human resources
Tech CEOs Want Every Worker to Have a Permanent, Publicly-Available Job Performance File
Two CEOs on a podcast casually proposed a shareable database of worker performance that would follow them between companies, forever, and encouraged listeners to create one. HR professionals say it's a terrible idea.
Everything You Should Know Before Talking to HR About a Problem at Work
Why do people say you should never trust Human Resources? If I complain about my boss, will HR tell them? What does this department actually... do?
Can Human Resources Save the Restaurant Industry From Its Own Toxicity?
More and more restaurants are implementing HR. But whether it’s a fig leaf or meaningful change remains to be seen.
ACLU Accused of Telling Black Staff to ‘Keep Quiet’ on Lack of Black Leaders
A Black employee is suing the oganization after he says he was demoted and put in a position that paid about half what he'd been making.
Will Anyone Think of HR?
Over the course of the pandemic, Human Resources employees have been tasked with a challenging predicament: how to manage a highly unstable work environment and take care of themselves, too.
Uber Taps Former Advocates to Conduct ‘Independent’ Sexual Harassment Review
So far, there’s little convincing evidence that Uber’s “independent review” of sexual harassment claims won’t take Uber’s best-interests into mind.
We Asked a HR Expert About Whether It’s Cool to Masturbate at Work
Spoiler: It might be better to ask for a ‘gym break.’
LA Highlights Women’s Innovations in Digital Media Arts
The inaugural edition of Femmebit in LA showcases a new artistic subfield dominated by women.
Vienna Might Not Be the Best City in the World After All
The Austrian city has been named the world's most livable, but what does that actually mean, and who is it actually for?
David Roth's Weak in Review: Contemporary Trends in Baseball Human Resources
A frank discussion and meandering free-association about baseball's annual week of hyperspeed commerce, the Dodgers acquiring every active MLB player, and Brian De Palma.