Sweet Reason with a dose of Common Sense
Editor’s Note: The summer months are a good time to occasionally republish some of my most popular posts. Here’s one from back in July 2014. YOU CAN TAKE IT from me: Arguing with the boss is generally not a career enhancing experience. I know this because I have worked for a number of different bosses
Editor’s Note: I’m occasionally republishing some of my classic posts here on The Skeptical Guy. Here’s one that was originally published back in August 2012. HERE’S A STORY I SAW saw over at Forbes that was so odd that it caught even my cynical and jaded eye — Six Lines Your Boss Should Never Cross.
HERE’S SOMETHING I wonder about: why are we all so surprised that there are so many fake job ads getting posted today? ResumeBuilder.com touted a survey they did with “649 hiring managers” in May 2024 that came up with the not-so-surprising finding that “40% of companies posted a fake job listing this year” and that
Editor’s Note: I’ve been occasionally reposting some popular articles from the past. This one was published back in January 2007. THE HOME DEPOT used to be about people. I was sadly reminded of this during the hullabaloo over the abrupt departure of Home Depot CEO Bob Nardelli. The focus of most news coverage was on
REWARDING EMPLOYEES can be a tricky business. It’s also hard for many organizations to get right no matter how good their intentions are. The key to it — and this is critically important — is that whatever you give employees to say thank you for their hard work must make them feel like you sincerely
Editor’s Note: I’ve been reposting some of my popular articles from the past. This one was published here back in August 2017. THE OLD ADAGE is true — there’s nothing new under the sun. But once in awhile even I get surprised by a new insight that makes up for the crap that passes for management
FOR ALL THE CLATTER about how well the American economy is doing, there sure do seem to be a lot of layoffs going on. The latest — and some out here in SoCal would say the noisiest — was the recent layoff of more than 20% of the Los Angeles Times newsroom staff. Los Angeles
Editor’s note: Technical issues delayed this post, and my apologies for that … WANT TO GRAB a big audience on social media? Just record yourself getting fired, post the recording on TikTok, watch others post it on X (aka Twitter), and create so much buzz that even The Wall Street Journal writes a story about
SOME WORKPLACE ISSUES seem to pop up over and over again, and if you stick around long enough you’ll get another round of suggestions on how to handle them. Last week, I found an article at Chief Executive on a workplace topic I’ve written about a lot over the years, and you may have dealt
FOR ALL THE HULLABALOO we keep hearing about Artificial Intelligence and all the advancements that will flow from it, there’s another school of thought to keep in mind. You may be hearing it more these days, and it’s this: Perhaps the AI hype was a little overblown. Case in point: A timely story from Computerworld
