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Monday Morning HR Humor: Henri

By Laurie on April 23rd in Human Resources

Anyone who read Punk Rock HR knows that I’m a big fan of Henri. The post is so old (from 2008) it didn’t even save properly — so here’s the original video. Paw de Deux is here! Well, I’m still here. I am free to go. Yet I remain. Congrats, Will!

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The Week Ahead

By Laurie on April 22nd in Human Resources

Hello, everyone. How was your week? Did you do anything fun over the weekend? I have one more full week at home (thank goodness) and I’m using it to catch up on my life. Appointments. Shopping. Whatevs. Imma do it. Should be a great upcoming week. And Scrubby’s contest to win $1000 for SPCA of [...]

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Day Off

By Laurie on April 21st in Human Resources

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F@%k It Friday: Memoirs

By Laurie on April 20th in Human Resources

Have you read Let’s Pretend This Never Happened ( A Mostly True Memoir)? It’s on my list. Looks fabulous. I would really like to be more open and honest with my writing but I have a life that intersects with people who suffer from addiction, mental illness and stupidity. You guys know how I feel. [...]

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Escape Your Life

By Laurie on April 19th in Human Resources

Life in America is slowly getting back to normal. By normal I mean that more people now quit their jobs than get fired or laid off. I know, I know. That’s a really strange way of looking at normal. We lived through 2010, though. Remember? It sucked. And quitting can be empowering. Being fired or [...]

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Team-Building Activities

By Laurie on April 18th in Human Resources

A reader asked me if I think that team-building efforts are useful to help create productive work environments or do I feel that they are largely a waste of time? If you don’t know me by now. You will never-ever-never know me. Whoa-oh. Then she gave me a link to a survey. What? Wait, I’m [...]

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Dotted Line Reporting Relationship

By Laurie on April 17th in Human Resources

Heavily-matrixed organizations suck. Here’s some advice on managing a dotted line reporting relationship.

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Turnover and Firewall Employees

By Laurie on April 16th in Human Resources

I have a good friend who works in Human Resources at a company that is undergoing a ton of change. Mergers. Layoffs. Morale could be better. I asked, “Are you losing good people?” He said, “Some turnover is healthy.” Right. Agreed. 100%. But my friend is a good HR fella — really — and his [...]

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Monday Morning HR Humor: Internet Terms

By Laurie on April 16th in Human Resources

I recently laughed when I sent someone an email with the acronym FWIW and he told me, “I had to google it.” Here are thirteen internet terms you probably didn’t know. Do you know what a potato is? Dammit. That hits too close to home.

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The Week Ahead

By Laurie on April 15th in Human Resources

Happy Sunday. Well, uh, I am doing my taxes so it’s not exactly happy around here. Could be better. I am married to a guy who has a little cash because he doesn’t spend cash on frivolous things like accountants and bookkeepers and compliance attorneys. Thank goodness because I’d piss away a fortune just to [...]

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Day Off

By Laurie on April 14th in Human Resources

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F@%k It Friday: Game of Thrones

By Laurie on April 13th in Human Resources

This is a simple proposition. The world can be defined by two people. Those who love Game of Thrones. Those who could give a rip. I’m in camp #2. Where are you?

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Reactive Listening

By Laurie on April 12th in Human Resources

My good friend Jennifer McClure just returned from the SHRM New Mexico state conference where she saw Mike Jones give an excellent keynote speech. She told me all about it — but funny enough, I was only listening to half of what she was saying because an article of mine had just been rejected by [...]

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