Congratulations are in order to Prince Harry and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex, as they welcomed their yet unnamed son into the world yesterday. The new little Earl (he won’t get a Prince title like his cousins) weighed in at a healthy weighs 7lbs. 3oz and comes with a life long
Saturday Night Live isn’t really known for helping people make better life choices (although the Steve Martin, Amy Poehler, and Chris Parnell sketch “Don’t Buy Things You Can’t Afford” is a clear exception). But, this past Saturday Adam Sandler gave amazing (and hilarious) advice to all of us: you can’t
Graduation season is upon us, and that comes with a lot of boring speeches and a few gems. My niece, Katie Adams, and my nephew, Stephen Black, both graduated from my alma mater, Brigham Young University, last week; Katie with a master’s degree in accounting, and Stephen with a
Discrimination against people for their sexual orientation is wrong, right? We should hire, promote, and pay people based on what they contribute to the business not on who they date (or don’t date). But, federal law isn’t clear and right now, LGBTQ people only have clear protections in place in
Field service technicians are in and out of customers’ homes and workplaces all day long, and while some of those could be featured on “House Beautiful,” others are more likely to end up on “Hoarders.” What kind of advice should you give to your technicians to prepare them
It’s 2019, so you would think that everyone knows that companies cannot make hiring decisions based on race or sex, but it’s also 2019 so the whole world has gone crazy. So, I wasn’t entirely shocked when a friend sent me this job posting at Ashburn, Virginia-based recruiting firm Cynet Systems:
Remember when Amazon scrapped its artificial intelligence program for recruiting because it was biased against women? That wasn’t the end of computer decision making for Amazon. The Verge uncovered documents from Amazon showing that they use computers to warn and fire warehouse workers based on productivity. While I’ll argue all day that
Some people dismiss certain “types”of job candidates out of hand, regardless of skills, experience or potential. If you don’t fit their idea of what an employee should be like, you’re rejected. This is, of course, illegal in the case of race, religion, disability and a few other things,
My first non-babysitting job (I started babysitting for the neighbors at 11) was fast food; so was my second. I’ve worked retail, been an administrative assistant, taught LSAT prep, sold truck bumpers and trained people to use SAP. I’ve run numbers, and I’ve fired people, I’ve coached managers, and written countless articles.
Last November, thousands of Google Employees participated in a walkout to protest everything from forced arbitration to transparency in sexual harassment investigations. Google listened and granted much of what the protesters asked for. So why are the organizers, upset and in the news again? Retaliation. Illegal retaliation happens when you punish
