Let’s face it — bitter former employees are a lose-lose for everyone because they can outright ruin the reputation of a company. In fact, 38% of … Read more
It’s Unfair to NOT Fire People
Firing people has a bad rap in business. But sometimes, firing someone is the greatest gift you could give the individual impacted, as well as the … Read more
The No. 1 Reason For Making Bad Job Hires
A while back, I interviewed a lady that would make a great recruiter. She was high energy, great on the phone, could source and an HR degree. She applied … Read more
Can Paying People to Quit Actually Drive Better Employee Engagement?
What do you do with an “adequate” employee — the type of person who puts in just enough effort to get the job done, but is clearly only in it for the … Read more
Fired For Heckling — and, For Posting It on Twitter, Too
By Eric B. Meyer I was going to start the week with this story from TheLedger.com. But then, that whole HR getting sued for FMLA violations thing caught my … Read more
Art Of The Layoff? No, More Like the Art of Sounding Like a Jerk
Editor’s Note: As I wind down my stint as Editor of TLNT — I’m leaving in the next few months — I wanted to share some of my favorite TLNT posts. Here’s … Read more
Is There A Good Way To Fire Someone? No, But Don’t Ever Do It By Phone
Editor’s Note: As I wind down my stint as Editor of TLNT — yes, I’m going to be leaving next month— I wanted to share some of my favorite posts. Here’s one … Read more
In Real Life HR, an Employee Who Punches a Fellow Employee Gets Fired
The world of the NBA brings us the real live HR Game Show – What Would You Do? I know most of you could care less about professional basketball, and I … Read more
Carefully Navigating, and Managing, the End of the Employee Relationship
Companies often spend lots of time and money on the beginning of the employment relationship — onboarding — and this investment makes sense. … Read more
The Power of Departing Employees, or Why Offboarding is Critically Important
Though most companies today are laser-focused on the onboarding process, many overlook the importance of offboarding. In fact, Aberdeen research finds that … Read more
Onboarding Red Flags: How to Tell if Your New Hire is a Bust
Onboarding new hires, when done right, is one of the best parts of the hiring process. Who doesn’t like introducing a new worker to all of their fellow … Read more
How an Intern Got Fired For an Offensive Tweet – Then Made Things a Lot Worse
By Eric B. Meyer On Tuesday, a Fox affiliate in Arizona reported that an intern at a health and wellness company was fired for an offensive tweet. … Read more
Is Playing Hooky to Attend Kelly and Michael Live Worth Getting Fired Over?
By Eric B. Meyer When it comes to daytime television, personally, I’m more into The View. [Disclaimer: This post involves an employer client of mine. … Read more
Where Can You Draw the Line? 5 Things to Know When Handling Drinking on the Job
By Richard Meneghello Earlier this month, football powerhouse USC (the University of Southern California) fired head football coach Steve Sarkisian after … Read more
I Only Want to Hire People Who Have Been Fired – and Have Something to Prove
I was once fired from a job. I won’t go into the story because we all have a story and we all frame it to sound like a victim. In hindsight, many years … Read more
The New Job Blues: You’re Hired, But Your New Boss Is Suddenly Fired
Facebook messenger popped up: Did you hear the news? The person messaging me was a new co-worker. I just stared at the words, a sick feeling of knowing … Read more
HR Basics: The 3 Times You Have to Fire an Employee – and How to Do it
Month over month and after several performance reviews, it’s been a pain and even a morale killer to consistently monitor a problem employee’s performance. … Read more
Firing an Employee For Complaining on Facebook is Retaliation – and Stupid
By Eric B. Meyer Firing an employee for complaining on Facebook about discrimination = retaliation. And when the employer practically admits as much at a … Read more
Have to Fire Someone? Here’s How to Do it and Avoid Getting Burned
Whether it’s AOL CEO Tim Armstrong firing an employee in the middle of a conference call, or British entertainment company HMV firing the employees that … Read more
Company Ordered to Re-Hire Employee Fired For “Racist, Offensive” Speech
By Eric B. Meyer An employee was caught on video saying to black employees, “Hey, did you bring enough KFC for everyone?” and “Hey, anybody smell that? I … Read more