As part of my internship, way back in 1997, I got to testify before the Utah State Senate about the ease of finding information about making homemade explosives on the internet. It wasn’t what I saw myself doing when I applied for an internship to work for the Utah Legislature, but
I woke up this morning to three emails from people asking essentially the same question: Can my manager stop paying me overtime by declaring that I’m a salaried employee? While giving an entirely correct answer would involve looking carefully at the job description, the answer is almost always
I’ve had a Citibank credit card for almost 20 years but Citibank canceled it on Thursday. I have a monthly storage shed payment that hits the card, but otherwise, I rarely use it. But, I pay it off every month and am generally a low maintenance kind of a
We want to be positive. Well, some of us want to be positive. I want to be positive. But, sometimes, the only thing that comes out of my mouth is “good job!” This is a lovely thing to say, but it’s not very specific, and it’s not very
“There is no ‘P’ in hamster.” This is not a controversial statement. Any dictionary will agree with it. Any pet store will too. But, Carol Blymire overheard a conversation between a young employee with her boss, and this came up. The boss wanted a correction. The employee insisted that
German superiority is something one shouldn’t throw around lightly–there are too many negative stereotypes about that. But, when Deutsche Bank CEO Christian Sewing announced the company would layoff 18,000 workers, he didn’t leave it just at that. He sent a 2,000-word email to his employees, explaining what was happening. Here’s why that
What do you do if an employee objects to your Pride Month celebrations? And what if that person objects, in writing, on the company intranet? IKEA in Poland, had a case where an employee objected to an LGBTQ celebration and, according to IKEA: “The employee actually used quotes
How many times have you signed documents without looking at every word? We figure that because we’re good and honest people, everyone else is and no one would try to trick us. But, according to the Wall Street Journal companies are now getting their interns to sign non-compete and non-disclosure
Yesterday, I wrote about ghosting at work and I got a tremendous response from readers about their own stories. Enjoy or be horrified, depending on what side of the interview table you’re on. Donald: We had an HR manager scheduled to start in an Asian country. She did not show up the
Have you had a new hire not show up on what was supposed to be her first day? Have you had a job candidate come in for an interview and then stop returning your calls and your emails? Have you had a new hire work for a few weeks
