Dear Evil HR Lady, SO glad I stumbled across your website, as I need some direction. 5 years ago and fresh out of college, I got a DUI. I did not learn my lesson, because in March of 2006, I got a second after happy hour w/ a
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Hello, I have a question, I applied to a Fortune 500 company with over 50,000 employees. They did a very extensive background check on me and haven’t let me know anything as of yet. My start date was due to be July 16th. There was one issue and
I have an HR person (probably not evil) insisting that I must provide my salary at each previous employer so they can do a background check before I start. This is all after I’ve already accepted a written job offer (they asked me to complete an application at
Hi, HRLady, After reading the last entry in your blog, I start wondering what would be your take on my current situation, so here goes a question for you. I’m working as a contractor for a 100 Fortune company in the US, while I wait for my greencard
Hi Evil HR Lady, I have a question. I work in Human Resources for a casino and today was told that my status is being changed from exempt to non-exempt. When I asked why, I was told that it was because I had some clerical duties in my
The latest and greatest Carnival of HR is up over at HR Thoughts, hosted by Lisa. Hop on over! The July 25th Carnival will be hosted by the Manager at Ask a Manager. The August 8th Carnival will by hosted by Ann Bares at Compensation Force. The August
Hello- I have an extremely ambiguous position and non fitting job title. And I’m looking for a new job. I read in a previous post that it’s your company policy to only disclose title and dates. Due to this, issue I am altering my title to reflect the
Dear Evil HR Lady, Love your blog- well-written, funny, insightful. I have a Masters in Human Resources and now a J.D. I don’t want to practice law (no work-life balance), and would like to work for the Fed gov’t instead doing labor relations (interesting, potentially better work-life balance).
Is up at The HR Capitalist. Appropriately it is a top 10 list of the reasons to be in HR. Hop on over and take a look at the list. The July 11th Carnival will be hosted by Lisa Rosendahl at HR Thoughts. The July 25th Carnival will
I have worked in pharmaceutical sales for the last 24 years 22 with the same company and was downsized. I have interviewed with a company and the have sent me a pre-employment consent form. On my resume I said I have a bachelors degree . But I have