Evil HR Lady

Switzerland is super behind the United States as far as vaccinations are concerned, but I finally got my first dose of the Pfizer vaccine two weeks ago and will have my second dose in two more weeks. This means I will be fully vaccinated when I arrive in the

After being trapped in Europe by Covid, I’m finally free to travel back to the US! And everyone is so tired of sitting behind a computer screen, I decided to meet as many people as possible! I’ll be fully vaccinated and ready to mingle and help HR professionals in PERSON!

Do you do a background check on your executive candidates?  For whatever reason, we think it’s important to double-check that the kid with fast food experience didn’t lie about his experience. Surely someone with a stellar resume is too important, and bosses who are too important to contact.

I’m an HR manager, and a supervisor made a complaint about another employee. I started an investigation by speaking to the accused on May 14th and looked into video evidence based on the accusations on May 18th. I was not able to find evidence of what the supervisor was

What is workforce planning?

Workforce planning is the people side of planning, but some businesses skip it, thinking that people will just appear when needed. Workforce planning aligns core business goals with people strategy. It makes no sense to plan on a new product launch next year without thinking about R&D,

Naomi Osaka said she suffers from depression and, as such, she didn’t want to participate in mandatory press conferences during the French Open.

Naomi Osaka said she suffers from depression and, as such, she didn’t want to participate in mandatory press conferences during the French Open.

The French Open and all Grand

HR departments are always busy. They track hiring trends, follow market-rate salaries, manage benefits, oversee learning content, mediate employee conflicts, fill out paperwork, developing workplace policies and more. So what happens when you’re a one-person HR team? You do everything yourself.

And with the legal scrutinies put on the HR department,

Remember when Amy Cooper, a White woman, had her dog off the leash and Christian Cooper (no relation), a Black man, asked her to put her dog back on the leash? This was a perfectly reasonable request, and it all escalated to Ms. Cooper calling the police on Mr. Cooper

“The great resignation is coming,” says Anthony Klotz, an associate professor of management at Texas A&M University.

This makes it sound like it’s some asteroid or maybe sharks, and all we can do is brace ourselves, get our post-apocalyptic jumpsuits ready, and invest in crypto-currency. Or something.

100 percent remote jobs are a hot ticket. After a year of working from home, some people have decided they never want to go back to the office, and, unfortunately, scammers are preying on them.

When you interview for an office-based job, you go in for an interview and

A reader question:

I manage field sales reps. I flew in for a scheduled “field ride” with an employee and upon arrival she let me know that she had a “doctor’s appointment” and wouldn’t be available for the field ride.

I sat around the city all day long until meeting

Did your neighbor just threaten to sue you?

Did your spouse hit you?

Do you want a divorce but can’t afford a lawyer?

Are you feeling suicidal and don’t know where to turn?

These things can seem unrelated, but your Employee Assistance Program is set up to handle all of

If you live in a state where the governor hasn’t lifted your state’s mask policy, you can sit back and relax. It may frustrate or anger your employees, but you can sit back and say, “masks are required at work! End of story!”

For the rest of

I don’t swear.

Let me clarify.

I rarely swear. The exceptions were like this Sunday morning when my cat made a flying leap onto my head at 5:20 am, waking me up.

I have never sworn at work, I don’t like swearing, and

Do problems seem to plague you wherever you go? Are you always passed up for promotions? Have you struggled to get new jobs? Is your personal life filled with drama? Why on earth are you so plagued when other people seem to have much smoother lives?

I’ll give you