I have a title, more than two employees, satisfy the salary requirement, and have weight given to my decisions to hire , fire, task assignment, etc… So I’m exempt right? I am salaried for 40 hr. a week, about half of the work year I repeatedly put in
18 year old Chuck E. Cheese employee to fellow employees: “I’m voting Obama and don’t argue with me because no one beats me on politics. I study the stuff. And Joe Biden is hot.”
If one of your employees wrote a letter like this would you laugh or write the person up? I laughed. (Not that I work for this law firm. I don’t work for a law firm.) Via lowering the bar.
I’ve had interviews with a prospective employer and multiple discussions over the last month. The prospective employer said they would have an offer to me tomorrow (Thursday) 10/2. I was terminated today (Wednesday) from my current employer (entire career /work history is with this employer, over 10 years)
I get a weekly e-mail from BLR called HR Strange But True. It’s usually some fluff about resumes or such. Interesting, but nothing to blog about. Until the last e-mail. They proclaim that “Sexists Get Paid More!” This, is a “strange” phenomenon. Bah. They have not thought it
The Carnival of HR has a new home! Yeah! All the updates and info you need is over there. Ask A Manager has taken over the responsibility of tracking and guiding the carnival. She’s awesome. Party on!
This week, I had an employee come to me and complain about other employees not washing their hands after using the bathroom. They wanted me to put up signs telling people they need to wash their hands before returning to work. Needless to say, I do NOT work
There has been some serious slacking in the Carnival world and we don’t want to get bad performance reviews because of it. If you hurry up and make a submission, you just might make today’s carnival at Sharp Brains. Send an e-mail to alvaro at sharpbrains dot com.
I was reading your blog about Tuition Policies. I’m in a very unique situation and wondered your advice. My previous company paid for my Tuition for 1 year, then they informed me that they were going to outsource my job, and I wouldn’t have to pay this back.
Check this out. It’s a parody of a school form. I need to get more creative and make up a new hire form.
