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Help evil HR lady!! The tables have been turned! I’ve just recently been told my HR Manager position has been eliminated (darn those salespeople, why couldn’t they sell more!!). But hey, I’m an evil HR person; I know the tricks to make this work. Now that my colleagues
First I must say how much I’ve enjoyed your blog – it helped me a lot when I applied for a new job last year. Now (for only the second time in my career) I work for a company that is large enough to actually have an HR
If you look over at my sidebar, you’ll notice that the Carnival of HR listings have been updated. You’ll also notice that there are a ton of available dates. (So, I kept listing until 2009 ended. I got a little carried away.) If you are interested in hosting
My job involves ten and a half months of working 9-5 and six weeks of working 8-8 and occasional weekends due to government department deadlines Apart from my co-worker, J, who works 9-5 throughout, because she has kids. I have brought this up with my boss since we
Is a supervisor allowed to ask an employee why they need to take the day off? The employees at the child care center that I manage are required to complete a request form when needing to take off part of the day or the whole day, stating when
I worked at car Dealership One for about six months. I was named sales person of the month. I consistently sold more cars than anyone else on the sales floor and I actively participated in all sales meetings and even started training other new sales associates who started
A friend sent me this article, Terminated: Desperately seeking plan B. Having been at least peripherally involved with thousands of terminations, but never having (yet) been laid off myself (my day too, will come, I’m sure), I found it fascinating. Especially this part, where the staff realizes that
I work for a company with technicians who travel to residence/business for installation or service. At the end of each day the policy is that all time sheets are to be handed in, so that at the end of the week I am not doing the data entry
I am a Project Manager who was reprimanded for going out to a restaurant for lunch with several employees. One of them had a beer and upon returning to the office he commented to the newly appointed (inexperienced and unqualified) “Executive Assistant” what she missed for not going