I had the opportunity to sit down with Jennifer Cain Birkmose at VivaValet to discuss some of the problems facing women in the workforce. (If Jennifer’s name sounds familiar to me, it’s because I’ve talked about her here and here. In addition to being a CEO, she’s my
For those of you who haven’t been following the drama of DNA testing over at Ask a Manager, you need to stop right now and go read this: a DNA test revealed the CEO is my half brother … and he’s freaking out and the Update: update: a
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Ten years ago today, in honor of my 40th birthday, I wrote this: Today is my birthday. I am 40. I’ve been planning this post for the past year, and curses, Jon Hyman, had to go and steal my idea. Turns out Jon is two days older than I
It’s the day of love and blah, blah, blah, or to quote Employment Attorney Dan Schwartz, “Each year, send a reminder to your employees with a copy of the harassment policy. And be sure to do the sexual harassment prevention training to your new employees as required under
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Let’s face it, a lot of life can feel like Groundhogs Day (if you subscribe to the Bill Murray theory of the day). We do the same things over and over, and it can get repetitive. Especially in HR–while there are always unexpected things there is a lot
This morning I got sucked into watching Facebook reels. The offspring inform me that these are just old TikToks, and I should go straight to TikTok, but I’m an old lady who likes Facebook and always regrets clicking on reels, and yet I still do it. Anyway, a
I’m a professional writer, but I’m not a professional copy editor. Typos happen. Genuine errors happen. And I truly appreciate it when someone messages me and tells me about my errors so I can correct them. But as a general rule, unless you are someone’s editor or English
Do those of you who live in the United States have any idea how deprived of Oreo variations the rest of the world is? No, you probably don’t, because you simply go to Walmart and pick up whatever Oreos you want at any time you want. What a
