My mother is working part time for benefits until she retires. She has hated this job for many valid reasons. They have reprimanded employees hatefully in front of customers and refused employees time off for medical reasons. She had cataract surgery on one eye and was required to
I hope you can give me some direction. My husband works for a commercial electric company that has several locations across the US. The company has been suffering financially and in March 2009 a memo was sent to employees offering possible transfer opportunities. He continued employed out of
First I just wanted to say that I really enjoy reading your blog. I like your straight forward answers and sense of humor! My question to you is what should a new graduate like me do to get into the HR world? A little bit about me: I’ve
I have a question about dui and job prospects. I know people really do look at your criminal records. Well, my friend is still an undergrad in college right now. He was hoping to get into engineering for the city (so a government job). But just recently he
I don’t hire people; haven’t hired people in years. But, I can still tell you that it’s important to make sure what you send to someone who does hire people is tailored to that particular job. I was reminded of this when I received an e-mail from a
I am the manager of a department of nine, four of whom (including myself) are exempt employees. The exempt staff has, for years, altered their schedules to cover the vacations, absences, and terminations of other staff, both exempt and non-exempt. This has never been a problem before. Two
When I’m put in charge of employee policy, I’m definitely adding this poster to the handbook. And posting it next to the cafeteria. Edited to add that my brilliant German speaking readers have translated the poster for me (I’m still learning “Das Auto ist Blau.”) and it is
This is a long question, so I’m going to break it into parts and answer each part separately. Oh, and Class Factotum, this is for you, since you asked for more posts. I’ve been busy learning German. I conducted an entire transaction in German yesterday–granted it was just
Unity. I know you thought I was going to say “our strength lies in our diversity.” That (and similar messages) are prevalent. We have diversity committees, VPs of Diversity, affirmative action plans and call minority candidates “diverse candidates.” (Which drives me absolutely insane, but that’s another topic.) When
Of course you do. Check out why this might help your career. Plus, make sure you read comment 2. It will inform you that I lack character and depth. But, you already knew that.
