Some managers are not great, but these were truly terrible. Alison Green at Ask a Manager runs a vote every year for the worst manager. You can read them all here.
This year, I took a couple of classes that taught me the beauty of limiting options–or thinking within a box. They weren’t business classes–they were Improvisation (Improv) Classes. My friend, Susan Brownfield, runs Boutique Theater Basel, and she was starting an improv class with Pharmaceutical Executive, and Second-City Trained
Not every business is booming, so it’s no shock that a company would have to layoff a significant portion of its workforce. Better.com CEO Vishal Garg recently announced a layoff of about 9 percent of his company’s workforce, which amounts to around 900 people. Having not seen the company books, I can
I’m a human resources director for a large department in a big, people-oriented corporation. I’ve recently taken this role, and I’m still building my credibility. The problem is, senior managers in this department think most people-related work should be executed by HR. As much as I agree that
Brenda the HR Lady and Suzanne the Evil HR Lady talk about what happens when you try to cover up your own bad decisions. Hint: It doesn’t go well. Sprinkle some sunshine on your policies and practices, especially when terminating employees.
Year-end can come with holiday presents, parties, and year-end bonuses. It’s also quite normal to do annual pay increases effective at the first of the new year. These things are all good, but it may impact what the great resignation looks like at your office. If year-end bonuses and
Disney World just said they would no longer require staff (cast members) to be vaccinated against Covid-19. While Disney said earlier that they believed mandatory vaccination was the right path and that “more than 90% of active Florida-based Cast Members have already verified that they are fully vaccinated,” they decided
Former police lieutenant William Kelly is asking for his job back after the Kyle Rittenhouse acquittal. Norfolk, Virginia, police fired Kelly in April after he made an anonymous donation to a defense fund for Rittenhouse. Hackers outed what Kelly had wanted to be an anonymous donation, and the Norfolk police department
Join Suzanne and Brenda as we discuss HR leader, Heidi Pancake’s, nanny. Seriously, it’s what you need. Plus, here what Suzanne did when there was a naked guy in her pool. (Don’t worry, the show is safe for work and for families!)
On November 4, 2021, OSHA (the Occupational Safety and Health Administration) announced the details of the Emergency Temporary Standard (ETS) for Covid regulations in businesses of 100 employees or more. Two weeks later, after a court ruling by the 5th Circuit rejecting the ETS, OSHA announced that they would not be enforcing