Dear Richard Madeley: ‘My boss is boasting about stealing equipment from our office’
Dear Richard, I work for a small creative consultancy. After several months of hybrid working, we are returning to being an office-based organisation, and it’s becoming clear…
Young people aspiring to be HR managers are a dire sign of a country in trouble
A new study suggests that this is the best possible time to be an employee. Apparently, with the pandemic, a small exodus of some EU workers and…
Job titles matter – but not nearly as much as picking the right person
The What’s My Line panel would have been baffled by some of the job titles in common use today: data controller, head of compliance, sustainability director and…
The best way for companies to let poor performers go
Big companies, large organisations and government departments seldom dismiss employees for poor performance. After a disciplinary meeting and an oral warning, the weak colleague is invariably put…
‘My boarding school bully has started working with me – and pretends she didn’t make my life hell’
Dear A&E, I’m a 45-year-old woman and I’ve found myself working in the same company as my boarding school bully. She pretends nothing happened and actually makes…
We don’t need more employment laws
Q: Lawmakers in Portugal recently approved rules that support employees’ rights to disconnect from work, i.e. banning bosses from texting and emailing staff out of working hours….
Bosses who have done their workers’ jobs make better leaders
We have just made our most significant executive appointment for many years, following the retirement of retail director, Perry, who has led the core Timpson shop team…
Bosses who have done their workers’ jobs make better leaders
We have just made our most significant executive appointment for many years, following the retirement of retail director, Perry, who has led the core Timpson shop team…
Permanent switch to flexible working risks women falling behind in the workplace
He says: “If you just think about it in terms of WFH, then you’re only talking to that proportion of the population who have jobs which permit…
Too many firms fail to recognise the influence staff have on business success
Q: A senior executive has had to quickly fill a mid-level management position – and they’ve done it badly. The person appointed is clearly underqualified and incapable,…