I currently work for a small mom-and-pop company of only 11 employees, including the owners. The owners are husband and wife, 65 and 75 years old. There are two full-time female employees and one part-time female employee, and the rest are male. The co-owner (husband) keeps having “boys
I’m a brand-new HR director, and I recently discovered that an employee earns $13K more than her director, who oversees a team of 10. The highly paid employee, Jane, signed her offer letter in 2021. The finance team explained to me that the employee’s higher pay was due
What’s the line between “teaching” an intern and treating an intern like an employee? Does it ever make sense to fire one, or should you just suck it up until the internship ends? How far am I expected to help an intern if they are underperforming? Also, our
How does HR hold people accountable for the HR part of their jobs? For example, reviewing resumes, filling out performance appraisals, taking required training, signing documents, etc. I’m an HR professional at a company where employees take a lackadaisical approach to these checklists. They might be great at
I just started a new job and have big ambitions. I’m a hard worker and want to advance in my field. How do I get noticed apart from the veteran workers who have more experience than me and get better assignments? To read my answer, click here: How
I feel like a terrible new hire. This is my first job as a manager, and I’m in over my head. My employees ignore what I tell them to do. I went to HR for help, and the HR manager said I needed to figure it out. Help
I try to handle employee problems face-to-face and one-on-one. That’s what I was always taught — praise in public, punish in private. But the problem with this is that each of my employees feels singled out for their bad behavior. In their eyes, their coworkers never “get in
I have an employee, Bill, who’s been with us for four months. A couple of weeks ago, his manager called me to say that Bill had anxiety, clocked out, and was in the break room. The manager checked on him, and Bill said he was okay and needed
I’m new to investigations and employee discipline and also relatively new to this company. My concern is that I’m on my fourth investigation within one year about racial slurs and comments. The company size is less than 100 employees. Each incident has been in a different department, so
I own a retail business, and sometimes customers can be rude and inappropriate, but I’m worried about a recession, so the customer is always right. I can’t afford bad ratings on Yelp or whatever. But my HR manager says I can be held liable for what customers do.
