Improve Your HR

Look, I know everyone (except me) hates performance improvement plans. Unfortunately, a recent survey by HR Acuity finds they are on the rise. Managers perceive them as busy work — something they have to do just so they can fire someone. Employees feel that being put on a PIP is akin

Since 2020, DEI–diversity, equity, and inclusion–has gained momentum across workplaces, academic halls, and social media platforms. Some of the movement’s leaders–including Ibram X. Kendi, author of How to Be an Antiracist, and Robin DiAngelo, author of White Fragility–have focused on the idea that racism is everywhere, and fundamentally embedded into White culture in

Last spring, the Department of Labor announced the minimum salary required for an employee to be considered salaried exempt would jump up from $684 per week to $1,059 per week, or $55,068 per year. This was a two-step process, with the minimum salary jumping to 844 per week ($43,888 annually)

Name recognition in a company is generally a good thing–and can be very helpful when it comes to recruiting. But that’s not the reason Tesla can get away with lower salaries than those offered by their competitors. (And by competitors, I mean companies who compete for the same talent, not necessarily companies

Last week, Nick Fuentes, who Wikipedia describes as “an American far-right political pundit and live streamer who promotes white supremacist, misogynistic, and antisemitic views,” tweeted this: Your body, my choice. Forever. — Nicholas J. Fuentes (@NickJFuentes) November 6, 2024 I sincerely hoped no one would pay attention. And, indeed, in my own

Donald Trump thoroughly beat Vice President Kamala Harris in this week’s election, winning the electoral college and popular vote. Was this a further example of the glass cliff, where when a company (or in this case, an entire political party) is in trouble, they send in a woman who takes the inevitable

You may not be aware, but the U.S. is holding a big election tomorrow. Emotions and tensions are running high: if you’re in a battleground state, you’re probably especially sick of it. You’ve likely had so many texts from the Kamala Harris and Donald Trump camps that you’re seriously considering becoming Luddite and getting