Category: advice

I have been with my company for 25 years. I LOVED my job until about 18 months ago as the Division I worked for was sold. My job duties started to decrease, and I could no longer fill my day. I told my boss this in my review

I’m a temp in an admin role. My payment and health benefits come from the temp agency that placed me in the position.  The agency’s fee is listed as a cost in that spreadsheet, and my entire department can view that information. That sheet is actively used, and

I’m an experienced leader and just started a new job–that they heavily recruited me for. I come in with a solid reputation in my field and as a people manager. Three months onto the job, one of my direct reports came to me and said he’d like to

I’m swamped today, so of course, I had to scroll through the Legal Advice subreddit and came across this: I was on a ride along with a cop. The officer made a traffic stop, gave the driver a ticket, and the driver is now trying to fight the

I have a question for you about discrimination and retaliation.  I’m in the HR department of a great company.  I love my company, and I appreciate my team.  I’m angry on behalf of a colleague.  This colleague has an Evil HR lady for a manager – she’s controlling,

I was reading a bit about your knowledge related to employment background checks. If I sued an employer, would this come up in a background check? I believe, from struggles I had that myself seeking employment, that I may have been possibly discriminated against by the mere legal

I have a few questions regarding vacation time for exempt employees. I recently submitted 40 hours of vacation time that my boss approved. During my vacation, I received a lot of requests for various tasks that my boss needed. He sent requests via email, texts, and on Teams. So during my vacation, I spent time researching

Ignoring problems is a tradition as old as time and generally not the advice people give you. You’re supposed to face your problems head-on! Don’t ignore them! Solve them! However, that’s not always something you can do. I got an email yesterday from someone who asked me not

I was given (after training for it) additional duties and a promotion. However, I am told that the raise and title for that promotion take 9 months to be applied, with the justification to make sure you can do the job. Even though I’m called the title, I

I’m an HR manager, and a supervisor made a complaint about another employee. I started an investigation by speaking to the accused on May 14th and looked into video evidence based on the accusations on May 18th. I was not able to find evidence of what the supervisor