I have a co-worker (who also happens to be a house-mate). We had been working together at the same company for two weeks when this individual was fired this week due to inappropriate use of company property (extremely inappropriate web-site browsing) coupled with over-anxiety for a skill-test. I
Okay, first of all, I have a no bad language (Including crude, rude and socially unacceptable language) rule on my blog. You know that. (Or you should. No bad language, please!) And I think a similar rule should be enforced in the workplace. Why? Because it’s not polite.
Many of the problems we deal with in Human Resources stem from managers being unable to solve problems in their departments. Now, I know full well that those non-management types aren’t perfect little angels either. They cause the problems in the first place. (Or rather, it’s a joint
I just spoke with our Finance Director, who indicates that, due to our company’s subpar performance (of note: we conducted a 10% company-wide RIF in July ’07), our typical 4-5% annual increases will either be (a) zilch; (b) 1.5 – 2.5%; or (c) option “b” plus the possibility
Hello, Evil HR Lady. I’ve got a question that may be a bit personal, but hopefully it’s still general enough to be useful to you. I’m a philosophy major. (Go on, laugh, get it out of your system.) Looking at postgraduate career paths, HR is a remarkably appealing
I’m a medical administrator of a nonprofit organization. I am married and have young children. When I was hired, my job description indicated that my work was split between 50% patient care and 50% administrative and I was told it was a 37.5 hour work week. I didn’t
A friend of mine asked me this and since I am not in HR, I wanted to get a professional opinion. She had an interview a few months ago, and a couple of weeks later found out she didn’t get the job. Last week she saw that the
If you just read this blog, you would think that I’ve reached sheer laziness judging by the number of posts I’ve written lately. Rest assured that is not the case. I’m still working on the nightmare, soul sucking project at work and I am 37 weeks pregnant, so
Can you require the “ability to speak, read and write in English”? Or is this a surefire discrimination issue if the applicant meets all other job qualifications? Absolutely you can require this–if the job actually requires you to speak, read and write English. For instance, my job absolutely
The owner of the company I work for has tasked me with coming up with a way to make employee evaluations “empowering and fun”. While I understand how to use employee evaluations in an empowering way, I have absolutely no idea how to make them “fun”. Furthermore, I’m
