Dear Evil HR lady, I’ve been reading your blog for a few months, and feel like you give honest, straightforward answers, so hopefully you can help me understand my HR department’s strategy. I have learned that our HR department has been looking at company turnover. I realize that
I am the HR Specialist in an office of about 50. Most of us have been here for years. In March a new company took over our office however, the only thing that changed was the boss. He is an expert in our line of work but has
In my experience, the biggest conflicts I’ve seen in departments are due to a diverse set of personalities, not differences in race, gender and age. For example, Bob is a 8 to 5 type of a guy. You could set your watch by his comings and goings. He
Hi Evil HR Lady, I just found your blog, and it’s great. I’m writing because I am considering a career switch into HR. I’d love to focus on employee relations and helping to create work environments that are supportive, intellectually stimulating, and high achieving. The negative-nancy part of
Dear Evil HR Lady, I started my current job in April. When I accepted the job, I had a hard time deciding between it and another offer from a similar company. The deciding factor was that I really liked the manager of the group I was interviewing with
Look over to your right to see the latest Carnival listing! That way, it’s always available and easy for me to maintain. Happy Friday!
I work at a private country club. I have been a Director of Tennis for nearly 18 months with this company and have been threatened with termination 4 times in the last few months. The reasons have varied from I am never there, to my staff is not
Hello Evil HR Lady! I have this niggling little question relating to an ADA issue. The background could run to, oh, 15+ paragraphs–it’s all med related. Basically, last years, i had some medication related issues (I’m bipolar) that offended my cowrkers (OK, side effects made me smell). i
Is now up over at The Work Clinic. Natalie’s in the UK so it’s up bright and early in the US. The next Carnival will be on October 17th and hosted by our favorite HR Capitalist, Kris Dunn. Get your submissions in to him! As a reminder, keep
No, no, not mine (sorry for making you unnecessarily excited, Mom). Maternity leave in general. It’s an interesting topic and one that people don’t generally like to discuss–because it’s a sensitive topic and if you say anything against it you are a woman hating jerk, or just down
