Dear Evil HR Lady, I was employed with a huge international firm for about 10 years. I was at a co-worker’s desk when a manager came into the office, told me to shut everything down and take a call from my acting manager in another office. I was
Dear Evil HR Lady, Is running daily betting pools at work considered a separate small business for the person in charge of the betting pools? Why do you ask? Do you want to run one, or do you want to get the person who is running one in
Dear Evil HR Lady, My live-in boyfriend of five years and I work for the same company, albeit in different departments. The company is big but our departments are relatively small, so all my immediate coworkers know him as my boyfriend and all his coworkers know me as
Are you waiting for a reply from me? You probably won’t get it, and I’m sorry. I have never recovered from this summer. (For those of you who are waiting for responses as part of an ongoing conversation, I didn’t delete those emails.) I just went through my
It’s Monday morning, do you know where all your electronic devices and data are? If not, you’re not alone. Fridays and Saturdays at 6:00 p.m. in December are when you are most likely to lose your smartphone, laptop or stack of business paperwork, according to a new survey
Dear Evil HR Lady, I have been employed by my company for 11 years and prior to this year have not had any complaints. This year a fellow co-worker started accusing me of first, smelling like my dogs. When she “thought” I got rid of my dogs she
Facebook isn’t just a convenient place to post pictures of your kids or your latest drunken escapade, it’s also the best place to work for 2013, according to career research firm Glassdoor’s annual “employee choice” awards. To keep reading, click here: Suvey: Facebook is top company to work for
Dear Evil HR Lady, I was recently advised that my employer posted my current job at a casino on Craigslist. I looked and it’s true. I know that they still need me in order to keep the casino open, but when they find someone I’m sure I’ll be
Almost every boss was once an employee. You’d think with that history behind them, when shopping for holiday gifts, bosses would be trying their best to get things their employees would like — or at least be able to use. I asked MoneyWatch readers to tell me the
Last week, I got a request from a guy called Average Joe to participate in a podcast about severance. It’s an important topic that I hope none of you ever run into, because it means you’ve lost your job. Anyway, if you want to listen, you can go