IF YOU’VE ever joked about your boss being a robot, stop laughing, they soon could be. A web service has launched that allows software algorithms to automatically recruit, hire and pay workers to do a wide variety of tasks. “For the last 60 years, humans have controlled software
Almost a year ago I left a job at a small company I had been with for many years. At the time I gave notice, I was instructed that I was not to inform any customers of my departure. I respected that as I don’t believe it was
Dear Evil HR Lady, Don’t tell me to just get a new job. I live in a small town, I can’t move because my parents are sick, and there is no other company I can work at. The work I do is fine, but I work with 3
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
