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Multiple Choices: How Employee Surveys Lift or Lower Morale

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Employee satisfaction and engagement surveys are a vital tool, including at InterNations.

… ‘tis the Season — Survey Season!

At InterNations, the summer months aren’t just the perfect time for our team members to relax in a beergarden or on the beach after work. In July and August, it’s also time for the InterNations Barometer.

Our yearly employee satisfaction and engagement survey is currently running for the seventh time since it was established in 2015. Once again, we have the chance to let our employer know how much we love or loathe our working conditions. (Hopefully, the former rather than the latter.) But what’s actually in it for us?

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Behind the Scenes: Improving Time and Self-Management Skills

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Do you also hate it when something urgent suddenly comes up at work, throwing out your carefully planned schedule for the entire week? Do you, too, sometimes postpone a task until the deadline is looming on the horizon — and then get anxious because there just doesn’t seem to be enough time left? Or do you find it hard to say no when your colleagues ask you for “just a tiny favor”, but the tiny favors keep piling up until you find yourself putting in extra hours to get your own projects done? If any — or even all — of these situations sound familiar, then at least you’re not alone.

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Earth Day: The Perfect Time to Take Climate Action

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For more than a year, international news headlines have been dominated by COVID-19. Despite the ongoing global health crisis, we shouldn’t forget about another pressing issue: the climate crisis. When life around the world finally goes back to normal, we probably shouldn’t go back to business as usual in every respect. The carbon clock is ticking, and it’s time for climate action. The sooner, the better.

In honor of Earth Day (22 April), we have taken action too, joining the LFCA campaign for Earth Day 2021. LFCA is short for Leaders for Climate Action, an initiative by hundreds of digital entrepreneurs who want to share and spread their vision of a sustainable economy. “My co-CEO Philipp and I are committed to taking a stance on climate action, and we are proud members of the Leaders for Climate Action community,” says InterNations Founder & Co-CEO Malte.

InterNations has joined the “Leaders for Climate Action” campaign for Earth Day.
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Remote First: The InterNations Kickoff 2021

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InterNations is now a remote-first company and recently held its first virtual kickoff.

This post is the first article in our new “Remote First” series. We’ll be exploring what becoming a fully remote company means for the InterNations Team and how this policy will be implemented across different workstreams — from HR to IT support.

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