Dear Evil HR Lady, I have a toxic coworker in my research lab. She is controlling, neurotic, and passive aggressive. have to interact with her since she manages all the data for the studies I work on. My boss recognized her poor treatment of her direct reports and assigned those people to report to me instead. In addition to her bad behavior, she also is inefficient, resistant to change, incapable of handling tasks like scheduling , and takes weeks to do what should take hours. Should I keep my mouth shut, leave gracefully, and hope things are better when I am looking for a job there later? MORE

I had someone send me an e-mail asking for recommendations for vendors to do exit interviews. I've never worked with a vendor for that, so I have no idea. I'm sure he'd appreciate your input, though, so comment away!) But, he also asked: 2) What is the best method (direct contact with term'd employee, websurvey or paper survey)? Excellent question. First, let me tell you about my love/hate relationship with exit interviews. I'm a data girl, through and through. Kind of sounds super-heroish, doesn't it? It's Data Girl! She's brought her SPSS and Excel spreadsheets to save they day!) I like data. MORE

How can you help salvage your reputation when someone who shares your name is an idiot on line? I'll give you some hints on how to handle online stupidity over at BNET MORE

"Additional Duties as assigned" pops up in almost every job description. Can your boss really make you do something outside your job description? Of course. Go read about additional assignments as required and then tell me about your strangest additional assignment--either here or at BNET. MORE

"Additional Duties as assigned" pops up in almost every job description. Can your boss really make you do something outside your job description? Of course. Go read about additional assignments as required and then tell me about your strangest additional assignment--either here or at BNET. MORE

I had someone send me an e-mail asking for recommendations for vendors to do exit interviews. I've never worked with a vendor for that, so I have no idea. I'm sure he'd appreciate your input, though, so comment away!) But, he also asked: 2) What is the best method (direct contact with term'd employee, websurvey or paper survey)? Excellent question. First, let me tell you about my love/hate relationship with exit interviews. I'm a data girl, through and through. Kind of sounds super-heroish, doesn't it? It's Data Girl! She's brought her SPSS and Excel spreadsheets to save they day!) I like data. MORE

How can you help salvage your reputation when someone who shares your name is an idiot on line? I'll give you some hints on how to handle online stupidity over at BNET MORE

Dear Evil HR Lady, I have a toxic coworker in my research lab. She is controlling, neurotic, and passive aggressive. have to interact with her since she manages all the data for the studies I work on. My boss recognized her poor treatment of her direct reports and assigned those people to report to me instead. In addition to her bad behavior, she also is inefficient, resistant to change, incapable of handling tasks like scheduling , and takes weeks to do what should take hours. Should I keep my mouth shut, leave gracefully, and hope things are better when I am looking for a job there later? MORE