If an uproar occurs at your company today at 3 p.m. (Eastern Time), don’t say we didn’t warn you. Today is Insult Your Boss Day.
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Perhaps you attend some Human Resources conferences each year, or your company encourages employees to attend other meetings for professionals. Well, here’s an annual gathering for a very specialized — and special — job.
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Tags: conferences, professional meetings, Santa
Everyone’s a critic when HR attempts to institute dress codes. Well, the reviews are in for new robes that Britain’s top judges will soon be wearing, and they’re not all good.
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Tags: dress code, judges, robes
As an HR manager, no matter how detail-oriented you are, it’s often a good idea to have someone else proofread something you’ve written. Here’s why:
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Tags: job hotline, proofread, wrong number
Many people in HR have had to give pep talks to new employees who’ve had a bad first day or week on the job. Well, imagine having to console this police officer.
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Tags: bad day, console, first day on job
It’s a good thing that Gary Duncan is self-employed because there are few HR departments that would approve of his work attire.
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Tags: dress code, self-employed, Speedo
When a murder suspect called 911 in Dallas and said he needed someone to pick him up because he wanted to turn himself in, the dispatcher said he had to find his own way to a local jail. Three weeks later, the dispatcher was still on the job.
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Tags: Dallas, investigation, murder
Have you ever helped organize a blood drive at work? Well, imagine asking employees to donate another bodily fluid instead.
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Tags: blood drive, NASA, urine
Imagine this: You tell an employee to comply with your company’s grooming standards only to find the local bar association has rallied to his defense.
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Tags: bar association, grooming, moustache
A fireman in Scotland has been fired after 22 years of duty. His superiors say he’s now too fat to carry out his job.
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