Can a company tell you you have to leave your desk for paid breaks? There is not a specified area for these breaks, but we were informed we “can not” stay at our desks for breaks, or for that matter lunch, which is an unpaid lunch. This is
My previous post on salary history generated several comments, two of which are below (both by anonymous posters, by the way). What planet do you live on?? In a perfect world, people’s salaries increase with responsibility. In the REAL world, however, people’s salaries can stay the same or
Hi Evil HR Lady, I need your help! This will be the first year my company uses SMART approach to do the performance management. As a manager, I am supposed to set up measurable objectives for my subordinates. It’s not a problem for me to set up measurable
I updated my HR Blogroll. I know I missed some people that I shouldn’t have, so there may be revisions. If you believe you should be included, state your case in the comments.
Hello, I have a question, I applied to a Fortune 500 company with over 50,000 employees. They did a very extensive background check on me and haven’t let me know anything as of yet. My start date was due to be July 16th. There was one issue and
I have an HR person (probably not evil) insisting that I must provide my salary at each previous employer so they can do a background check before I start. This is all after I’ve already accepted a written job offer (they asked me to complete an application at
I’ve been tagged. Repeatedly. First by Stephanie Black, then by Simon Meth, the Career Encourager and by Deb. Stephanie’s tag was different than the others, so I will combine. She wanted to know, among other things, what I was doing 10 years ago. Well, this was the summer
Rowan Manahan has started a new writing project called the Definitive Guide to Clearing Job-Hunt Hurdles. I’m happy to be a part of it. I’ll post links to the other articles as well. I have two things to disclose. I hate job hunting My area of expertise is
Hi, I am Working in an Electronics Security Company as HR Executive. I was in need of new Hirings and tried, Local Consultancies, Newspaper Advertisements, Campus Interviews, Referals and still didn’t get a Quality Staff. (My Product is a Construction Magazine that is Market Leader in South and