A friend sent me this article, Terminated: Desperately seeking plan B. Having been at least peripherally involved with thousands of terminations, but never having (yet) been laid off myself (my day too, will come, I’m sure), I found it fascinating. Especially this part, where the staff realizes that
I work for a company with technicians who travel to residence/business for installation or service. At the end of each day the policy is that all time sheets are to be handed in, so that at the end of the week I am not doing the data entry
I am a Project Manager who was reprimanded for going out to a restaurant for lunch with several employees. One of them had a beer and upon returning to the office he commented to the newly appointed (inexperienced and unqualified) “Executive Assistant” what she missed for not going
My question pertains to terminating an employee for lying on their application. Does it matter how the company found out they lied? Any insight would be greatly appreciated. Your question intrigues me because I’m trying to figure out how you found out about a lie in such a
My organization handed me an administration manuel w/ no hiring and firing procedures. I have a small staff and have had to fire on three occasions. The procedural steps I do use were gained by asking other senior staff in hallways what they do in this organization. And
Here is my situation…. I applied for a position, and was interviewed only to never be contacted again after the standard thank you notes were sent. I’ve found out that the company I interviewed with is e-mailing people who worked with applicants, but who weren’t listed as references.
Just to be wild and crazy (you know how us HR types are when we get together with the lawyers)the Carnival will be published on Thursday, rather than Wednesday–just this time. The reason is that our host, Michael Moore (the lawyer, that is, not the film maker), has
I relocated to a new state in 2006 and have just completed my first year at the company I am now with. So it’s time for the performance review. I did my self review – the standard rate yourself from 1 – 5 on a bunch of different
Not sure if this one is quite your ball of wax, but I’m looking for a way to say, as a positive statement, that I have had the authority/reponsibility of firing as well as hiring on my resume. Is there a better term to use? Ahh, excellent question.
We celebrated the new creature’s one week birthday by him being awake at the time of his birth (3:37 a.m.). Sigh. But, I am alive and I intend to resume blogging. Even though I’m operating on a serious lack of sleep, I feel so much better now and
