by Cassie Arnold | Feb 24, 2016 | Modern Work
The End of Ordinary Time In the Catholic liturgical calendar there are four seasons Advent, Christmas, Lent, Easter and Ordinary Time. Ordinary Time accounts for most of the year. In the secular world, ordinary time is becoming increasingly rare. Once upon a time...
by Cassie Arnold | Dec 23, 2015 | Modern Work
Namaste Mr. Investment Banker It definitely took me awhile to warm up to dressing down at work. It makes me sound dated, but I liked judging a person’s status by the price of their suit. But those days are long gone, and since I work from home, the whole concept is...
by Cassie Arnold | Apr 21, 2015 | Modern Work
Relative Value When I left my corporate job, I didn’t mind surrendering my Blackberry or my PC laptop. I didn’t even mind returning my corporate Amex. What I really, really regretted was that I was going to lose my 1K status with United. It had taken me years to earn...
by Cassie Arnold | Feb 19, 2015 | Gender at Work, Modern Work
Cargo Pants or Sweats? I recently met up with a former colleague for coffee on a weekday afternoon. We both showed up in olive green cargo pants. He said his meetings are divided up into those that require cargo pants and those where he can wear sweats. I was never a...
by Cassie Arnold | Jun 21, 2014 | Modern Work
How I conspired to undermine a fruit-based currency At Silicon Valley tech companies, a free lunch is a given. It is even passé – unless it is vegan, gluten-free and Halal. But whenever I hear about the latest in cruelty-free chicken entrees on offer near the...
