‘”But we can’t promote her, I’m pretty sure she’s pregnant.” There’s some logic behind that. A pregnant woman will be taking some time off, no matter what, and you may not want someone to have any time off as they are getting up to speed on a new position.
One of the purposes of good Human Resources is to prevent lawsuits. But your HR person and your employment attorney don’t follow you around all the time. So, business attorney Josh Joel, Counsel at Stanton Law, put together a list of phrases that often come out of managers’ mouths. When
Röbynn Europe worked as a personal trainer manager for Equinox, a fitness center. They fired her after 10 months for being late an excessive number of times. Europe claimed this was pretext–an excuse–to cover up for the racial discrimination she faced. It’s pretty easy to prove that an
While we can all agree that calling a white woman “a Karen” (which is different than someone whose name is Karen) is offensive, and we shouldn’t call women that. But, employees don’t need a presentation–or two–on why they shouldn’t do that. Bo Young Lee, Uber’s head of diversity,
A reader sent me an email asking if a “1.75 percent raise” was appropriate for a salary in the $90,000 range. “It’s like giving a waitress a $7 tip on a $300 meal,” he wrote. First of all, wouldn’t it be awesome to get a 15 to 20 percent raise
When is the best point in your career to marry? This “hot take” by Tim Kempton, who advises startups, went viral on Twitter: Hot take: Don’t fall in love from 22-29, there’s to much to lose. Your career will thank you. — Tim Kempton (@kempton_timothy) May 19, 2023
The days of people accepting a job–any job–are long since past. People have options and don’t want to join companies that don’t match their goals and values. If you complain that “no one wants to work,” well, get in line with great-great-grandpa, who complained about that in 1894. 1894 pic.twitter.com/ff5E4z3ysq
Do problems seem to plague you wherever you go? Are you always passed up for promotions? Have you struggled to get new jobs? Is your personal life filled with drama? Why on earth are you so plagued when other people seem to have much smoother lives? I’ll give you a hint:
People instinctively know that hiring managers want to hire skinny people. But a new survey from Resume Builder found that 42 percent of underweight people feel that they’ve been discriminated against because of their weight. Hmm. Add to that; this survey found that 71 percent of obese people say they have
Everyone says they hate jargon, but we still use it. It serves a purpose–we all know what you mean when you say, “per my last email,” you mean, “listen, you dunce, I already told you that yesterday,” but the former has plausible deniability. Your dunce-like coworker can’t complain
