We had a conference that required us to work weekends. I worked two weekends in a row, plus the week. So, I worked 19 days straight when it usually would be 15. (3 weeks, plus two weekends.) My boss said I could take four comp days, but they
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I’m a W-2 employee on salary, and I’m exempt. I have two weeks of PTO. Can my boss do the following? 1) not give me a bare minimum of 2-3 days of paid sick leave 2) not allow me to make up time that I take to go
I stumbled upon this post on LinkedIn. I strongly disagree with the concept that it’s a mistake to ask about salary at the beginning. It doesn’t matter what the business’s mission is, how flexible they are, or if it would allow me to simply sit in a leather
I’m super thankful for my administrative assistant. Without her, I’d fall apart. I’m thankful for teachers. Without them, I’d have never gotten to where I am today. I’m thankful for nurses. Without them, our healthcare would be rotten. These three professions have national days that we celebrate. And
“Almost anytime is a good time for alcohol in Jude Maboné’s office these days. “The 26-year-old marketing professional in Washington, D.C., says her workday usually ends at 6 p.m., but on a recent Tuesday most of the staff called it quits and broke out the drinks at 4:30
I had a long conversation with a delightful woman yesterday. I asked her what she did for a living and she said she was a stripper. After ensuring that she was not joking, I asked her a bunch of questions about her job. Here’s what we have in
Scrolling through Facebook, I saw someone complaining about a sketchy landlord. Resolving the issue would require a trip to court. The poster had no idea how to begin, and someone made a brilliant suggestion: Contact your Employee Assistance Program (EAP). I was cheering–this is a resource that many
Due to too much negativity in this world, I am changing this blog to Angel HR Lady. From now on, only positive stories about HR! No complaints about employees, coworkers, bosses, managers, unions, children, paychecks, payroll, cooking fish in the microwave, drug testing, fingerprinting, recruiting, ghosting, FMLA, FLSA,
Job hunting is a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad thing. Even in Australia. Lately, I’ve been hearing people be angry with companies for not hiring them after being dragged through multiple rounds of interviews. I’m a big fan of shortening the interview process, but you should know
I’ll tell you the truth: I’m tired of cultural fit. It seems to have evolved into this “let’s get around discrimination laws” thing. Yeah, I know some of it is valid. If everyone else in the company adores working in the office, hiring someone who hates the office