Imagine a light-hearted TikTok video saying, “We openly discriminate against older people!” It would probably go viral, but not in a positive fashion. But flip that and say, “POV: you start a new company, and you only hire Gen Z,” and you get praise for it. This is what
The worst job I ever had was for Kmart. It was the summer of 1992, and I took a summer job at Kmart after my first year of college. It was close to our house, and they were hiring, so why not? Even though I was 19 and
I had a long conversation with a delightful woman yesterday. I asked her what she did for a living and she said she was a stripper. After ensuring that she was not joking, I asked her a bunch of questions about her job. Here’s what we have in
I manage a laboratory, which requires staff to be on-site around the clock. Our analysts and other on-site workers were classified as essential workers early in the pandemic, and they diligently came into the lab even when the rest of the world was sheltering in place. Today, many
Scrolling through Facebook, I saw someone complaining about a sketchy landlord. Resolving the issue would require a trip to court. The poster had no idea how to begin, and someone made a brilliant suggestion: Contact your Employee Assistance Program (EAP). I was cheering–this is a resource that many
There are two ways to get your employees to have happy internal chat groups. The first is obvious: make your workplace a fair and happy place, where employees naturally speak positively about their working conditions. The second is to block negative or pro-union words from the employee chat.
Due to too much negativity in this world, I am changing this blog to Angel HR Lady. From now on, only positive stories about HR! No complaints about employees, coworkers, bosses, managers, unions, children, paychecks, payroll, cooking fish in the microwave, drug testing, fingerprinting, recruiting, ghosting, FMLA, FLSA,
It’s been a while since I’ve updated my podcasts lists, so I thought I’d share two that I went live on this week! First: Drive Thru HR with Michael VanDervort and Robin Schooling And second, Career PROgressions! Both were super fun! And remember, if you’re in need
Take away the Hollywood, glamour, and awards, and say you have two employees–we’ll call them Will and Chris. Chris makes a tasteless joke about Will’s wife, and Will slaps Chris. What do you do? I asked HR managers in my Evil HR Lady group what they would do. Let their
“Most of our employee base and potential employee base live paycheck to paycheck. Any increase in gas price cuts into their disposable income.” That statement comes from an Applebee’s Executive. It seems like it’s the beginning of a compassionate message, and, indeed, his email ends with this: “Do things
