Dear Evil HR Lady, My employer asked me to resign. I had no early warnings nor complaints about my work performance. They won’t tell me the reason. Should I sign the termination letter on the spot? Can I ask them if I can review it first? What questions
Dear Evil HR Lady, We have a new employee who we gave $3000 up front for a relocation package. Since then, their receipts have been turned in and the receipts only total $1980. Can the company require the unused money be returned to the company? If the employee
Dear Evil HR Lady, I am the senior person on my team. I handle the biggest workload of all my coworkers, and I have good performance appraisal ratings. So why did someone with three less years of experience than I have just get promoted and is now my
Dear Evil HR Lady, Is it all right to include my job as an assistant manager for our family business on my resume? My friends are telling me not to. Do recruiters look down on people who worked for family businesses? To read the answer click here: Should
Male bosses are more likely to believe that you’re actually working when they can’t see you, survey says. To read more click here: Survey sheds new light on male bosses and trust
Businesses aren’t doing background checks as frequently as they used to, according to a new SHRM survey. To read more click re: Bad credit, criminal record? Time to apply for jobs!
A new study in the journal Organization Science finds that when managers have to explain their pay-raise decisions to employees, they give more money to men than they do to women — even if the workers’ performance is equal. to read click here: Why men get bigger pay hikes than
The Los Angeles Times is fretting over men leading the economic recovery. The paper reports: Even as women have moved up the economic ladder and outpaced men in earnings growth over the last decade, they are lagging behind in a crucial area — getting new jobs. Translation: Even though
Everyone knows that employees who are bullied at work are more likely to quit. But a new study from the University of British Columbia shows that it’s not only the victim who is likely to bail — the person’s coworkers are also likely to leave their jobs: To read
Dear Evil HR Lady, I’ve applied for countless positions, for about a full year now, with one organization. In early spring, I received a call back from a recruiter who was very rude. She kept looking for reasons for why I would not have the time
