Archive | February, 2012
Working for free: blame it on the sunshine
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For most of us it’s nearly payday. But this year there’s longer than normal to wait for payday thanks to an aberration deviously inserted into the calendar called 29 February. As if it weren’t bad enough having… continue
RBS employs warped logic to defend £1bn bonuses
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The largely tax-payer owned Royal Bank of Scotland has paid out £1bn in bonuses to reward its staff for achieving an impressive £2bn loss in 2011. Hurrah! Guru thinks it’s astonishing that people who can convince their… continue
Facebook is as good as a CV
Your Facebook profile can tell employers how good you are going to be at your job, according to research from Northeastern Illinois University reported by the Daily Mail.
The research found that impressions taken from candidates’ Facebook pages were later… continue
Heartwarming workplace tales: from Love Hearts to Simon Cowell
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It’s that wonderful time of the year when you have to go to a shop and buy a card with hearts on it. As such, Guru has decided to bring his readers two heartwarming stories of love… continue
More snow or no snow but nothing in-between
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The snow has ravaged Britain yet again, drawing excited children and exasperated adults to their windows on Thursday night to witness just enough snow falling to destroy Britain’s transport infrastructure, but require everybody to go to school… continue
“G4″ emails reveal friends sharing a joke
Details of private emails between a bunch of former public schoolboys, who call themselves the “G4″, discussing an impending trip to to the Dubai 7s rugby tournament in March have emerged, rather embarrassing the G4 boys, who are all former… continue
Network Rail faces tough decision on bonuses
The six executive directors of Network Rail could be in line for bonuses worth up to 60% of their annual salaries, the Independent reports today. For anybody sent into a spiral of confusion by that news, Network Rail really is… continue
Brighton bus drivers face “babe” ban
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Guru exclusively refers to his female colleagues as “hot stuff”, “sweet cheeks”, “good-loooking” and “toots” and all manner of other affectionate business terms. Consequently, he was horrified to read that bus drivers for the Brighton and Hove… continue
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