Evil HR Lady

A lawyer, presumably in a hurry, submitted documents to the court that included references to “hallucinated cases.” Where did these hallucinations come from? ChatGPT, of course.  Judge Kevin Castel (S.D.N.Y.) is threatening the lawyer with sanctions.
ChatGPT has an annoying habit of making up information (hallucinating) rather than saying, “I

Röbynn Europe worked as a personal trainer manager for Equinox, a fitness center. They fired her after 10 months for being late an excessive number of times. Europe claimed this was pretext–an excuse–to cover up for the racial discrimination she faced.

It’s pretty easy to prove that an

Are you biased?

Of course, you are. We all are. And this isn’t a bad thing. We make decisions every day based on our previous experiences. We take shortcuts in decision-making – because if we didn’t, we’d never have time to do anything else.

For example: which line do

While we can all agree that calling a white woman “a Karen” (which is different than someone whose name is Karen) is offensive, and we shouldn’t call women that. But, employees don’t need a presentation–or two–on why they shouldn’t do that.

Bo Young Lee, Uber’s head

A reader sent me an email asking if a “1.75 percent raise” was appropriate for a salary in the $90,000 range. “It’s like giving a waitress a $7 tip on a $300 meal,” he wrote.

First of all, wouldn’t it be awesome to get a 15 to

When is the best point in your career to marry? This “hot take” by Tim Kempton, who advises startups, went viral on Twitter:

Hot take:

Don’t fall in love from 22-29, there’s to much to lose.

Your career will thank you.

— Tim Kempton (@kempton_timothy) May 19, 2023

The days of people accepting a job–any job–are long since past. People have options and don’t want to join companies that don’t match their goals and values. If you complain that “no one wants to work,” well, get in line with great-great-grandpa, who complained about that in 1894.

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ChatGPT won’t take your job. Someone who masters ChatGPT will take your job.

According to new research from MIT, participants who completed a writing task with ChatGPT support finished 37% faster and produced better quality output. In other words, employees who are adept at using ChatGPT will have an advantage in the

People instinctively know that hiring managers want to hire skinny people. But a new survey from Resume Builder found that 42 percent of underweight people feel that they’ve been discriminated against because of their weight.

Hmm.

Add to that; this survey found that

What color is your collar? 

The term white and blue collar comes from a time when office workers (primarily men) wore white shirts, and people who worked in factories and did manual labor wore shirts with blue collars. (Women’s work–typically positions that involved caring for others–was labeled “pink collar.”)

Today,

Bonuses are great. No one ever wants to turn down money. But, when a bonus is too small, it’s best to skip it altogether. For instance, take a look at the above example from the Anti Work Subreddit.

Handing an employee $25 as a gesture of goodwill on a

“As an early-stage tech start-up in elder care, communicating our purpose to potential candidates is essential,” says Jennifer Cain Birkmose, CEO of VivaValet. “We rigorously vet for qualifications and experience for our roles, but if a candidate doesn’t have shared values of respect, reverence, and a desire to support the

Everyone says they hate jargon, but we still use it. It serves a purpose–we all know what you mean when you say, “per my last email,” you mean, “listen, you dunce, I already told you that yesterday,” but the former has plausible deniability. Your dunce-like coworker can’t complain to

How does HR hold people accountable for the HR part of their jobs? For example, reviewing resumes, filling out performance appraisals, taking required training, signing documents, etc. I’m an HR professional at a company where employees take a lackadaisical approach to these checklists. They might be great at their jobs,

Expecting all your coworkers to understand your jargon is just blue-sky thinking. Maybe we should brainstorm or action a project so that going forward we can think outside of the box and make sure we are all singing from the same hymn sheet. If not, we can circle back and not have to re-invent the wheel to understand each other.

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