I was at a social event with a manager, “John,” who told me what he thought was a “funny” story. The story was about a former employee–who had been gone for almost a year. She had come to him to complain about coworkers who were using slurs around
Dear Evil HR Lady, I started my current job in April. When I accepted the job, I had a hard time deciding between it and another offer from a similar company. The deciding factor was that I really liked the manager of the group I was interviewing with
Whew! Compliance training is finished. Everyone knows precisely what they are supposed to do, and HR can breathe a sigh of relief until next year when you need to run the training again. But we all know that training isn’t enough. You have to reinforce the training, and
Are you battling employees who feel they should earn more, work less, and do meaningful work instead of submitting expense reports on time? You’re not alone. Deloitte’s Gen Z and Millennial survey found that “96 percent of Gen Zs and 97 percent of millennials say that having a sense
Join Vortex Events as they host a free murder mystery for Evil HR Lady followers. It should be more fun than conducting a sexual harassment investigation. October 6 12:00 Eastern, 11:00 Central 10:00 Mountain 9:00 Pacific Register here: Evil HR Lady Murder Mystery
I shared this amazing picture on Facebook and most people laughed about the Olan Mills style photo. (Side note: what on earth were we thinking in the 1970s/1980s?) One person gave me a lecture on how I was stealing jobs from real photographers and artists by using ChatGPT
I am an HR director, and I received an anonymous complaint from someone claiming to be an employee at one of our locations, outlining concerns about management behavior. In this case, the message included several specific allegations about how certain managers are treating staff, along with a few
If you missed yesterday’s HR After Hours special celebration of 20 Years of Evil HR Lady, you can catch it here! Here’s what we talked about: Rachael Harlan brought her bird Suzie and shared how training a wounded bird of prey is really the same as going through
Two things can be true at one: Law firm partners should not be snogging associates, and we should end this “gotcha” culture. In yet another TikTok-exposed scandal, a big law firm partner was caught making out on a park bench with a junior associate. Someone filmed it, it went viral, and
Have you ever wondered what HR professionals do when they are not on the clock? An Evil HR Lady 20th anniversary special event Welcome to HR After Hours! This fun panel will showcase the surprising things HR Professionals do when they are not working. While I’m sure our