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
May 19, 2025 Employee Relations 0 Comments employee is afraid to fly, the office poopfoot, and more It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go… 1. Employee is afraid to fly I work on a small marketing team and have ... Read More
May 16, 2025 Employee Relations 0 Comments weekend open thread – May 17-18, 2025 Oof. This kind of thing is hard. My sister doesn’t have a diagnosis and is very resistant to any kind of medical care or ... Read More
May 16, 2025 Employee Relations 0 Comments open thread – May 16, 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 16, 2025 Employee Relations 0 Comments boss tells me to solve everything myself, how much contact should I have with my teenager’s manager, and more It’s four answers to four questions. Here we go… 1. Am I obligated to use my personal network for my job? I work for ... Read More
May 15, 2025 Employee Relations 0 Comments Who HR IS Survey — Improve Your HR SURVEY TIME!!! I’m giving a DisruptHR talk in a couple of weeks, and my topic is WHO HR IS. I’ve compiled a list of ... Read More
May 15, 2025 Employee Relations 0 Comments do I need to buy a new car for my job, what should be handled by HR versus managers, and more It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go… 1. Do I need to rush to buy a new car for my job? I ... Read More
May 14, 2025 Employee Relations 0 Comments coworkers want our office breakfasts to be vegan, how to back out of a job, and more It’s five answers to five questions. Here we go… 1. A group of coworkers are pushing for our in-office breakfasts to be vegan My ... Read More