Dear Evil HR Lady, Currently I’m quite frustrated with how my boss is handling payroll. Understand, this is a small business consisting of only eight other employees and the issue may be victim to this fact. The pay schedule is set on the first and fifteenth, however, the
You’ve through all the hoops and now it’s time for the face to face interview. What on earth do you wear? What Should I Wear to a Job Interview
Employee perks are coming back. Is that enough to keep you at a job? What perks would make you stay, even if you could get more money somewhere else? What Perk Would Keep You At Your Job?
The winners of the stupidest title are: Michelle with her “Decision Support Professional.” TheAssistant with “Outreach and Communications Guru.” Any title with “Guru” in it, is a bad one. And Anonymous with the “Large and Complex Team Leader.” It was really, really, hard to choose and I thank
Dear Evil HR Lady, I work for a state supported college. I have worked there for 23 years. I have been passed up for promotion to the top IT job at the school 3 times in the last 9 years. Each time the top job comes available, the
In the past few weeks I’ve gotten a lot of emails from people who claim to be “overqualified.” To quote that philosophical genius, Inigo Montoya, “You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.” Why You Are Not Overqualified
Dear Evil HR Lady, I often find myself in scenarios where my co-workers ask the team to contribute money for a common cause. It might be the birthday cake fund (”The team has hired 5 new people and we need to buy a bigger cake, so we need
The Supreme Court gave the victory to Walmart today. The reason Walmart prevailed had a lot to do with their policies–or lack thereof. This is good news for all of us. Why the Walmart Ruling is Good For Everyone
In our culture, it’s not polite to discuss salaries. But what would happen if salary information was publicly available? What If You Knew Everyone’s Salary?
What is your most ridiculous title? Or, what title have you had that absolutely did not reflect your actual work?I’ve written a whole article on Does Your Title Matter, but I really, really, really want to know what lousy titles you’ve had. In fact, I’ll bribe you with
