Dear Evil HR Lady, I am a manager of a small healthcare facility with a staff of 8. I hired a new nurse who was very competent and intelligent, but who was instantly disliked by another nurse (we’ll call her the “old nurse”), who had been there for
Month: August 2006
But enough about my needs. (Well, there is never enough about my needs, it’s all about me! Sorry, I’m digressing again.) I found this article fascinating. Women do care about other humans. That’s why so many of us get into Human Resources in the first place. (And then
Dear Evil One, I notice that top-level management types are always “moving on to other challenges.” Is this just a euphemism for fired? Are there any signs to tell us low-level types that the old boss really did get a swell new opportunity or that we better start
Dear Evil HR Lady, I went on a job interview recently and the HR person said, “Give me an example of how you went ‘above and beyond’ in customer service. This was not a grocery store clerk job. This was a director level finance position. What gives? Signed
Professionally, I’m not in Employee Relations or Staffing. Why? Because I don’t like people. Okay, I do like people. In fact, there are even people that I love. Just not people who whine (what employee relations deals with) or people who lie (what staffing reps deal with). But,