I’ve gotten two e-mails asking about disciplinary hearings at work. Neither are union members and both work for large companies. The strange thing is, a hearing is being held but the accused isn’t allowed to attend. Now, I realize that companies are not required to hold to the
So, you’ve interviewed and now you wait. And wait. And wait some more. Why won’t the [bad word] recruiter get back to you? Here’s why. Oh, and recruiters, I’d love to hear your take on this, either here or at BNET.
Dear New HR Bloggers, Welcome to the blogosphere! We’re happy to have you. Honest. But, for the love of Pete will you stop posting comments to my blog that say things like this: “Great Blog! www.mynewhrblog.com” “I also have something to say. www.mynewhrblog.com” “www.mynewhrblog.com” “For other business posts,
My boss is killing me. She constantly takes on more and more for our department. We recently got impressive new titles, which elevated us to an exempt salary level (no more overtime), no raises, and a few more hours work per day for each of us. Stress is
What should employees do when the company isn’t even performing regular performance reviews in the first place? Note that we’re in an industry which is largely sheltered by the recession, we’re growing and we’ve recently received some huge new clients.Go over and read why a performance appraisal isn’t
Why is it that you can have a perfectly nice boss who goes loopy when you resign? Find out what your boss is thinking over at BNET.
The IT people in my company are seriously underpaid. If we ever complain about, management says they could always outsource our jobs to India, so we better stop whining. So, a year or so ago a co-worker and I had a great idea: we got permission to buy
So, I finally saw this movie. If you haven’t seen it, it’s probably supposed to be this deep movie about life choices and blah, blah, blah. But, what it really was about was firing people. This is something I know about. If you want to see it and
Dear Evil HR Lady, Three years ago I single-handedly opened the company’s only office and set everything up. I organized everything and made the company office something everyone in the field could depend on. I am called the Office Manger; but I do everything and basically am the
Dear Evil HR Lady, I was recently fired. My working environment was hostile at the least. My immediate supervisor, African American, was blatantly racist to me, white. Multiple people in the office, including other African Americans, have complained to HR about this individual’s racism yet the company protects
