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
I was fired from a major corporation after 3 and a half years of employment. The stated reason was that I violated policy, but I believe it was retaliation for reporting that I was being sexually harassed by a client. This client happens to be good friends with
I love TED. I listen to the talks there all the time. My next career goal is to present at TED some day. If any TED organizers read this, I’m a good speaker. Honest. Contact me. I promise to come up with something innovative for your next conference.
One of my BNET colleagues wrote about how women give the worst career advice. Ummm, no. Some of my favorite bloggers are women who give great career advice. I wrote my response here. I included advice from Susan at About Human Resources, Alison at Ask a Manager, Lisa
I just spent a week in Romania. I know it’s not the typical vacation spot, but we’re trying to take advantage of our few years in Europe by seeing everything we can. While there, we ate great food (really great, I gained 4 pounds), saw interesting sights and,
I have been working for a large corporation for about 4 years. My relationship with the vice president is great; I feel he is smart and respectable. My relationship with my supervisor however, is a little rocky. She is a flake, routinely calling in to work, crying over
“Additional Duties as assigned” pops up in almost every job description. Can your boss really make you do something outside your job description? Of course. Go read about additional assignments as required and then tell me about your strangest additional assignment–either here or at BNET. And, yes, unfortunately
I had someone send me an e-mail asking for recommendations for vendors to do exit interviews. I’ve never worked with a vendor for that, so I have no idea. (I’m sure he’d appreciate your input, though, so comment away!) But, he also asked: 2) What is the best