While it’s true that our co-workers, bosses, clients, and vendors can sometimes drive us up the wall, they aren’t alone in their frustration-inducing powers. Thethings in an office can also raise blood pressure and drive us to the vending machine. Expert Market surveyed 1,000 employees in the U.K.
This post was originally published March 2009 here. I’m interested in your thoughts on management by telecommuters. I worked for 10 years for a large non-profit organization in DC. About 2 or 3 years ago, they began to allow more people to telecommute. My much younger, green director
Joe Saul-Sehy, who gave financial advice as Average Joe Money, wanted to host a great financial podcast, so he listened around and found the best of the best. After reading Austin Kleon’s Steal Like an Artist, he decided to steal his way to success. Kleon advises taking great
Ideally, your boss would give you general guidance when you needed it, answer questions when you have them, and give you a nice year end bonus. But, unfortunately, that’s not how many managers operate. Sometimes you can end up with a micromanaging boss who is constantly looking over your
Hi! Love your blog. On the heels of being figuratively kicked down the stairs by another great employer and potential supervisor via another truly evil HR lady, do they EVER get in trouble for the way they treat recruits? This one was so bad it’s practically a cartoon.
Winter is depressing in general, but a lot of people think the most depressing* day is the third Monday of January–so much that it’s been called “Blue Monday.” While the scientific evidence that this particular day is more depressing than others is slim, we could all use some
I have a small CPA office with only 3 employees and 6 during tax time. One staff also a CPA is a Mom with husband and 3 kids ages 4 – 10 and now 4 kids as she took in an exchange student age 12 for more money.
Is running a credit check part of your hiring procedures? Are you doing these credit checks legally? Lots of big named companies are getting sued for violations of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), including a new lawsuit at craft giant Michaels. What’s the problem? Well, the law
You’d have far fewer problems in your business if you knew what the truth was all the time. Sometimes, unfortunately, your employees lie to you. How can you tell when they are lying? Turns out you can use a fancy-dancy suit to track their joint movement to determine,
There is a position open (for my manager’s manager). Higher level management asked me to apply for the position. From HR I will definitely get a question. How will you handle your manager as a direct report? I replied: Urgh, I don’t know. It’s a good question, and it’s probably pretty
