We have a bird feeder on our back porch. I just noticed that the bird seed I buy says it attracts the above birds. I don’t have any idea what a Grossbeak or Junco is. (I know, I know, Google is my friend, but I don’t feel like
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Dear HR Lady, Recently I was fired from my job for violation of code of conduct. I work for an outsourcing company with operations in India. Before my coworker left the company, he gave me a cartoon of an american child angry at her father b/c he declined
Hi EvilHRLady,I was fired after missing 3 weeks of work due to major depression and a bad reaction to the medication I was placed on. When I was diagnosed, I let my manager and HR Manager know approximately a month and a half prior to getting terminated as
Dear Evil HR Lady: I have a question. I am currently looking for work and have been on a handful of interviews. I have been asked a couple of times if I am currently working which I am not. What is the purpose of this question? I can
The real cast is now on and it’s purple. And waterproof! This means we can still go swimming and not worry about it getting wet at Disney World. The Offspring is quite happy with all the attention she is getting for this broken arm. I’m afraid she’ll
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Dear Evil HR Lady, Annually my company’s HR lady requests us to review and acknowledge reviewing all documents pertaining to corporate policies. She does this without informing us which documents have actually changed forcing us to re-read the same documents every year. It takes days to re-read the
Diagnosis: Buckle Fracture. 1.5 weeks before leaving for Disney World. Poor Offspring. It happened while she was (theoretically) watching television. I was cleaning the bathroom. Lesson from this? I should not do housework.
Dear Evil HR Lady, First, may I just say that I really enjoy reading your blog. It’s always funny and informative. Back in college I was an Evil HR Lady Intern for a Fortune 500 company and I actually really enjoyed it but have gone on to a