Telecommuting is either the best thing since sliced bread or the cause of all problems. After all, it was telecommuting that Melissa Mayer banned at Yahoo in order to combat waste and phantom employees. Many managers feel that they if they can’t actually see their employees, the employees aren’t working. But
Dear Evil HR Lady, We recently had a female employee accuse her direct supervisor, a male, of sexual harassment. Now, we are very small, and don’t have an HR department. Could you point us in the right direction on how to handle this? We have separated the two
Dear Evil HR Lady, I am looking to leave my job and have saved up enough money to take some time off afterwards. However, I would still like to negotiate an exit where I would commit to working for five months, provided that the company can
Dear Evil HR Lady, I have been doing a lot of interviews lately and for whatever reason seem to not be getting very far because almost all the positions were filled internally. When I ask for feedback, I am told that I interview well and that they just
Dear Evil HR Lady, I was just terminated from my recent place of employment. I was under their “6 month probationary period”. Their reason for firing me was absenteeism. They were concerned that I had used up my paid time off so soon and that it would develop
Sometimes you’re in a situation where the right people are lining up around the block for the chance to work for your company. But, most of the time, it’s the wrong people lining up, and you’re faced with a limited supply of right people–people with the right skills,
Dear Evil HR Lady, I’m a senior manager at a large global company. I recently had my appraisal and shortly after getting feedback that “I needed to be a more vocal leader” my interim manager (now former boss) asked me if I was Hawaiian (I’m half Asian). I
I’m afraid we’ve officially gone off the deep end. First we had helicopter parents, who hovered over every moment of their special snowflakes’ lives, quickly righting any wrongs and making sure there was never a moment when “learning” wasn’t taking place. Now, we’ve moved that behavior into the
Have you ever thought about doing something crazy and off the wall to land a job? CareerBuilder surveyed over 2000 hiring managers and HR people and asked them to share the most memorable interview method that actually worked. The candidates that did these things were actually hired: To read the
“What questions do you have for me?” This very question will be heard at almost every job interview you ever go on. And when you answer, “Nope, I think I’m good!” it’s not really a great indication that you’re thinking about if this company is a good fit
