I am currently on Short Term Disability for birth of my baby for 6 weeks. I have arranged to take 6 more weeks after that–FMLA. The company and department annual review period and increases fall during the time frame I will be out. My manager e-mailed me that
Most recently I switched jobs due to an enticing “creative & leadership” role and have been there for 3 months. Upon starting, I was asked to complete a presentation for my manager and “higher-ups”. I did a rough draft, presented it to manager and explained that I was
Hello Evil HR Lady, I’m hoping you can help me with an uncomfortable situation. I promise this is not a fictional story. It really happened. And I’m hoping you can give me some honest feedback. I’m 43 years old and have been working in medical marketing for the
I’m in California, in a mortgage company. Can I require employees to pay to use Funding Suite, a tool to run credit for clients? They are abusing the right. The bill is way out of hand. What can I legally do. Legally, I have no idea. I am
Bootstrapper just put together a list of the top 100 articles every HR person should read. I haven’t had enough time to read many of them yet, but there seems to be a lot of good info out there. Go check it out!
I need to know where I stand with this issue. I was offered a job with a company, they sent me an offer letter, I accepted. I passed the tox screen test and the background check. I was to start on Monday 1/28/08. They called me yesterday, the
Firstly, thanks for proving that HR people are not truly evil – but are maligned, perhaps somewhat like dentists. Thanks for your blog, it’s very interesting, and truly different. Secondly, an interesting question for you: If you met a random Joe Blow on the street, What 5-6 questions
I am a manager of a very small, service oriented company(20 employees). I was promoted 3 years ago to my current position from the bookkeeper’s position. I came with no previous HR experience, training or college degree. I have learned what I do know, right or wrong, by
I was dismissed from a job. I’ve been applying to other businesses and just found out that when someone calls this company to verify employment, etc., they say that I was dismissed. Why does that seem wrong/unfair? Or am I being a baby about this? There are two
The next time your management complains that your management training budget is too high, perhaps you can show them this New York Times article: The Lockheed Martin Corporation, the military contractor, has agreed to pay a former employee $2.5 million, more than any person has received in the
