Ten years ago today, in honor of my 40th birthday, I wrote this: Today is my birthday. I am 40. I’ve been planning this post for the past year, and curses, Jon Hyman, had to go and steal my idea. Turns out Jon is two days older than I
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It’s the day of love and blah, blah, blah, or to quote Employment Attorney Dan Schwartz, “Each year, send a reminder to your employees with a copy of the harassment policy. And be sure to do the sexual harassment prevention training to your new employees as required under
I’m super excited to report that we have a new discount to offer you! Plus the others we’ve had for a while! These are all designed for HR people! PeopleServe PeopleServe has two different great offerings for HR professionals: HR Certification Prep: This course will prepare you to take
Let’s face it, a lot of life can feel like Groundhogs Day (if you subscribe to the Bill Murray theory of the day). We do the same things over and over, and it can get repetitive. Especially in HR–while there are always unexpected things there is a lot
This morning I got sucked into watching Facebook reels. The offspring inform me that these are just old TikToks, and I should go straight to TikTok, but I’m an old lady who likes Facebook and always regrets clicking on reels, and yet I still do it. Anyway, a
I’m a professional writer, but I’m not a professional copy editor. Typos happen. Genuine errors happen. And I truly appreciate it when someone messages me and tells me about my errors so I can correct them. But as a general rule, unless you are someone’s editor or English
Do those of you who live in the United States have any idea how deprived of Oreo variations the rest of the world is? No, you probably don’t, because you simply go to Walmart and pick up whatever Oreos you want at any time you want. What a
As an American, I demand the right to a massive refrigerator/freezer with ice water in the door. That’s not a thing here. Okay, it’s becoming more popular, but it certainly hasn’t been available in any of the three apartments I’ve rented since I moved to Switzerland. The refrigerators
It’s that wonderful present time of year! But businesses are hierarchical and presents go down and not up. See this horror of an example from r/antiwork. Do not do this. Ever. If you absolutely, positively have to give the boss a present, it should be small and consumable.
Four cannibals apply for a job in a big corporation… “Well“, says the boss, „if I hire you guys, you have to promise to not eat any of our staff.“ The cannibals promise that they will not eat anyone and get hired. Everything is going well for a