Dear Evil HR Lady, I’m trying to get some clarity on a recent situation I found myself in. I applied for a job at a very successful and reputable company back in August. One of the main reasons I was interested in working there is that they
Do you ever get those LinkedIn update emails which proclaim that yet another of your contacts has landed a great new job? A job that you would have been qualified for, and would have applied for if only you’d known it existed? It’s not surprising that the
Don’t you wish your university had helped you figure out how to get a job at the same time they were teaching you about finance, philosophy or fashion design? College career centers tend to give advice about resume-writing (as if recent graduates have so much stuff to put
When you’re standing in the store trying to figure out holiday presents for you employees, stop vascillating between the desk calendars and the coffee mugs and figure out a way to get your employees what they really want. The people at Glassdoor have a new survey out on employees’ wishes.
Dear Evil HR Lady, I was fired over the phone for what my supervisor is calling “an untruthful absence” for which I used vacation days for. They are now emailing me demanding that I come into the office at my scheduled start time and report to our General
Do you have to work on Christmas day? While we tend to think of it as a big vacation day for everyone, many, many people are still punching the clock. Hospitals, pharmacies, gas stations, airlines, restaurants, movie theaters and call centers all have people working while the rest
Pop quiz: An average performing employee comes to you with evidence that he is underpaid by 5 percent. Your company’s budgets are already tight. He makes $50,000 a year. Should you: A. Offer a 1-2 percent raise; B. Offer nothing. In this economy he’s lucky to have a
I’ve gotten a few requests over the years for a newsletter, and I finally said, “Yes, that is a great idea!” The ever fabulous Laura Moore at Smallestdecisions.net set it all up for me. If you look to the right there is a place to sign up. Then,
Dear Evil HR Lady, I work at a Fortune 500 company. I recently found a scanned document that indicated that my vice president (female) and a peer (male) were buying a house together. I sent an email to my peer, Dave, telling him I had found the real
Dear Evil HR Lady, I work in a small department of a very large company, and we have very strict paid-time off (PTO) rules and guidelines that I feel my manager applies to most, but not all, employees. There is an employee that has the same job title