I’m not a huge fan of diversity departments, trainers or the ever present, “we’re not telling you to consider race in your hires, but you better have more minorities on board by this time next year or it will affect your performance appraisal.” Then, you have “diversity training.”
Is up over at Compensation Force. I’m so glad that the rest of you remembered to submit posts. I’ve been so stressed over Christmas and year end I forgot all about it. Go over and read it!
Hi I love your blog, so I am submitting a question/situation that I hope that you can help me with. Telecommuting is not looked upon favorable even though Congress is trying to change that. The reason I am asking about telework/telecommuting is because I would like to do
Dear Evil HR Lady, I have a question for you. I was laid off in a senseless “cut-just-to- make-cuts” decision by clueless upper management (who, by now, I already know are the truly EVIL ones – not HR). The thing is, I know that as soon as the
I got tagged by The Happy Employee, so I thought I’d kind of play along. It’s too close to Christmas to tag anyone else, so I’ll just answer the questions. 1. Wrapping or gift bags?I wrap, but despise it. I find the whole wrapping thing tedious. 2. Real
Have you ever had one of those days, where people ask you inane questions? Of course you have. Don’t you wish you could just reply with this bunny picture? (And somebody sent this picture to me, so I did not take it. If it is your creative
After reading your response to the women with 2 DUIs, I was hoping you could give me some insight. Here is my story: I graduated college in December 2004. I accepted a job right away. I was 23 years old at the time. 3 months into my job,
I am student and I am doing a project on social situation in HR. Do you have any ideas that I could do my project on? I was thinking about presenting information on Christmas and Halloween parties at work. Thanks for your help! Since the semester is now
A reader sent me a link to this article about a Florida company which has banned all employees from smoking–even at home, and asked for my thoughts. I don’t know why this reader thought I’d have an opinion on this, as I seriously lack opinions. Ha, ha, sorry
I recently retired from the Air Force in October 2007. What advice would you offer me as far as transitioning back into the civilian world? I have a resume that I wrote a few months back, are there any services which might be able to offer me some
