to be an element of your work life. The goal of all conflict, especially at work, is … Read full-story
Increasingly, being a good culture fit is key to landing a job, especially a position at a desirable company. It’s not a World War 2 “guys on a mission” movie: you can’t just bring the technical acumen and a bad attitude with you and expect to fit in because you get the job done without … Read full-story
Ah, good ol’ Ohio, the birthplace of the Wright Brothers and American Football. Current home to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Ceder Point, and some truly great companies. We’ve scoured through the data and crunched the numbers and have compiled a list of 9 top companies to work for in Ohio. These 9 Buckeye … Read full-story
While not every company is newsworthy, most big corporations find themselves speculated upon in the business news media – if not the mainstream news – at least once in a while. Some companies, like Amazon and Uber, seem to be in the news every day. But not everyone seems to follow the business news for … Read full-story
Napping at work has been adapted by many cultures as a simple and cheap way for companies to give employees a midday break and a recharge of their batteries. Although taking a nap is proven to up afternoon productivity as well as creativity, there’s still a real stigma against the practice in the United States. … Read full-story
Artificial Intelligence has crept from the pages of mid-century sci-fi stories into the very mainstream of American culture – especially in the workplace. For decades now, workers have speculated about how (and when) AI will affect their own job futures: Will automation replace the need for humans, or will the AI be used in ways … Read full-story
We all know how nerve-wracking a job interview can be. It can be so important for the interviewee, and yet can seem so off-hand to the interviewer (who has to do ten of them today.) You’ll go home after the interview and replay every little moment and secondary hesitation and twitcn in your head. You’ll … Read full-story
A healthy workplace culture is an exceedingly enviable thing for any company to brag about. Resources like Comparably have given a clear voice to employees for airing any grievances and singing any praises about the companies they work for, so it’s harder than ever for a business to get away with a toxic workplace environment. … Read full-story
They say the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence. The implication of the old saying is that we idealize what we don’t have, and tend to undervalue what we do. If your current dissatisfaction has to do with something inside you, you’ll take it with you right over the fence … Read full-story
Okay, you landed the interview, you did your research, and on the big day you handled yourself well. So now what? Everyone knows how maddening it can be to replay the minutes of your interview in your head, and to quiet that often self-critical stream of thought, we sometimes tell ourselves, “Well, there’s nothing I … Read full-story
Employers are currently faced with a job market reflecting low unemployment rates, which means the power has shifted back to the talent. If you’re looking to enlist the hottest new talent out there, you’re going to have to give them what they expect of a modern company: comfort, respect, flexibility, and an ethical approach to … Read full-story
