That is, if your name is Carolyn Kepcher. Donald Trump and Carolyn (you know her from The Apprentice) have parted ways. Carolyn, as you might expect if you were a fan of the show, issued a very classy statement: After 11 years with the Trump Organization, Donald and
You just knew that sooner or later I was going to have to start blogging about celebrities, right? Blech. Truth be told, most of my music was purchased when I was still in high school and the last movie I saw in the theatre was “Wallace and Gromit:
I know several of you felt bad that Pluto was transitioned out of planethood. It seems we are not the only ones. From Fox News: LAS CRUCES, N.M. — Size doesn’t matter. That was the message as friends and colleagues of the late Clyde Tombaugh, the astronomer who
I promised I would comment further on Keith B. Hammond’s article, Why I Hate HR. I figure since it’s a holiday, it’s unlikely that any company is doing something truly stupid today, so I thought I’d come back to this. I’d like to answer this question today: Why
This week’s Carnival of the Insanities is up at Dr. Sanity Click over and read about Al Gore to Pluto to everything inbetween. If you’ve never read at Dr. Sanity’s, you are missing out!
I had plans to defend (well and do a little bit of mocking) HR today, but I’m afraid some HR VP has spent too many hours at the hairdresser and too little talking to actual humans. Radio Shack just fired 400 people via e-mail. Please, let us pause
I found this article, Why I Hate HR, today. I realize that the article is over a year old. What can I say? Perhaps I can quote Mr. Hammonds: “HR people aren’t the sharpest tacks in the box.” I would say something both witty and withering, but I’m
An old friend (we’ll call him Steve) shared his job hunt experience with me. As a recent graduate from a top graduate program, he was being courted by two separate companies. After interviewing, Company A’s Staffing Rep told him how impressed they were with him and then asked
The Richmond Times Dispatch reports: Roughly half of all sexual impropriety reported in U.S. prisons and jails last year was perpetrated by correctional staff, not inmates. Great. And it turns out that female staff were the offenders in 2/3 of the cases. Hmmm, not what one would expect.
Dear Evil HR Lady, Why do companies “request” that you not discuss your salary with your co-workers? Sincerely, Talkative Dear Talkative, Two reasons: 1. People are largely immature whiners. 2. Everyone else makes more money than you do. Let’s deal with the points in order. Truly, I have
