Evil HR Lady, My husband was recently fired from a job – long story and not important. It has been 1 month since his firing and we just discovered that the HR dept at his former employer had not even received the paperwork stating he’s been fired. He’s
Yeah! I’m so excited, I can hardly stand it. Our friend at Ask a Manager has posted What Does a Good Cover Letter Look Like”. I have never been very good at cover letters (and frankly, I’ve never really seen a great one before today), so I’ve been
I have a friend that is employed by a subsidiary of a large UK company, but here in the states there are only 38 employees. The friend fell into some acute depression recently, and I suspect it will take at least a month before this person is able
Dear EvilHRLady, I burned-out a couple of years ago in my first attempt at a management job and have struggled at work trying to do the best I could. I finally decided that I had to have a change and quit my job about a month ago. I’ve
Is now up at Gautam Ghosh’s place. There is all sorts of fascinating info out there, so run over and read it. The next carnival will be held June 27 at The HR Capitalist.
The Offspring’s dance recital was this Saturday. I love this picture because it is an example of many companies–everyone is supposed to be doing the same thing, but no one is. Sure, they are all wearing the same costume and on the same stage, but none of
The Carnival of the Insanities is up over at Dr. Sanity’s place.
Get your submissions in to Gautam Ghosh as soon as possible for this week’s fabulous carnival. Send them to gautam dot ghosh at gmail dot com.The June 27th Carnival will be hosted by Kris Dunn at The HR Capitalist. The July 11th Carnival will be hosted by Lisa
You mean the problem isn’t just with crazy executives and there might be some problem with regular employees? I’m shocked. Stanely Bing, who wrote Crazy Bosses, wrote this article on crazy employees. Because we are nuts, you know, we who work for those who go insane above us.
The New York Times published an article on being chronically late–on Sunday. It’s now Friday and I’m getting around to blogging about it. Hmmmm… Anyway, they say those who are chronically late don’t do so to control or offend, they just are late–for everything. If you are one
