May 27, 2025 Employee Relations 0 Comments manager husband is cheating with an employee, asking about potential cuts during a job interview, and more It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go… 1. Manager husband is cheating with a much younger employee A very dear friend of ... Read More
May 24, 2025 Employee Relations 0 Comments It’s already here — Improve Your HR If you’ve applied for a HR position or tried to hire for an HR position lately, you’ve seen the influx of resumes. It’s a ... Read More
May 23, 2025 Employee Relations 0 Comments weekend open thread – May 24-25, 2025 weekend open thread – May 24-25, 2025 by Alison Green on May 23, 2025 Fig This comment section is open for any non-work-related discussion ... Read More
May 23, 2025 Employee Relations 0 Comments open thread – May 23, 2025 It’s the Friday open thread! The comment section on this post is open for discussion with other readers on any work-related questions that you ... Read More
May 23, 2025 Employee Relations 0 Comments should I say I’m going to quit if my job doesn’t deal with my horrible coworker, 2 bosses in a row couldn’t say why they disliked my work, and more It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go… 1. Should I tell my job I’m going to quit if they don’t deal with ... Read More
May 22, 2025 Employee Relations 0 Comments what should I say when people miss meetings? A reader writes: I’m the president of a small grassroots not-for-profit board and I have plenty of virtual meetings with other board members, volunteers, ... Read More
May 22, 2025 Employee Relations 0 Comments when you can’t give a good recommendation, firing someone right before her honeymoon, and more It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go… 1. Junior staff ask me for recommendations I can’t give without reservations I work with ... Read More
May 21, 2025 Employee Relations 0 Comments manager gets anxious about how I manage my time, telling my boss it would be OK to lay me off, and more It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go… 1. My manager gets anxious about how I manage my time even though I never ... Read More
May 20, 2025 Employee Relations 0 Comments candidate lied in their interview, negotiating beyond the top of the salary range, and more It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go… 1. Candidate lied to us in their interview I was recently involved in interviews for ... Read More
May 19, 2025 Employee Relations 0 Comments The Workplace Social Contract Is Broken. Now What? — Improve Your HR “Tell them the discussion is over,” I said. “This business operates five days a week, end of story.” What I didn’t know when I ... Read More