Dear Evil HR Lady, I have worked for my company for two years, and in my current position for a little over a year now. My boss is very nosy and always wants to know what is going on in everyone’s life. She gets upset if she feels like
Month: September 2013
So what if you don’t negotiate salary? It’s never that much money, right? For instance, if you get a salary offer of $45,000 per year, and were able to negotiate it up to $47,000 per year, that’s only $2000 per year, less than $40 per week. And $40
Dear Evil HR Lady, I work for a large company but in a small sales office with a manager and 2 other salespeople and 2 support staff. The issue is that one of the other salespeople went through a messy divorce with difficult financial issues, etc. This was
Dear Evil HR Lady, I have been employed for just over a year at a very small company. There are about 15 employees in total and the turnover rate is quite high. There are very few females and many people do not last in the company due to
When a recent college graduate takes a company internship, the hope is often that it will morph into a real, paying job. But what about the many times that it doesn’t? I asked Rona Borre, CEO and founder of recruiting firm Instant Technology, how to move forward. CBS
Dear Evil HR Lady, In my small group of 15 people at my company, three were fired for “performance reasons.” Each of these people were employed for more than 10 years. Normally, under-performing employees in this company are laid off, and the company has had a lot of
Dear Evil HR Lady, I work for a government organization, so we get a lot of newcomers for whom this is their first job. They range from people straight out of high school to fresh college graduates. Either way, the majority tend to be horrible workers. In addition
Between the interview and the job offer come the reference and background check. Background checks are easy enough. You just need to verify that the person has the degrees he or she claims to have, that they don’t have any surprising criminal history (any relevant convictions should have
Four out of ten employees in the United Kingdom would leave their current job today if they reasonably could, according to a new study. While things may be slightly different in Jolly Old England than they are in the United States, it would not be shocking at all
Can you imagine what it would be like to have a personal assistant who is on call 24 hours a day? So, for instance, if you are watching a DVD at 3:00 a.m. and decide you want to watch a different one, you don’t have to do the