Working Girl

OCTOBER 28, 2009

I''m afraid that the poor manager (which is a double entendre, get it?) has been getting a bad rap on this blog. and is pretty upset about it. managers

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45 Things

OCTOBER 28, 2009

When I was writing my last book, one of the things I focused on was that the world of work was different than the world outside of work. OK, this isn't exactly an outstanding revelation to many of you, but to lots of people, it is

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Evil HR Lady

OCTOBER 30, 2009

After reading everyone's horror stories about crazy punishments for getting sick, I'm really interested in hearing from the people who create and/or enforce these rules. know you must be out there. Does it really decrease absenteeism? Does your turnover increase? What is the reasoning behind it? Was it HR's idea, or the CEOs or Finance? Have you calculated the costs associated with this policy? I'm really interested. Honest. I'm pretty sure the people who comment aren't all just making up stories, so there must be HR out there who enforces these things. Tell me how it's going

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SuccessFactors

OCTOBER 29, 2009

By Mark Murphy, CEO of Leadership IQ Note to managers: Employees need a lot more feedback about their performance. According to a new study by Leadership IQ, 51% of employees don’t know whether their performance is where it should be. That’s pretty shocking, so I’ll say it again: We asked 3,611 workers across 291 companies […]. Uncategorized feedback for employees People Performance

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Evil HR Lady

OCTOBER 30, 2009

After reading everyone's horror stories about crazy punishments for getting sick, I'm really interested in hearing from the people who create and/or enforce these rules. know you must be out there. Does it really decrease absenteeism? Does your turnover increase? What is the reasoning behind it? Was it HR's idea, or the CEOs or Finance? Have you calculated the costs associated with this policy? I'm really interested. Honest. I'm pretty sure the people who comment aren't all just making up stories, so there must be HR out there who enforces these things. Tell me how it's going

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SuccessFactors

OCTOBER 26, 2009

Eriks note: This is a guest post by Meri Gruber a leading expert on business execution. She blogs on the intersection of innovation and business execution at www.competingonexecution.com CEO’s continue to rate execution excellence as their top challenge. But what does “excellence in execution” actually mean? The CEO wants to turn the wheel and […]. Uncategorized ceo execution

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Josh Bersin

OCTOBER 25, 2009

In the last 60 days I’ve had the opportunity to attend five major industry events which cover corporate learning: user group meetings at Plateau, Saba, SumTotal and Taleo and the HR Technology. Bersin & Associates, Leading Research and Advisory Services in Enterprise Learning and Talent Management.

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ReviewSNAP Launches AuthoriCheck - Discriminatory/Derogatory Terms Scanning Tool

ReviewSNAP

OCTOBER 28, 2009

This afternoon ReviewSNAP launched our new AuthoriCheck tool. AuthoriCheck will be accessed using the gavel icon next to the spell check icon in the text editor above all narrative type boxes within the system. It will give you the ability to scan for any discriminatory and derogatory terms that may have been entered into the text.

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Evil HR Lady

OCTOBER 27, 2009

Should I accept an interview for a position in a location to which I would never (could never) move? Or should I state it in the cover letter or phone interview and risk being passed over by someone willing to relocate? The position is primarily project management with few, if any, direct reports (other than coordinating tasks with other groups). My intention is to request to telecommute from several states away (as the company website cites flex-time and telecommuting as benefits). Yeah, some things are lip service. But, some companies are honest. But this, actually, is okay. I've done it.

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Evil HR Lady

OCTOBER 27, 2009

What impact does pay periods have on exempt employees who wish to make up time? If an employee takes a couple of hours off but desires to make up the time, why does it have to done in the same pay period? To put us in context, the majority of the staff are exempt, we currently get paid on the 5th and 20th of each month, have vacation and sick buckets and work 9/80 with every other Friday off. I ask this because a couple of employees worked on what would have been 'Off Friday on 10/9'. allowed it. Legally. An exempt person gets paid the same every paycheck and that is that. Super! No problem.

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Evil HR Lady

OCTOBER 27, 2009

Should I accept an interview for a position in a location to which I would never (could never) move? Or should I state it in the cover letter or phone interview and risk being passed over by someone willing to relocate? The position is primarily project management with few, if any, direct reports (other than coordinating tasks with other groups). My intention is to request to telecommute from several states away (as the company website cites flex-time and telecommuting as benefits). Yeah, some things are lip service. But, some companies are honest. But this, actually, is okay. I've done it.

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Evil HR Lady

OCTOBER 27, 2009

What impact does pay periods have on exempt employees who wish to make up time? If an employee takes a couple of hours off but desires to make up the time, why does it have to done in the same pay period? To put us in context, the majority of the staff are exempt, we currently get paid on the 5th and 20th of each month, have vacation and sick buckets and work 9/80 with every other Friday off. I ask this because a couple of employees worked on what would have been 'Off Friday on 10/9'. allowed it. Legally. An exempt person gets paid the same every paycheck and that is that. Super! No problem.

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