Dear Evil HR Lady I am a 15 year old high school student who will be starting his first summer job this summer. The question I want to ask you is, What are several basic steps one can do to avoid being fired from his or her job?
Dear Evil HR Lady – I’m looking for advice on how to handle the following situation. I left my job 3 months ago and to take some time off – with no deadline as to when I would resume work. Then, a handsome and ideal job fell in
Well, I’ve finally had my yearly performance appraisal. I am, of course, a wonderful employee. (Would you expect anything less from me? Afterall, I am evil and I am in HR, so of course it’s a perfect match.) My boss did point out one, umm, less than perfect
Is up over at Dr. Sanity’s place. My favorite this week is 25 tips from the frugally insane. 11. Why pay for expensive jigsaws? Just take a bag of frozen fries from the freezer and try piercing together potatoes. 12. Smell gas? Locate the suspected leak by striking
Why aren’t you married yet? Are you dating anyone? Umm, hi Mom! Okay, not hi, my mom because I’m happily married, but unless you got married at 19, your Mom has said that or is saying that to you. So, it looks like your mom just got a
Welcome to the first Carnival of Human Resources! Many people have submitted fabulous posts about this lovely world of HR. The next Carnival will be in two weeks (March 7), so please submit your posts by March 6, and you can join the carnival. Submissions can be sent
Kidnapping faked to avoid wife’s wrath. SAN RAFAEL, California — A man who allegedly faked his own kidnapping to keep his wife from finding out he crashed her new car could face criminal charges, police said. Police said the 35-year-old man told them two kidnappers held him up
Jet Blue messed up in a big way. With last week’s ice storm, instead of canceling flights, they loaded up planes and stuck people on the runway–hoping the storm would break. It didn’t and people were stuck for hours and hours and hours. Just thinking about the horror
I was in Junior High in 1987. So, even though I’ve always been an evil genius, I wasn’t in HR yet. However, that didn’t stop me from getting the phone call from our company’s legal department. We were being sued. For what, I don’t know (I don’t ask–the
Where are all my presents? Hmmm, did you forget to send them? All right, it is my birthday (I’m 22 this year! Well, I look 22 anyway…) For my birthday I would like to start an HR Carnival. If any of you HR or Business types–or people who