Tattoos are becoming more prevalent. Which brings up the question, what do employees do about that? Do they refuse to hire people with tattos? Do they require they be covered? Categorize them as acceptable and unacceptable? (Flowers and hearts, okay. Knives plunging through skulls, not okay.) The Associated
The only acceptable lie is when your Aunt Grace* asked if you enjoyed her special dish at the family reunion. Other than that, never. Don’t lie on your resume. Don’t lie in an interview. Don’t lie in your performance review. Don’t lie about why you need a day
First off, I stole the headline, from Ben Stein’s column in the NYT. Now that I’ve confessed that sin, let’s read Mr. Stein’s ideas. The rich certainly have more money than the poor (that is, after all, what makes them rich). You can either moan and groan about
Dear Wal-Mart, I realize you didn’t ask for Evil HR Lady’s Advice, but you should have. You see, I understand a jury just determined that you had forced employees to work through breaks and to work off the clock. This is what we call “stupid” behavior. Sure, you
Dear Evil HR Lady, For years I was practically trapped by panic disorder that got worse and worse until I had panic attacks that would last 6 or 7 hours at least 5 days a week. It made me incredibly avoidant and increasingly dependent on others as many
Peter Lewis reviews Amazon’s new Unbox in Fortune. You can pretty much tell his feelings about it, by looking at the headline: Two thumbs down for Unbox: Amazon’s new movie service is a horror show, says Fortune’s Peter Lewis. The idea of trying to download a movie when
I don’t travel a great deal for business. In fact, when I do “travel” it involves driving to another site that is 15 minutes away. So, I am definitely not an expert on business travel. Still, I was intrigued by this NYT headline: There’s Simply No Excuse for
Somebody found me through a Google search where they entered the words “Evil Stupid HR.” I’m always pleased when someone finds me through Google. (I feel so famous!) This, however, made me wonder. Just what was this person looking for? I have a feeling they weren’t looking for
Dear Evil HR Lady, I work for a large company (there are over 5,000 people at my site alone). You would think that the same rules would apply to the whole company, or at least the whole building, but somehow the rules in my department are more strict
I apologize for my blogging shortage the past few days. Things have been a bit crazy. But, rather than give my normal long winded blog, I’ll give you a few news items from the past few days. I think this is my favorite. If you want a job
