Archive for November, 2008
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Thursday, November 27th, 2008
I’m a bah-humbug kind of a guy. I just don’t like Hallmark Cards telling me to celebrate something. Besides that, Christmas has been reduced to “Happy Holidays,” Abe and George have been meshed into one holiday, Columbus has been vilified and the origins of Thanksgiving have even been challenged… I just soon skip them all.
I [...]
Stealing My Thunder
Wednesday, November 26th, 2008One of my heroes is Laurie Ruettimann. I’ve always liked people who don’t accept the status-quo. Laurie talks of “blowing up HR” which may sound a little over-the-top, but I know what she means. If you’ve been following along in my blog, you would understand where we are both coming from. She talks about farming out [...]
Suprise! Even Massachusetts Gets It
Tuesday, November 25th, 2008
When I read that the home of “The Big Dig,” Massachusetts was acting business-friendly, you could have bowled me over with a feather. Investors are seriously pursuing building a huge movie studio in Massachusetts. Why in the world would they do that? How about a 25% tax credit for payroll and production expenses, a sales [...]
1929 On Steroids
Monday, November 24th, 2008Stock market crashing, homes being repossessed, layoffs in process…
Last time I told you how I was threatened by my co-workers if I didn’t join the union. Currently, if the Employee Free Choice Act goes into effect eliminating the secret ballot process, the peer pressure to sign-up for the union will be overwhelming. Unions will now be [...]
The Employee Free Choice Act Ain’t Free
Friday, November 21st, 2008Many years ago, I worked in a warehouse at a large aerospace firm. I was going to college at the time and working there on second shift. I loved my job. I had a lot of fun and got paid twice as much as I did when I delivered auto parts in the small town [...]
10 Solutions To Our Ailing Economy
Thursday, November 20th, 2008
Yes, I am going to nag about the economy again. My economist friend in Oregon agreed with my posting yesterday. He told me that there is only one Fortune 500 company left in Oregon (Nike); the rest put on their Nike’s and ran as fast they could away from this unfriendly-to-business state. The same happened to Silicon [...]
Fiddling While Rome Burns
Wednesday, November 19th, 2008“Rome” is burning. The “Rome” I am talking about is the private sector of the U.S. economy. Last month, the only job sector that grew was government jobs. I get this feeling that we are pulling a “Nero” watching this thing happen and are hopelessly standing by not doing anything about it. I read HR Blogs, including [...]
When Teenagers Worked
Tuesday, November 18th, 2008We wonder about the work ethic and how different generations approach work. I was recently talking to someone about their teenagers and how that they weren’t working and how many of their friends weren’t either. I heard some talk show hosts commenting about the same issue. They believed that many parents don’t want their kids [...]
Halloween’s Over And I’m Still Scared
Monday, November 17th, 2008I’ve been here on earth for some time now and I have never seen a time like this and I’ve been through several recessions. Economically speaking, I’m scared, but being in Human Resources, I don’t have the luxury of showing it. I must be a model for being positive, calm and confident. I am not [...]
Bail Me Out!
Friday, November 14th, 2008You have to bail me out. I haven’t sold enough books on my blog site here, so I need to be bailed out. I going to make it easy for you - instead of going to the government and ask for my handout, I’m coming to you directly. Just send me money and lots of it. Come on… I’m not [...]
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