Wednesday, May 6th, 2009
It might sound perverse, but I actually don't mind busy days here. After all, an idle mind is the devil's playground. And although I love a good swing on the monkey bars, it's nice to be busy.
Of course, no one can work an entire day straight. Your brain needs a ...
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Wednesday, April 8th, 2009
I forgot to set my alarm and overslept.
Got caught in traffic--I think there was an accident on the highway.
I couldn't get my kids up, so they missed the bus, and I had to drive them to school.
All valid excuses for coming in late for work. (OK, well, for most people. ...
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Monday, April 6th, 2009
Remember in college when you would get out of your last class on a Thursday, round up your friends, and head to the bar for margaritas, dancing, and making out with upperclassmen, all the while proclaiming, "The weekend starts now"?
Well, currently in some companies, this is also the case. (Except ...
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Wednesday, April 1st, 2009
Mon Dieu!
French workers have kidnapped their bosses to response to hundreds of proposed layoffs.
I know, I know. You think I'm playing a big April Fools day prank on you, right? Like, you'll click the link and all of a sudden your computer will be infected with the Conficker.c worm or ...
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Monday, March 30th, 2009
Every job requires different skill sets and has different requirements. And so, the easiest way to make sure that all new hires receive all the important job information is for human resources to show them a training video.
Wait, so this is a bad idea? Thanks, training video!
These training videos often ...
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Monday, March 23rd, 2009
"Someone has appeared to have walked off with my favorite stapler. Its only value is sentimental. If you have it, I would appreciate it if you returned it."
"Please stop stealing my food. My mom made it special for me!"
"We're not your maids. Wash your coffee mugs and don't leave them ...
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Wednesday, March 11th, 2009
We've all thought about it.
Sitting at home in comfy pajamas. Laptop on, well, your lap, leisurely sipping a cappuccino while typing up your memo.
It's the American Dream to work from home. OK, no, the American Dream is actually to win the lottery and never have to work again. But, if ...
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Monday, March 9th, 2009
Yes. Yes, I do.
I had a great weekend--hung out with a few friends, participated in some early St. Patrick's Day festivities, went out to dinner, saw The Watchmen (which I didn't really care for. It's not that I don't like comic book movies. You all know how much I enjoyed ...
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Wednesday, March 4th, 2009
I once had a coworker, "Mike," who would refer to himself as "a lone wolf, a man who plays by no one's rules but his own."
He was one of the most popular guys in the office.
Yes, people like to romanticize the loner. You know, the misunderstood-rebel type. It's great in ...
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Wednesday, February 25th, 2009
We recently had an interesting question posted on Human Resources IQ about what to do about an employee who spends two hours a day in the bathroom.
There were some extremely helpful answers posted, such as asking what the employee was doing in there.
I personally would not want to know what ...
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