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Month: June 2012
Dear Evil HR Lady, We have an applicant with strong body odor. By looking at her application I believe she is qualified but seriously I would not want to even be in the room with her when she interviews. Can we tell them or are we opening up
Dear Evil HR Lady I was recently moved to a new position at my company. I am unable to interact directly with my boss daily as he travels a great deal. I usually work with one of his other direct reports. She is new to the company. I
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Dear Evil HR Lady, I have tendered my resignation. The issue is that the notice period required by the company is one month. I would like to leave earlier, but I’m afraid the company will not let me do so. Should i just clear out my desk and
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Saws. The kind you buy at the hardware store to cut wood. That’s what the play-group teacher dumped on the ground for 3- and 4-year-old kids to play with. Knowing that doing this, in the U.S. would result in the teacher being, at minimum, fired and most likely
Dear Evil HR Lady I am a new manager (3 months), and one of my supervisors recently notified me of an issue she is having with her co-worker. I explained that I was aware of the issue and was addressing it. (The issue with her coworker did not
Dear Evil HR Lady, I’m a 24-year-old female, and I work in clothing retail, (I’ve worked in retail since I was 16). I’ve been at [a large chain store] for 4 years. My question is this: Every 6 months the company “grants’” us an evaluation of our work/ethic(s)
Dear Evil HR Lady, I am currently working in a contract position that is due to end in the not too distant future and will begin looking for a new job in two to three weeks. I have done a casual search of the jobs that I am