I started work in January 08 as an HR Manager for a very small company of 35 employees. I was told this week that they can no longer afford to keep this position as they are “hurting” for money. I am in a protected class and wondered if
Month: May 2008
I have a co-worker (who also happens to be a house-mate). We had been working together at the same company for two weeks when this individual was fired this week due to inappropriate use of company property (extremely inappropriate web-site browsing) coupled with over-anxiety for a skill-test. I
Okay, first of all, I have a no bad language (Including crude, rude and socially unacceptable language) rule on my blog. You know that. (Or you should. No bad language, please!) And I think a similar rule should be enforced in the workplace. Why? Because it’s not polite.
Many of the problems we deal with in Human Resources stem from managers being unable to solve problems in their departments. Now, I know full well that those non-management types aren’t perfect little angels either. They cause the problems in the first place. (Or rather, it’s a joint
I just spoke with our Finance Director, who indicates that, due to our company’s subpar performance (of note: we conducted a 10% company-wide RIF in July ’07), our typical 4-5% annual increases will either be (a) zilch; (b) 1.5 – 2.5%; or (c) option “b” plus the possibility