by Caroline | Jun 4, 2014 | Telecommuting, company culture, management
Exempt, non-exempt, salaried vs. hourly, overtime vs. straight time…it’s confusing right? Not to the Department of Labor. That regulatory agency knows all the rules…like it’s okay if you don’t pay overtime to an hourly employee working in a computer occupation as long...
by Caroline | Feb 12, 2014 | Telecommuting, company culture, management
Last Valentine’s Day, I compared recruiting to dating. In that first blush of meeting, all you can really see is what’s great about the other person. And you can usually keep whatever’s wrong with you on the down low. But then you hire the person. Thus...
by Caroline | Feb 5, 2014 | Assessments, Company Culture, Management, People Evaluation, rewards, teamwork, Telecommuting, company culture, management
Performance reviews have gained a reputation as a giant, six-headed monster in the closet. If you start doing them, you may fear, you will wind up trapped for weeks under tentacles filled with venom. It will take forever. Nothing else will get done. It will be ugly...
by Caroline | Dec 18, 2013 | Telecommuting, company culture, management
My first plan for this blog was to list the top five most impactful HR events of 2013. But as I began to think about what those would be—Marissa Mayer’s massive change to Yahoo’s culture, the constantly changing landscape of Affordable Care Act (Obamacare), a new...
by Caroline | Nov 27, 2013 | Telecommuting, company culture, management
It’s holiday party time! Time to throw up some sparkly lights, eat a bunch of food you don’t normally allow yourself, spend time chilling with people you normally have to focus with and open a bottle of….or not…. The whole holiday work party issue is a...
