I began my current job just under a year ago. When I received the job offer, I accepted my boss’ initial salary offer without attempting to negotiate because 1) I was really interested in the job 2) My job search had gone on for much longer than I
As you might have guessed, I read advice columns. Dear Abby, Ann Landers, Ask Amy, etc. Lately everything has been, “go to HR.” Okay, I’m exaggerating. Just two days in a row in Ask Amy. Recently Amy dealt with a boss who took papers into the bathroom with
Dear Evil HR Lady, I am an IT professional at a very conservative Insurance Company. I got an upward transfer (not initiated by me) and have very strong performance reviews. Working with our webmaster, to test an e-mail insurance form, I put in some fake data to see
In a post describing medical school interviews, William the Coroner writes: I am glad that there is a cadre of interviewers. Were I the only person doing the job, I’d be tempted to take all clones of myself. I don’t think I like too many of myself all
We are hiring for a number of positions around the area (San Francisco Bay Area). We need truck drivers who can get to multiple locations easily. One week they may start at one site, the next at another. An applicant called in and I asked if he could
Dear HR-Lady: A professor of history at a small college with a Ph.D. from Columbia University, I’d like to take my skill-set and explore a broader world of employment options, but don’t quite know where to begin. With good cheer, Let’s start at the very beginning. A very
The Ohio Supreme Court has ruled that selling crack is a job. The end result? If you can sell crack, then you can work and are not eligible for disability. I cannot even begin to express how amusing this is to me.
I don’t do bumper stickers, but if I did, I would put this on my car. (From cafe press, of course.)
I’m behind on the whole question thing. Sorry. In fact, I’m so far behind I will never catch up and even if I did by the time I got to your question, the question would be resolved anyway, so it would all just be theoretical and so I
I’m a new training manager at a small ( I have personally benefitted from previous employers programs and am using my last company’s program as a model, but it was a much larger company and I’m not sure that it makes sense at my new company. Any info