“The days of feeling guilty for taking a sick day will soon be over.” This is according to Danielle Farage, an expert on Gen Z. And over at Business Insider, Emily Stewart recently explored a related idea–that sick days are actually about setting boundaries–although she cautions against taking too many days off. But here again, an increase in sick days
A judge in Texas just blocked the FTC’s new noncompete rule, which was set to go into effect on September 4. U.S. District Judge Ada Brown in the Northern District of Texas ruled that the Federal Trade Commission’s ban “is arbitrary and capricious because it is unreasonably overbroad without a reasonable explanation.” What
My boss, Rudolph, is micromanaging me. Rudolph wants to read emails before I send them out, view my schedule, sit in on meetings and send him a list of what I do each day. I can hardly function like this. How do I handle a micromanaging boss? To
Surveys show bad behavior when it comes to job hunting. A survey of over 1400 Gen Zers showed abundant reliance on parents for their job search. For instance, the survey showed: 25 percent brought their parents to interviews 70 percent asked their parents for help with job hunting Out
Starbucks is obviously a place where you need to come into work. You can’t make a frappe from your home office. Of course, people who work in the corporate offices aren’t handing out beverages with misspelled names on them and so can do their jobs remotely –approximately twice per week. The
Jennifer was a great manager who led a six-person team. She moved to a new company for a fabulous job, and you really can’t blame her. It was more money and a better title. You tried to replace her, but now it’s been six months, and the management position is still vacant. What
How important is honesty when giving feedback? One thing HR professionals hate is when a manager comes and says, “I can’t take it anymore we have to fire Tiffany!” And the HR professional pulls Tiffany’s file and finds that her last performance review rates her as performing above
If you’ve ever thought about turning your HR skills into a consulting business, this HRLearns training session is the opportunity you’ve been waiting for. Kara Kelley SPHR, SHRM-SCP, is offering a workshop that Victoria Purser and I think could be a game-changer for anyone considering the transition from
Your HR department is utterly miserable. Everyone hates them. Turnover is through the roof, and post-pandemic life in HR is wretched. This is according to a New York Times reporter who recently interviewed Workweek chief people officer Hebba Youssef, and others, about the trials of the job. “People in H.R. tend to be very compassionate, very empathetic,” Hebba Youssef
What if jerks are the ones who get things done? That’s how Shark Tank‘s Kevin O’Leary and Kickstarter CEO Everette Taylor began their recent conversation on LinkedIn–saying they do not look for likeability when investing or hiring. Kevin O’Leary said, with Taylor nodding in agreement: “In the early years and looking at the outcomes, I
