My husbands boss physically and verbally attacked him on Saturday because he was unable to work on Saturday, but requested his check for the weeks work. At that point he had already worked 62 hours from Monday – Friday, which he only receives his straight pay for all
Just a friendly reminder to submit your carnival entries to gautam dot ghosh at gmail dot com. Next Wednesday the Carnival will be posted over at Gautam’s place.
Dear Evil HR Lady, I’m a recent graduate of an MBA program. I was recently interviewed by a firm after spending 3 weeks getting documentation from companies I had worked with in the past. I was told the documentation was required just to start the interview process. This
Would you believe that the California Government did something not right? They offered a bonus for early completion on repair of the collapsed bridge in Oakland. The result? Bridge repair complete in 17 days. It takes longer than that for pot holes to be filled around here. Here’s
You know what your name is. I realize that. Your friends recognize your voice when you call them. However, when you are an employee, or former employee, and you call some HR lady (an Evil one at at that) with a question and you get her voicemail, don’t
Or, rather, thoughts on blogging. I posted here about blogging anonymously. I mentioned that one of my favoritebloggers, Dr. Flea, pulled his blog down. Well, he should have done it earlier: It was a Perry Mason moment updated for the Internet age. As Ivy League-educated pediatrician Robert P.
Is now up over at 8 Hours & a Lunch. Hop on over and find the big top. The June 13th Carnvial will be hosted by Gautam Ghosh at A Management Consultant’s Blog. The June 27th Carnival will be hosted by Kris Dunn at The HR Capitalist. The
Hello Evil HR Lady, There has been some conflict lately around religious expression during break time at work. We have a small staff, Recently, the owner ‘caught’ two of us ‘praying’ quietly together in the break room, during a break (one worker was having a lot of difficulties
I got a phone call from a former employee. She had secured a job offer at another company. Their standard package for an employee at her level included two weeks of vacation and no stock options. However, if she could prove that her previous job offered her three
