My goal in running Evil HR Lady for the past (gulp) 16 years has been to make the workplace better! And if your workplace isn’t getting better, I want to make your life better by finding you a new job! So, in partnership with Rec Tech Media and
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I was offered a Vice-President of Marketing role, and they want me to start in two weeks. My current supervisor doesn’t want me to go and wants to push the transition period as far out as possible. The new job pays what I’m worth. How can I accommodate
Offspring #2 was born in May, which was the perfect time to have a baby. I took my maternity leave over the summer. Walks every day, parks, the whole nine yards. It was glorious. To get to that point, I had to go through a pregnancy with a
I’ve learned by helping people with their resumes that everyone is convinced that other people write their resumes in 15 minutes and they are perfect. They feel like something is wrong with them because they struggle with resume writing. Here’s a secret: Writing your own resume is hard.
I’m a temp in an admin role. My payment and health benefits come from the temp agency that placed me in the position. The agency’s fee is listed as a cost in that spreadsheet, and my entire department can view that information. That sheet is actively used, and
Because I’m an American who writes about US employment from a US perspective but lives in Switzerland, people often ask me how things are going with Covid here in the land of Cheese and Chocolate. You can see above just how it’s going. And one of those days’
I am the Operations Manager of a manufacturing company. I am a salary-based employee. I get a generous 14 days PTO and 5 Paid Sick Leave. If I ever have to take off work for a personal reason, I submit a request for TO and take it. My
Do you read all these things about the Great Resignation and think, “I’d like to take advantage of this, but that would mean fixing up my resume?” Of course, you do! There will be a lot of people quitting in January, so that means a lot of jobs
I (along with my brilliant jobshare partner) ran layoffs for a Fortune 100 company for several years. Our names and contact numbers went out on every single severance package, which means we handled hundreds and hundreds of calls with questions about this, that, or the other regarding the
I am having some difficulty with one of my team members at work. I have dealt with this person by speaking with our manager, asking that she stop her behavior. She was leaving when I leave, showing up when I show up. Just outside every door, I would