President Trump has appointed Andrea Lucas (no relation of mine, I swear) to head the Equal Employment Opportunities Commission (EEOC). She has served on the committee since 2020, when she was appointed by President Trump. Lucas has vowed to make big changes at the agency, which has a
I had fun talking with Tom Alexander at the Talent Show about improv and HR. If you prefer to listen, you can listen here: Diabolically Funny And I actually had a real improv performance the same night we recorded this. Here are some highlights! View this post
The day after the 2016 election, when everyone was freaking out about a Trump upset, I wrote this: “Look, the adrenaline is pumping today. It was an upset. But tomorrow everything will be back to a blissful non-election normal. You’ll go to work, drink your coffee, get a
Severance, AppleTV’s show about the workplace, launches a long-anticipated second season on Friday. While it’s a workplace show, it’s definitely about a different kind of workplace. Employees at Lumon, the company featured in the show, have their workplace memories separated from their outside memories. Their work selves (“innies”) don’t know
JPMorgan wants everyone back in the office by March. (More than half of their employees — including senior managers — have been working full time in the office already.) The announcement did not go over well, with many employees complaining on an internal site. So, JPMorgan turned off comments. This is
I am considering stepping back from a managerial role to an individual contributor role. I am burned out, frankly, and about six months ago, my boss gave me responsibility for some groups that I hated dealing with — they are not my strength, and I did not want
In 2024, we saw a huge shift in how companies approached diversity, with many throwing out or radically changing diversity, equity, inclusion programs. Companies like John Deere, Walmart, and Tractor Supply Co. all made massive changes to their DEI programs in response to pressure from conservative groups led by Robby Starbuck. Today, McDonald’s announced
Gisèle Pelicot’s husband Dominique drugged, raped, and invited other men over to rape her from 2011 to 2020. Today, a French court convicted Dominique Pelicot and 50 other men of raping Gisèle. She was not his only victim. He posted naked and semi-nude photographs of his daughter and daughters-in-law on
“As a woman, you have to be less aggressive.” This is an actual phrase from a performance review I reported on in 2022. Two years later, we’re still seeing the same problems. And I’m not just basing that on anecdotes about others’ reviews. According to a study by the software company
The gig economy: I’ve been involved in it since 2010, and I love it. But understanding how it works, who is a contractor and who is an employee, and what a “permalancer” is can be confusing. Fortunately, Mellow’s new book, “New Work: Decoding Gig Economy Terms,” can help
