Archive | October, 2008
Christmas party: the usual rubbish
Guru was dismayed this morning to receive notice from employment law firm Peninsula that 83% of employers were planning to cancel their Christmas party.
Yep Yours Truly was gutted to see the survey in the news today – as he… continue
From: Father of the Chapel To: HR Director Subject: To make your life as awkward as possible
Trade unionists, eh? Can’t work with them, can’t shoot them.
You may have gathered from the above sentiment that Guru is not a fan of unions and the labour movement. It goes against Guru’s very being to join arms with… continue
Readers get poetic, emotional and bizarre
Guru loves the annual Personnel Today Awards – a cracking night spoilt only by the fact Yours Truly has to pile on the make-up in order to disguise his striking blue-ness.
So it came as no surprise to Guru that… continue
This is your government speaking…
Guru knows we have long lived in a nanny state, but things took a turn for the worse this afternoon when Yours Truly received a missive from the government on the importance of turning back his clock.
Yep, the Department for Business, Enterprise… continue
McDonald’s burger king scoops another award
The news that David Fairhurst, HR chief at McDonald’s, has won yet another award leaves Guru wondering whether they will have to widen the doors at the fast food outlets in order to fit his massive head through them.
Fairhurst… continue
‘Lumpy bumpy’ gets humpy at lack of job success
The news that a man with a facial skin disfigurement can’t get a job because employers think he is too ugly shocked Guru.
Yours Truly knows all about being discriminated against because there is something extraordinary going on with your… continue
You don’t have to be a lunatic to work here…
Earlier today (or yesterday, depending on whose watch you’re standing next to) call centre workers in India were holding their breath and quite possibly praying to Chandra, while simultaneously pretending to be rabbits, in a naive bid to bring doom… continue
Gender pay gap: stop singing and dancing
The reason for the gender pay gap has finally been unveiled – and shock, horror it’s because women tend to take a few years out of the workplace to bring up kids.
How much did the Institute of Economic Affairs… continue
Working Time Directive shocker: letting sleeping care workers lie
Guru was abruptly woken at 11:30am this morning to be told of the care worker in North Wales who is entitled by law to be woken after six hours’ sleep to take a rest break.
Yours Truly drifted back off for… continue
CIPD on the road to Shangri-La
News reaches Guru that the CIPD is to present a report on the ageing workforce at the Singapore Human Capital Summit next week.
Guru aged a few years when he found out the conference is being held at the luxury… continue
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