We have a salaried exempt HR employee whose daughter who is a teacher at a local school. Every year this employee sends an email to all employees asking them to give Christmas gifts to a needy child – in her daughter’s class. This HR employee will even ask other employees to cut out angels –
I am a Ravenclaw. I’ve taken numerous online quizzes to sort me into my Hogwarts House and they all come back consistently Ravenclaw. I agree with this. I‘m too wimpy to be a Gryffindor, too snarky to be a Hufflepuff, and not ambitious enough to be a Slytherin.
Is your HR department effective at stopping sexual harassment, or are they like many of the companies described by The New York Times, “ineffective”? There are many reasons why HR can’t put a stop to all discrimination and harassment (of all kinds, not just sexual harassment), but we can change that. Here
Queen Elizabeth II has managed to make the British Royalty what most of the world thinks of when they think about Royal Families. When she turned 90 in 2016, 76 percent of British Adults were in favor of keeping the monarchy and 75 percent said that the monarchy has an
Yesterday, another two public officials resigned due to sex scandals and their resignations seem a bit backward. The first, Al Franken (D-Minn) had photos of him inappropriately touching women. He, however, denied that he’d really done anything really wrong, saying, “I also think it gave some people the false
Matt Lauer, had a bag of sex toys in his office. It’s one of the many complaints against him. But do you know who also liked to play practical jokes with sex toys and hasn’t been vilified or fired? Bryan Cranston. Shocked? No one has said one bad word about the star of Breaking
What do you do when a customer wigs out and starts yelling the N-word at a group of teenagers? Do you A. Intervene directly B. Call the police? C. Do nothing If you’re the manager and employees at Denny’s restaurant in St. George, Utah, you pick option C. This is the wrong
The Prince of Wales officially announced the marriage of his son Prince Harry, to Meghan Markle. The wedding will take place in the spring of 2018. While I love a good royal wedding as much as the next Anglophile, this wedding brings unique tax consequences. Meghan Markle is
Two different friends sent me this video yesterday. It’s all about Millennial stereotypes–and Gen X (maybe really young baby boomer, but I’ll say he’s an older Gen X) stereotypes. I found it hilarious. A Millennial job interview from @TheDanielBrea on Vimeo. Not everyone did. Some people thought it was stereotyping at its worst.
WIn job interviews, hiring managers often promise the world and then when you start working, they pull it back. This happened to a reader of mine. During the job interview, the hiring manager said: “You should know that during busy periods, you will work more, and when things calm down,
