Would you believe that the California Government did something not right? They offered a bonus for early completion on repair of the collapsed bridge in Oakland. The result? Bridge repair complete in 17 days. It takes longer than that for pot holes to be filled around here. Here’s
You know what your name is. I realize that. Your friends recognize your voice when you call them. However, when you are an employee, or former employee, and you call some HR lady (an Evil one at at that) with a question and you get her voicemail, don’t
Or, rather, thoughts on blogging. I posted here about blogging anonymously. I mentioned that one of my favoritebloggers, Dr. Flea, pulled his blog down. Well, he should have done it earlier: It was a Perry Mason moment updated for the Internet age. As Ivy League-educated pediatrician Robert P.
Is now up over at 8 Hours & a Lunch. Hop on over and find the big top. The June 13th Carnvial will be hosted by Gautam Ghosh at A Management Consultant’s Blog. The June 27th Carnival will be hosted by Kris Dunn at The HR Capitalist. The
Hello Evil HR Lady, There has been some conflict lately around religious expression during break time at work. We have a small staff, Recently, the owner ‘caught’ two of us ‘praying’ quietly together in the break room, during a break (one worker was having a lot of difficulties
I got a phone call from a former employee. She had secured a job offer at another company. Their standard package for an employee at her level included two weeks of vacation and no stock options. However, if she could prove that her previous job offered her three
Hello, Evil HR Lady! I was wondering if you could explain something to me. My job was recently reclassified from exempt to non-exempt. I understand the technicalities of it. What I don’t understand is the real implication. I’ve never been classified as non-exempt, not even years ago when
Just a reminder to get your submissions to Deb at 8 Hours and a lunch. Send them to debra(dot)owen(at)insightbb(dot)com and put Carnival in the subject line! I’m going to send my submission right now!
Hello! I’m writing with a quick question regarding “the offer.” I’m currently working in a position where when one crazy employee was fired, I was told I’d be promoted to cover both her position and mine…in February. It is now May and despite periodic check-ins, I’ve been told
Dear E.H.R. Lady, I love your blog! I’m hoping you’ll share your opinion on this issue. My workplace is a large non-profit organization where staff are unionized. We have an admin assistant — I’ll call her “Tina” — who is incompetent, insubordinate, and lazy. She has been this
