Dear Evil HR Lady, I was just fired for using my personal laptop, during my lunch, connected to the company’s “guest” wireless network. When you connect to the guest network, a “rules of the road” message comes up about acceptable use (gambling, illegal activity, etc), but nowhere does
Dear Evil HR Lady, Will the unfairness in salary range among employees ever end? I don’t think so because there are always loops that these employers can jump through to justify why you are paid such meager wages. I have a degree and experience, but have been laid off.
Dear Evil HR Lady, I work well over 60 hours and am a salaried exempt employee. However when I take paid time off, my boss texts me to call or email my team to get them to produce and work. Basically to light a fire under their butts
I’m looking for a suggestion for a women in business type book that focuses on gender differences/attributes. Anybody know any?
Are most young people ready for the working world? Not according to their mothers. A new survey commissioned by McGraw-Hill Federal Credit Union shows that moms are worried about their children’s future independence: 49 percent of moms believe their children are unprepared to get a job 44 percent believe their
Dear Evil HR Lady, How do I deal with have outdated references and having been unemployed for two years? Will anyone hire someone that has been at home just to find peace of mind and a life direction, that has old dated references? Don’t tell me to volunteer,
In order to get people to work for you, you have to pay them. And if you want good people to work for you, you need to pay them fairly. What does fairly mean? Well, it’s more than paying them the amount that they negotiated during the hiring
You want a healthy workforce. Healthy employees miss less work, concentrate better when they are there, and cost you less in insurance fees. But, employees push back if you do things like CVS Pharmacies did–requiring employees to reveal personal health details or else pay extra towards their health insurance.
After Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer caught all sorts of flack over her no telecommuting policy, she has seemingly done a 180 on the warm and fuzzy family-friendly scale with a new maternity leave policy that is, by all accounts, awesome for an American business. New moms who give birth themselves get
Back when I had just finished my master’s degree and I was on the “real” job market for the very first time I landed an interview with a law firm. (My MA is in political science with an emphasis in statistical methodology and judicial politics. Yeah, I know.)
