Amazon’s return to office announcement is a warning sign for remote workers everywhere. CEOs want to return value to shareholders, and it may well be that bringing people to the office can help with that. Really, that’s it. That’s their goal. Sure, they may state goals like “Amazon strives to be Earth’s
On Tuesday, I flew from London to Dallas on American Airlines. According to the flight attendant, the flight is nine hours and 34 minutes. Add another hour on the ground, and it’s quite the long trip. And the pilot left the “fasten seatbelt” sign on for the entire trip. Now, I’m not a pilot, but
Yep, it’s a presidential election. While we generally don’t think of elections as job interviews, that is precisely what they are. Long, drawn out interviews with limited candidate selection. And while you might want to repost the job and get new applicants, you don’t get to do that.
I’m writing this from Terminal 3 at Heathrow, waiting for an American Airlines flight to Dallas. From there, I will catch a connecting flight to Midland so I can speak at the conference on Thursday. I’m so excited. I want to give you a sneak preview of what
Mitigating Risk with I-9 Verification Software to Prevent Fraud and Identity Theft in Hiring In today’s hiring process, mistakes can be costly. Threats like fraud and identity theft can easily happen during the hiring process if you’re not careful, potentially leading to hiring unauthorized workers and accepting invalid
After working in HR for 30 years, I was told today that I was “too aggressive” and that I came across as if I had an agenda. I have never had someone say this to me before — I have been told to speak up more and be
I’ve worked under the “Evil HR Lady” brand since 2006. On Tuesday, I changed it to “Improve Your HR.“ Evil HR Lady was a solid brand name with good recognition. I still think it’s funny, and I’m very glad I chose it when I started blogging about HR back in the
Something horrible happened recently at a Wells Fargo office. A woman, Denise Prudhomme, died and nobody noticed. Headlines emphasize that no one noticed for four days, but keep in mind that includes a weekend. If Prudhomme died at the end of the day on Friday, it was really only on Monday that people
Oh, no! Is it possible that presidential hopeful Vice President Kamala Harris lied about working at McDonald’s? The Washington Free Beacon breathlessly points out that saying, “Would you like fries with that?” wasn’t on her resume, even one year after graduating from college! Admittedly, I’m not doing a fact-check on this.
Is it just me or are you surrounded by narcissists? We aren’t diagnosing anyone, not even my, uhhh, your ex. We’re HR. We don’t diagnose, but narcissistic traits are on the rise. I’m not joking about the increase in people who demonstrate narcissistic traits (see how I didn’t
