Evil HR Lady

FEBRUARY 4, 2008

I need to know where I stand with this issue. I was offered a job with a company, they sent me an offer letter, I accepted. I passed the tox screen test and the background check. I was to start on Monday 1/28/08. They called me yesterday, the HR director and told me that the he would need to rescind the offer letter due to the position is going away. Now, after I gave my two week notice here, they have already filled my position and I am out on the street. What can I do about this?

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Josh Bersin

FEBRUARY 27, 2008

Last week I spoke with some of the business and HR leaders at Freeport McMoRan, one of the nation’s largest producers of copper, gold, and molybdinum. This company, which recently acquired Phelps Dodge, produces over 4 billion lbs.

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Transparent Office

FEBRUARY 16, 2008

I do my best thinking when I'm talking. That may sound funny, but it's true. When I write, I tend to overthink the issues and get ahead of myself. But when I'm talking to another person, or better yet a group of people, I slow down and

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Strategic HCM

FEBRUARY 21, 2008

Following my own post on the need to redesign performance management ( music not measurement ), TalentQ research suggesting that bad appraisals could be costing Britain's economy in the region of £2.29 billion a year.

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Knowledge Musings

FEBRUARY 20, 2008

Knowledge is weightless - so it ought to exhibit a low carbon footprint, right? Well perhaps not, if you have to travel widely to gain or impart knowledge. Tacit knowledge, in particular, is not something that you can just download from the Web. In my younger days as a computer analyst and sales person in the 1970s, I would think nothing of hopping on a plane, often more than once a week, for meetings in Geneva, Munich, Paris or even shorter hauls like London to Manchester.

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Evil HR Lady

FEBRUARY 29, 2008

Monday is the beginning of my last week at my company. They have reimbursed me for one quarter of my MBA degree, however, now I have decided to leave. I signed a repayment agreement when they reimbursed me. They are going to deduct my last paycheck, my bonus, and my vacation pay from what I owe them. Leaving about $4000 left for me to pay that they would like me to pay off each month over the next six months. If I don’t they say they will send it to a collection agency.

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Evil HR Lady

FEBRUARY 28, 2008

Susan Heathfield , shares a story of a clueless candidate she interviewed. (He He listed his wife as a reference--depending on who did the dishes the previous night, that reference may or may not have been positive.) She asks for additional stories about bad interviews. I think there are equally frightening stories from the worker's side of the table. Once, an interviewer asked me, "Do you need health insurance?" I was young and naive and didn't realize what he was really asking.

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Evil HR Lady

FEBRUARY 26, 2008

Why do most companies say you can’t use their computers, internet connections, etc. for anything other than business purposes when they know people probably check out Ebay from time to time or use their company email account to visit a blog site on occasion? Is this just zero tolerance to avoid a slippery slope or is there some other “evil” HR reason behind this?

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Evil HR Lady

FEBRUARY 25, 2008

This is the hardest e-mail, esp. to a stranger, and I'll bet the oddest one you've received. I am a veteran with 13 yrs. served in the Air Force. I was injured in Desert Storm and medically discharged. Here lies the problem, my doctors told me I talk as if I'm drunk or high on something. My question is this; should I tell potential employers before an interview about this affliction? I have had what I thought were excellent interviews for good to menial jobs with no success.

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Evil HR Lady

FEBRUARY 23, 2008

I suspect some of you have had this conversation as well. Via Volokh Conspiracy

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Evil HR Lady

FEBRUARY 21, 2008

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Evil HR Lady

FEBRUARY 20, 2008

I recently realized how much I love working in HR since I was recently working in manufacturing as an HR assistant but was very hands on in the way that I did the same as the HR manager did before she moved to safety. After that I did some temp work and missed all my HR duties. I completed my first week as an HR assistant at a great financial services company with 4 people in HR.

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Evil HR Lady

FEBRUARY 20, 2008

It's the first birthday of the Carnival of HR. And boy has it grown. All of its loving caregivers have contributed greatly. Check out the birthday wishes at HR Thoughts

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Speaker: Patrick Sayers - President, Newcastle Research

Join Patrick Sayers, president of Newcastle Research, to learn the biggest mistakes to avoid when switching your HR software and gain insights into the most important things companies consider on the path to a successful HR technology strategy.

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Evil HR Lady

FEBRUARY 19, 2008

My co-worker, a peer has accused me of not doing my job, leaving early and skipping assignments. NOT TRUE) He pulled me aside at work to accuse me of these things and did not tell management. He did say all of my other co-workers agreed with him that I was not "pulling my weight". Is this a form of harassment? He did not threaten to tell management, was just letting me know. but I feel like this is a scare tactic to get me to quit, or some sort of other targeting ploy to harass me.

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Evil HR Lady

FEBRUARY 17, 2008

I was in a locker room, getting changed when a woman asked the above question. Someone offered a cough drop. "No," No," she said, "I'm diabetic and I'm starting to feel shaky." Well, everyone went into overdrive. One of the staff managed to pull out a bottle of juice they keep on hand for just such an emergency. I offered her a nutri-grain bar that I had in my purse. Always prepared!) She took the juice and turned down the nutri-grain bar. ("I'm I'm allergic to wheat," she said.)

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Evil HR Lady

FEBRUARY 14, 2008

I get more questions about DUIs, public drunkenness and other similar problems than anything else. I'm not an expert in this area and I think I've pretty much said all that there is to say about it. As such, I'm not going to answer any more questions regarding "oh no, I have a DUI! Do I have to tell a prospective employer?" unless it's a really interesting question that will cause tons of people to link to me, thus increasing my hit count. It's all about my needs. But, here are my last thoughts.

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Evil HR Lady

FEBRUARY 13, 2008

I finished my BA back in October 2006 and received it in Human Resources Management. I haven’t worked since but am contemplating it now. I know that while I have the degree I lack real world experience and as such have been looking for an entry level HR job with moderate success. My question though goes to education. My friends and family have encouraged me to begin looking at getting my Masters degree. I am not opposed to the idea but I’m unsure as what to get it in.

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Speaker: Alex Anderson - Total Rewards Strategist at Lockton Companies | Leo Tokar - President, People Solutions and Partner at Lockton Companies

Join two total rewards experts, Alex Anderson and Leo Tokar, for an in depth discussion on how your organization can implement transparent and flexible benefits and compensation plans.

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Evil HR Lady

FEBRUARY 12, 2008

I took an entry level position in customer service at an inbound call center (inbound! not evil! well, mostly) a couple years ago, and have gradually been broadening my experience. I've taken classes at the local college and accepted every opportunity for job-related training. I transferred departments at the beginning of last year with a pay raise, but was still considered to be at basically the same rank. Hey, I mostly answer the phone for a living.

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Evil HR Lady

FEBRUARY 12, 2008

Hmmm, after watching a few reality shows, I know I wouldn't eat live bugs, or live on some island without indoor plumbing, while competing with other people who don't even own toothbrushes. No, $140,000 isn't worth that to me. You, of course, may be willing to eat buckets of cockroaches for the same amount of money. To each his own.) Would you be willing, however to give up you job?

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Evil HR Lady

FEBRUARY 12, 2008

I got tagged by William the Coroner. I normally don't play tag, but he said I was "hysterical." I am assuming he means that as "funny" and not as "some freaky crazy lady". Since I'm a sucker for compliments, I'll play his silly game, which is to list 6 habits/quirks/things about me and tag others. I draw the line at tagging others, but I'll list 6 quirks. Brownies have to be made in a plastic bowl and mixed with a wooden spoon.

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Evil HR Lady

FEBRUARY 11, 2008

Most recently I switched jobs due to an enticing “creative & leadership” role and have been there for 3 months. Upon starting, I was asked to complete a presentation for my manager and “higher-ups”. I did a rough draft, presented it to manager and explained that I was planning to transition this into a more formal document. She told me to leave the document as is. I explained my concerns and she told me to leave it as is. Long story short, it was not fine.

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Speaker: Carrie Missele - Practice Lead, Learning and Development at Inspirant Group

In this webinar, Carrie Missele will walk you through the process of developing an effective onboarding program that leads to a happy a happy new hire!

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Evil HR Lady

FEBRUARY 11, 2008

I am currently on Short Term Disability for birth of my baby for 6 weeks. I have arranged to take 6 more weeks after that--FMLA. The company and department annual review period and increases fall during the time frame I will be out. My manager e-mailed me that my review and increase will occur after I return to work and will not be retroactive. I was wondering if this is typical and/or legal?

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Transparent Office

FEBRUARY 8, 2008

Transparent Office Michael Idinopuloss Blog on Social Software in the Enterprise Home Archives Subscribe « Email overload: what went wrong? Main | Supply and demand 2.0 » January 22, 2008 McAfee on Widening the Flow HBSs Andrew McAfee recently blogged on " widening the flow " Building on my distinction between in-the-flow and above-the-flow , McAfee argues eloquently that the organizational benefit of Enterprise 2.0

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Evil HR Lady

FEBRUARY 5, 2008

I'm in California, in a mortgage company. Can I require employees to pay to use Funding Suite, a tool to run credit for clients? They are abusing the right. The bill is way out of hand. What can I legally do. Legally, I have no idea. I am not a lawyer. I don't work in California. I don't want to be a lawyer (although I did score in the 95th percentile on a practice LSAT). I can't answer your question as to the legality of the whole thing.

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Evil HR Lady

FEBRUARY 4, 2008

Bootstrapper just put together a list of the top 100 articles every HR person should read. I haven't had enough time to read many of them yet, but there seems to be a lot of good info out there. Go check it out

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Speaker: Carrie Corbin, Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Hope Leigh Marketing Group

Join Carrie Corbin, Global Workplace Executive, Strategist, and Consultant, for this discussion on some of the most common questions around building a global hiring and attraction strategy.

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