You’re an exempt employee putting in way more than 40 hours a week. So can your employer make you take PTO time if you need to be out of the office for 2 hours? Should they? I’m Exempt: Can My Employer Deduct PTO for Doctor’s Appointments?
What you want is to be overpaid. Right? Wrong. What you want is to be underpaid. Here’s why. Why It’s Better to be Underpaid
Dear Evil HR Lady, I was just curious if you can be fired for having a sleeping disorder that causes mild narcolepsy? I disclosed to my district manager that once I became tired (after a 10-12 hours work shift) it could happen. He was already upset that he
Dear Evil HR Lady, I lost my job over a year ago. It paid very well and since then I have jumped around to about 4 different jobs trying to find a good fit and reasonable pay. Most of the jobs were beneath my skill level but I
What do you say about your current company when that company is practicing weird science? How about the truth? How to Answer Interview Questions About Your Weird Employer
Dear Evil HR Lady, I have a manager, who for 6 quarters, did not deliver on his sales targets. He gets away with it by shifting blame on team members and wrong customer account selection. After missing his first 3 quarters, he blamed it on team and almost
If you’re overweight, does it affect your chances of getting a new job? Of course it shouldn’t, but does it? Am I Too Fat to Get Hired?
When HR tells you to keep checking the website, do they really mean it? Or is that just the wimp’s way of saying, “don’t call us, we’ll call you?” Should I Keep Applying to the Same Company?
I haven’t posted for a while, which is strange, I know. But it isn’t for lack of questions, but rather because my darling toddler poured a bottle of water over my laptop keyboard. Why, I ask, do they not make computers waterproof? Anyway, I am now the owner
I’m doing an out of town job search and the recruiter from one of my target companies finally called me to schedule an interview. I am paying for my own plane ticket to get to the interview. This is a large hospital so they have applicant tracking software