Just a reminder to get your submissions to Deb at 8 Hours and a lunch. Send them to debra(dot)owen(at)insightbb(dot)com and put Carnival in the subject line! I’m going to send my submission right now!
Hello! I’m writing with a quick question regarding “the offer.” I’m currently working in a position where when one crazy employee was fired, I was told I’d be promoted to cover both her position and mine…in February. It is now May and despite periodic check-ins, I’ve been told
Dear E.H.R. Lady, I love your blog! I’m hoping you’ll share your opinion on this issue. My workplace is a large non-profit organization where staff are unionized. We have an admin assistant — I’ll call her “Tina” — who is incompetent, insubordinate, and lazy. She has been this
Frequently, when we talk about the leadership pipeline, the question comes up, buy or build? This means, do we train and develop the people we have (build), or do we go out and seek new people (buy). It’s almost always cheaper to build than to buy. Not just
This proposal is to allow men and women to work together without worrying about illicit behaviors occurring. I realize I’ve just posted about how I don’t speak for my company. However, I feel fairly secure in saying that we won’t be implementing this, regardless of whether we operate
Recently, several of my favorite bloggers have quit–or disappeared completely–from the blogosphere. Dr. Flea, Fat Doctor, Miss Snark, among others. (No point in giving you links to the first two. Dr. Flea’s blog has completely disappeared and Fat Doctor’s is by invitation only.) Miss Snark said she is
Anything about Women’s issues, I like to give credit to my good friend, Susan B. Anthony. After all, without her work (and the work of others) we wouldn’t have this New York Times article:After Baby, Boss Comes Calling. And it’s not just Susan B. that cleared the way.
Question 1: Hi, over the last year, I have seen many of my peers- managers fail in their roles, taken out of that job, reassigned to something different, only to land in their “dream” job with in the company. It’s sending out signals that in order to get
Is up over at Race in the Workplace. Carmen even has carnival pictures!