Like everyone else, I’ve been watching the Twitter meltdown while munching popcorn and wondering what amazing thing will happen next. As an HR person, I know that many people in big corporations could disappear without affecting the company’s product–including many HR positions. It is abundantly clear that Twitter had a
Four cannibals apply for a job in a big corporation… “Well“, says the boss, „if I hire you guys, you have to promise to not eat any of our staff.“ The cannibals promise that they will not eat anyone and get hired. Everything is going well for a
I own a retail business, and sometimes customers can be rude and inappropriate, but I’m worried about a recession, so the customer is always right. I can’t afford bad ratings on Yelp or whatever. But my HR manager says I can be held liable for what customers do.
Turnover costs a fortune. Given that employees want growth, first place companies often look to fill positions is within their own workforces. Yet matching internal candidates with positions is still a struggle. With that in mind, LinkedIn is adding new modules to help recruiters find people who are already
Who could be more different than Elon Musk and “Weird Al” Yankovic? Yet both are in the news, Yankovic because of his new parody biopic and Musk because of Twitter. If you’re looking for leadership advice, you’re more likely to turn to Musk. Many people have written articles praising Musk’s “transformational
I work at a small, privately owned company of 15 people. I am third in the chain of command. Our CEO/owner is near retirement and at this point in his career is really only acting as a figurehead. My direct boss has just put in his notice, and
Elon Musk is looking to rehire some of the people he just notified on Friday. As people laugh about his incompetence in firing people that, it turns out, Twitter still needs some of. While this makes for good jokes, and it does look horrible, it also is very typical.
How much money would it take for you to change jobs? That’s definitely something that every employed job seeker thinks about. While money isn’t everything, there are definitely floors that each candidate won’t drop below. And post-pandemic, those numbers are shifting. As of July 2022, the average wage
Rumor had it that Elon Musk planned to fire 75 percent of Twitter’s staff, prompting an “open letter” from some Twitter employees who called it a “transparent act of worker intimidation.” That sounds scary and illegal. How dare Musk intimidate employees? Well, while there are some National Labor Relations Act rights
Finding market-rate salaries can be difficult, especially as pay rates increase rapidly in entry-level jobs. We know that you’ll make more money if you jump companies, which makes no logical sense–your current company should pay up. But they don’t increase salaries enough for current employees, although they will
