This New York Times articles caught my eye. The first, Tracing Business Acumen to Dyslexia begins this way: It has long been known that dyslexics are drawn to running their own businesses, where they can get around their weaknesses in reading and writing and play on their strengths.
Park Place, Boardwalk, and a hidden map with a secret escape route? For Allied POWs during World War II, Monopoly® games came equipped with real-life “get out of jail free” cards. Wow. I did not know that. I’m not a big Monopoly player because my attention span is
Hello Evil One. I am leaving my company because of my HR department. The HR Mgr. has been sleeping with our boss for at least 4 years. I work for a private company that has a very impressive clientele. The worst part is that the HR Mgr. has
From Fat Doctor: PaniniFreak emailed me that the secretary at the high school where she teaches got a panicky call from a parent this afternoon. The mom wanted to know who would clear the freshly-fallen snow from her son’s windshield before he came home. I kid you not.
Hi Evil HR Lady, I am an exempt employee (recruiter/sales) and never get paid overtime. Our evil admin lady is a real clock watcher and wants to deduct from our sick and or vacation time anytime we are out of the office “unaccounted for”. For example one day
I came across your website this morning and I think it’s great! I have a very complicated question that I’m hoping you can help me with or at least point me in the right direction to get my answer. It’s a little complicated, but here it goes…. About
Dear Evil HR Lady I know that you’re evil. You work in HR and you even mention it in your name. But still, I think you’re the person who could give me some precious advice. I’ve been working in HR for almost 10 years and am looking for
I got sent a question about interviewing a potential HRIS manager. I punted to Evil HRIS Guy and he answered, in part: Have you any experience with outsourcing, or dealing with a SaaS vendor? Chances are your senior management is going to read a trade rag or buy
I am an HR manager for a retail outlet. In the last year our company has gone through management changes. When I originally started there was a CEO, Controller, three District Managers, a VP, and Office Manager and three accounting personnel. In August of last year, they hired
I’ve worked as a wholesaler (employee benefit specialist) most of my career and came over to the retail side simply because I didn’t like what “so-called” benefit consultants were doing to their clients (i.e. HR professionals like yourself) or not doing. I believe I can do a better
