Field service techs have a tough job. It’s hard to work in air-conditioned comfort when you’re sweating on the job because you’re fixing someone’s broken air conditioner. Unless it’s winter, in which case you’re freezing because you’re there to fix the furnace. Not only are field service jobs
Your company is successful — so successful that you’re expanding into new markets. It’s great news, but it doesn’t come without challenges. Human resources has many considerations to keep in mind as you streamline business processes in new markets and hire to fill newly created positions. Maintaining a strong
Although it may feel like you just finished open enrollment, it will be here again before you know it. It’s a busy time of year, so you’ll thank yourself if you prepare in advance! To help you successfully navigate another sign-up period, we’ve put together a guide to open enrollment.
My friend Leesha almost died due to unconscious bias against obese women when her doctors dismissed her extremely high blood pressure as simply nerves for being in the hospital. Leesha went to see her doctor, complaining of shortness of breath and tachycardia (an abnormally high heart rate). She also has a history of
Eating better and exercising more are common sense things that most of us should do. And so it makes sense that a program at work that encourages these things will help us be healthier, which will, in turn, mean we’ll show up to work and not need quite so
I had the best opportunity to be on Alison Green’s Ask a Manager podcast. We talked a bit about HR, and answered a few listener’s questions. You can listen here: Ask a Manager Podcast
Sheera Frenkel posted a twitter thread about the troubles she, as a mother, had trying to get to fill an unexpected guest slot on MSNBC. It’s frustrating and difficult, but she perseveres and manages to get on camera. This is her main complaint: And I’m on! It’s a story
This just was discussed at work…fingerprints & background check are required before anyone may start work. But what if you don’t have fingerprints? The new hire in question is a musician and has worn them off. I recall I had a college professor who had lost his due
If you thought bullying was something we all left behind in junior high school, you can count yourself lucky. According to the Workplace Bullying Institute, 19 percent of employees experience bullying in the workplace, and 60.4 million of us are affected by it. Right now, workplace bullying laws don’t
Team building events can be good, mediocre, and bad, but until yesterday I hadn’t heard of one that I found completely horrifying. Joanna Holman tweeted this: I think I’ve found the world’s single worst workplace team building activity: Compulsory co-worker cuddling sessions in special tents. There’s even multiple
