It seems that everyone is getting bonuses due to the new tax breaks. Walmart, Disney, Home Depot, and Best Buy are among the many giving out bonuses up to $1000 to employees. There’s nothing better than a nice lump sum of money. Is there? With a lump sum (albeit a good portion is taken out
The flu is terrible this year and because the flu shot isn’t very effective this year, there’s a chance you’ll get it even if you did the responsible thing and get your flu shot. This means that your employees are likely to get sick as well. And the flu isn’t the only
I’ve stated before that sexual harassment isn’t a dating problem, it’s a power problem. This power problem is why you should have strict rules about managers dating subordinates. And by strict rules, I mean it should be absolutely, positively forbidden. But, romance between peers or people in departments that don’t interact
Our company was recently bought out and my annual salary per my contract is $53,300, we used to get paid on a different pay period and therefore calculation. Now we are paid bi-weekly. I asked my hr person because I have a $202.40 discrepancy now. They are paying
What if offering a better price than all your competitors wasn’t the best way to go? What if simply being the cheapest wasn’t a way to success? Meagan Fischer, the owner and web designer at Owltastic tweeted this story: Real thing that just happened to me: I quoted a
Jessie Stake and Terri Adams were both surprised by the tax documents they received from the multi-level marketing company they worked with. The numbers on the 1099ks didn’t match their own records: Stake’s records showed she sold $5000 less than her tax paperwork showed, while Adams’ was off by over
In 1995 I bought a black half-slip. I have no idea what I paid for it, but seeing how I wore it up until last week, you can certainly say I got my money’s worth. Why did I stop? Well, I put it on a few weeks ago under my skirt,
Like Google, Facebook, and Cisco, Amazon has announced that they will throw out the “tell us your salary history” question in the hopes of eliminating the effects of past discrimination. Several states and cities have adopted legislation that does the same thing. If a job is worth $75,000, and the
I am not a fan of swear words, so I was going to skip my friend Amy Alkon’s latest book, Unf*ckology: A Field Guide to Living with Guts and Confidence. Alkon and I agree on a lot, even though we are polar opposites in many things. (She swears. I don’t. I’m a church-going Mormon.She’s a
If you have someone you want to get rid of, but you are too wimpy to fire him, there are some things you can do to make him miserable enough to start looking for a new job, just to get the heck out of Dodge. Here are 10 of them: 1. Lower pay.
