Mother nature is not happy, and since misery loves company, she’s taking out her anger on much of the country. It’s starting to get depressing. Very depressing. Add to the bad weather the reality that foul conditions can sap anyone’s sunny disposition, and you’re set up for winter
Jared Strong (name has been changed) tried very hard to soften the blow when he had to lay off an employee for financial reasons. Instead of telling her in the cold, hard office, he took her to a restaurant where he imagined the nicer setting and food would
Budgets are tight, deadlines are looming and your prized office manager appears in front of your desk to say, “I’ve been researching salaries, and I’ve found out that I’m underpaid. The general rate for office managers here in Sacramento is around $65,000. I’m currently making $55,000. What do
Hello Miss Lucas, I have a job dilemma. I’m a college student that will graduate in May. I have a job offer that I already have sort of verbal agreement with (let’s call it Company A). That was last semester. Now, I have a job opportunity for Company
I get a number of emails from people who have problems at work, go to HR and end up worse off than they were previously. Why is that? Shouldn’t HR step in and fix problems? Yes, and no. There are times you should absolutely ask and expect HR
Dear Evil HR Lady, I work in an IT Department for a large municipality and have an employee who is was hired as a day shift IT Supervisor by my predecessor. This employee has been a huge problem for me as he is highly unqualified. A little bit
With entire stretches of interstate being shut down this winter due to weather, many businesses are, correctly, also shutting down. The most important thing is that everyone keep safe and warm. But missing work doesn’t mean your bills stop coming in. What happens to your paycheck? To keep
Well-known sports journalist Kenny Mayne says it’s time to move the Super Bowl to Saturday. I would have written about this yesterday, but figured you were all still too hungover from the big game to read about it. And that, is Mr. Mayne’s point. It’s the biggest sports
The Wall Street Journal recently published an interesting article, Why Mom’s Time is Different Than Dad’s Time, by Jennifer Senior, the author of a soon-to-be published book, “All Joy and No Fun: The Paradox of Modern Parenthood.” Her article references a study that indicates that men and women —
AT&T, Lockheed Martin, Procter & Gamble and Xerox have signed on to President Obama’s request to hire the long-term unemployed. They may have done so for political reasons. After all, it never hurts to have a sitting president on your side. But you should consider it too. Among
