Category: advice

Hi Evil HR Lady I came across your blog and found it very informative. I was wondering if you can help answer my HR related question. Due to a management realignment in my group (hostile take over), my new manager has less technical and mananagerial experience. She was

Dear Evil HR Lady, I was just offered a permanent position at a company that I have been temping at for the past 14 months. I am earning $20 per hour as a temp and I do get overtime pay. The salary I was offered is $40,000 per

I hope you can help I’m thinking of applying for a job- It is a competitor for my current employer How do I make sure the prospect employer keeps my info confidential. All the Docs in that community talk They are still going to talk–you just have to

Hello Evil HR Lady! From your name alone, I can tell you have quite a sense of humor. Which gives me high hopes already. I am a rising college senior, pursuing a B.S. in Psych with a minor/concentration in Business. I am currently floundering around for a career

Hi Evil HR Lady, I recently changed careers, from journalist to HR administrative assistant. (I’ve also started a resume-writing business.) My primary interest is in staffing and recruiting, but I want to learn at least a little bit about all aspects of HR. I know that I’ll learn

Evil HR Lady, My husband was recently fired from a job – long story and not important. It has been 1 month since his firing and we just discovered that the HR dept at his former employer had not even received the paperwork stating he’s been fired. He’s

This was sent out by one of our sales reps to his entire sales team, to his boss, his boss’ boss, and a member of my staff. How’s that for totally inappropriate for the work place. My favorite lines: “The beach itself is really nice, and the night-life

My husbands boss physically and verbally attacked him on Saturday because he was unable to work on Saturday, but requested his check for the weeks work. At that point he had already worked 62 hours from Monday – Friday, which he only receives his straight pay for all

Dear Evil HR Lady, Why is a gap in work history such a big deal? Why do applicants have to list volunteering, education, commercial attempts to account for what they were doing? So long as they weren’t in jail, having mental therapy, or engaged in some illegal activity,