The Office Management Group

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

During my time as an Office Manager, I’ve seen (oddly) many types of evacuation scenarios from fires or false alarms which are pretty typical to flooding (from a ceiling!) Ask to be shown how to get out and what to do, and who is in charge of this aspect for your company – probably a Fire Warden or Health & Safety Officer.

Banking 130

Banking Insurance Controlling Legal 130

SnackNation

MAY 22, 2018

Planning an Office Move? Office moves start out exciting. You envision the finished product—everyone in your company working and thriving in a shiny new, perfectly organized office. The panic sets in when you realize you have to figure out how to move and organize everything in that shiny new office.

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Planning Cleaning Purchasing Correspondence 70

Ask a Manager

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

My boss begged my coworker to take her husband and baby off her health insurance. So I recently started a new job in a very small office right before the New Year. Everyone in the office knows about this. And Jane found our phone number and called the office manager asking for me. Here we go….

Insurance 36

Insurance Sales Salary Project Management 36

Ask a Manager

OCTOBER 19, 2022

He has another meeting planned, and we are going to discuss social media again there. Will I be allowed to work a standard notice period if I’m on a performance improvement plan when I resign? I’m currently in the first month of a three-month performance improvement plan at my job. Please send help.

Insurance 47

Insurance Planning Supplies Government 47

Chart Logic

JULY 18, 2022

Create a sustainable business plan An essential element to starting a medical practice can sound frightening for many first-time medical practice owners, but the key to a successful one mostly lies with the plan. Part of that plan is knowing the upfront costs, location of your practice, and your expected patients and their needs.

Insurance 52

Insurance Software Salary Equipment 52

SnackNation

MAY 22, 2018

Planning an Office Move? Office moves start out exciting. You envision the finished product—everyone in your company working and thriving in a shiny new, perfectly organized office. The panic sets in when you realize you have to figure out how to move and organize everything in that shiny new office.

Planning 31

Planning Cleaning Purchasing Correspondence 31

SnackNation

MARCH 20, 2017

The Office Manager’s Guide to Asking for a Raise and Boosting Your Salary. 5 Rockstar Office Managers Reveal How to Land a Promotion, Earn More Respect, And Get Paid More Today. “I We found this fact echoed in our annual State of the Office Manager Report, a first-of-its-kind survey of office managers from across the U.S.

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Salary Office Management Prioritization Sales 66

SnackNation

MARCH 20, 2018

(Many of these office bulletin board ideas came straight from our Facebook group of office managers. Office Bulletin Board Idea #1: The Buzz Board. Photo courtesy of Joanne via the State of the Office Manager facebook group. Office Bulletin Board Idea #5: The About Us Board.

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Office Management Food Finance Cleaning 62

Chart Logic

JULY 20, 2018

This includes providers such as doctors, clinics, psychologists, dentists, chiropractors, nursing homes, pharmacies, health insurance companies, HMOs, company health plans, government and military/veteran healthcare programs, healthcare clearinghouses, and/or MACRA/MIPS participants. Remaining compliant is an ongoing act of vigilance.

Healthcare 52

Healthcare Security Onboarding Insurance 52

Chart Logic

MAY 6, 2019

Patients who pay for services personally and in full may require that the clinic not share treatment information with the patient’s health plan. The clinic will have 30 days, whether on paper or digitally, to produce the information.

Healthcare 52

Healthcare Insurance Government Planning 52

Ask a Manager

JULY 21, 2022

Because of the pandemic, our receptionist job is a little slow; the office is just not really bustling, with so many people working remotely, and I am worried she will leave because she’s bored. Another person at the office does admin type tasks — not really a true office manager, a junior role. You can certainly ask.

Insurance 43

Insurance Customer Service Supplies Interviewing 43

Launch Work Places

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Coworking spaces generally have a more extensive mix of membership tiers, such as: Private Offices Dedicated Desks Hot Desks Virtual Office Services In these environments, there’s a significant allotment of open-plan office space mixed with private workspaces for small- to medium-sized teams.

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Flexibility Flexibility Networking Mailing 52

Ask a Manager

DECEMBER 29, 2022

A few months later, one ran out of ink so she mentioned it had run out, but I just brushed off her hinting — colorful pens are not essential, she can buy her own or use the standard office stuff. I work in a small IMO insurance firm as a marketer and graphic designer.

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Supplies Interviewing Purchasing Cleaning 46

Ask a Manager

NOVEMBER 19, 2015

I am the office manager, but I take care of all accounts payable/receivable, HR, and building management. Employees seeing our private health insurance information. The plan is currently to go back to being supervised by the director when she returns in mid-January (possibly later). Here we go….

Insurance 33

Insurance Legal Supervising Purchasing 33

Ask a Manager

JULY 21, 2022

Worse, when it rained, I would hang my clothes off the radiator in the side office. After probably a month of doing this, the CEO had to politely tell my boss (office manager) that the office got used for client meetings and having wet socks on the radiator was not okay. All so obvious in hindsight…. The flatulence.

Interviewing 42

Interviewing Supervising Supplies Cleaning 42

Ask a Manager

APRIL 14, 2020

Many of them will also need to put a huge portion of that money toward health insurance if they’ve been kicked off their employer’s plan (people may be eligible for COBRA, but that can be really expensive). I was an office manager for a small company that shut down mid-March due to COVID-19.

Legal 29

Legal Mailing Payroll Insurance 29

The Office Management Group

NOVEMBER 11, 2023

Office managers are one of the most over-looked and underdeveloped professions; why is this and what can you do if you are in such a role or looking to progress into one, to ensure your development is a priority? Fast forward over 6 years from that survey, and not too much in this landscape has changed.

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Office Management Learning Training Legal 130