Bad managers are easy to spot — unless it’s you To find out the signs, click here: 5 signs you’re a lousy boss
Saws. The kind you buy at the hardware store to cut wood. That’s what the play-group teacher dumped on the ground for 3- and 4-year-old kids to play with. Knowing that doing this, in the U.S. would result in the teacher being, at minimum, fired and most likely
Dear Evil HR Lady I am a new manager (3 months), and one of my supervisors recently notified me of an issue she is having with her co-worker. I explained that I was aware of the issue and was addressing it. (The issue with her coworker did not
Dear Evil HR Lady, I’m a 24-year-old female, and I work in clothing retail, (I’ve worked in retail since I was 16). I’ve been at [a large chain store] for 4 years. My question is this: Every 6 months the company “grants’” us an evaluation of our work/ethic(s)
Dear Evil HR Lady, I am currently working in a contract position that is due to end in the not too distant future and will begin looking for a new job in two to three weeks. I have done a casual search of the jobs that I am
Should employers look back at how you behaved when you were 14? To read click here: Were you a bully in high school? No job for you!
Dear Evil HR Lady, I have been employed with my company for 7 years now. I notified my employer I was pregnant this February. I am due to take leave August 15th. My employer came to me last week saying he needs to talk to me about my
(MoneyWatch) Some 58 percent of companies plan to use temporary employees — at all levels — over the next few years, the Harvard Business Review reports. Authors Jody Greenstone Miller and Matt Miller say that temporary employment is no longer limited to administrative assistants, warehouse workers, or other
Your employer can ask you to give up many things in exchange for employment. For instance, they can require you to sign a non-compete agreement, work a specific schedule, and consent to all sorts of confidentiality agreements. But what it can’t do is force you to give up
Dear Evil HR Lady, The company I work for, like many high-tech IT companies, has a guy who is very skilled and inventive but who behaves like a madman. He insults embarrasses, and abuses fellow staff — to the extent that some of them get depressed and cry.