Is It Your Business … Or Your Busy-Ness?
Matt was the new supervisor of the A/P department where Jenna had worked for the last 7 years. He was hired after the former supervisor retired. I always believed Jenna wanted the position — but she didn’t apply when it was posted so she was never considered. Matt worked hard to try to understand innerworkings [...]
Don’t Be a Fast-hole
Today is Ash Wednesday, which starts the Lent season for Christians around the world. Although fasting during this time is typically associated with the Catholics, many other denominations give up on certain things as well. I am not Catholic but I’ve fasted during Lent for almost 10 years now. In the past, I’ve given up [...]
Adam & Eva
Happy Valentine’s Day!! Posts this week are all about my favorite workplace love stories. Enjoy! ********************************************************************************** Adam and Eva were my first experience with workplace romance. They worked in Accounting. I worked on-site as a staffing manager and my desk was in their area. Smack in between them actually. And, yes, that was as awkward [...]
The N-Word
It’s Black History Month! And I’m continuing to share thoughts on race and diversity in the workplace. In this post, I’m diving into the grand-daddy of all racially charged words – the N-word. The modern version of the word seems to have originated during the 1600s, when American colonists used “negar” to describe the African [...]
The Emperor Has No Job
With over 1000 employees at a 24/7 production facility, the Safety Director position was an important one. So when he retired suddenly for health reasons, a big gaping hole was left in our organization and no one was prepared to fill it. Our only saving grace seemed to be his assistant, Georgia. She had worked [...]
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