Dear Evil HR Lady, I’ve worked for this company for seven years. In 2011 I received a great raise and bonus and I was thrilled until I found out that my boss had ranked me last amongst all my coworkers. Over the summer, my boss retired and one
Month: March 2013
Sixty-nine percent of employees report wasting at least a half hour of time per workday. Another 21 percent report wasting at least some time each week. The other valiant, hard working 10 percent who report that they never waste time? They’re lying through their teeth. Okay, I made
Dear Evil HR Lady, I am [the] HR business partner for a Russian team in [a] multinational world famous corporation. I support 150 employees in Russia. And this team is managed by a classical micro-manager from U.K. In this case the micro-manager thinks that he knows better from
If you’ve been on the job hunt in the last few years, probably more than once you’ve cleared your schedule, taken a vacation day or hunted down a last minute babysitter in order to attend an interview. Everything seems to go well, but you never hear from the
A happy, engaged workforce is a high performing workforce. When you hear of companies like SAP that offers onsite putting greens or Google, which offers onsite everything, you probably think, “We have 25 employees and cannot compete on that level. And where would we put a putting green anyway?” Because
Dear Evil HR Lady, I read your article, It’s Time to Fire the Jerks. So much easier said than done. In a VERY small company (under 10 people) it is extremely difficult to find competent workers, even during high unemployment. What HR advisers never seem to understand is that
The economy is still pretty lousy. Unemployment is still high. You have no concerns that your employees will leave you. And if they do happen to leave, it will be no problem whatsoever to replace them. That seems to be the consensus according to a new survey by
Dear Evil HR Lady, My boss calls me up to 10 times a day and says, “Can I ask a question? ” Sometimes the question has to do with why this unit or employee is working overtime. (We do not have restrictions on OT, but she gets a
Dear Evil HR Lady, I have been through a couple instances where it feels like “professional hell”-like disagreements, angry clients or bad co-workers; one involved harassment. I’m worried that I have a reputation based on instances that I wished to have avoided. I know I have made a
Why aren’t there more women in high places? The Economist is asking if women derail their own careers. (You can vote in the survey.) Right now, the poll is running at 64 percent who say “yes” and 36 percent saying “no.” The impetus for the poll is the new Sheryl