The results are in, and it’s official! Working America, a community affiliate of the AFL-CIO, holds a contest every year in which people tell their bad-boss stories. The three best (worst?) get published. Take a look at the winners. Sound like anyone you know?
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Tags: AFL-CIO, Working America, worst bosses
All that “seat at the table” talk is nice, but there are sure signs that HR is — or isn’t — getting the respect and attention it needs to build a better organization.
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Tags: Fortune 500, Liz Ryan, Personnel
When people get elevated into a management job, they usually make some assumptions about the position. And they’re usually wrong.
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Tags: leadership, management, Poynter Institute
A popular book on the market urges applicants to get the answers to these questions from managers during interviews, and before signing on with an employer. Are your managers ready with responses?
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Tags: 201 Best Questions to Ask on Your Interview, applicants, interviews, John Kador
Two employees - maybe one of them is a supervisor — are involved in a nasty spat that’s dragging everyone down. Now it’s time for someone to step in - and that someone is you.
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Tags: conflicts, negotiation
When someone gets promoted into management and turns out to be a nightmare, HR often asks, “Why didn’t we see this coming?” All the signs probably were there, but maybe no one was looking for them.
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Tags: candidates, management
Employee retaliation claims are up 25% in the last decade, and those types of claims make up about 30% of all the complaints filed with EEOC. Most of those claims are against supervisors, but HR is in the best position to do something about preventing the problem.
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Tags: complaint procedure, HR, retaliation
Everyone’s under more pressure these days, and that often translates into more tension between workers and their bosses. Can HR do anything to prevent an all-out explosion between the two?
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You can twist yourself in knots trying to dodge a lawsuit, but it really comes down to the avoiding the Big Six Mistakes.
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Tags: at will, eeoc, equal employment opportunity commission, investigations, Moody & Warner, performance
Not only can workers grouse about pay, working conditions and their bosses, but they also can rate the CEO or president of the company.
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Tags: ceo, Glassdoor.com, Google, Web, Wells Fargo
