Career

Swing a Salary Increase By Threatening to Leave? You’re Fired Within 18 Months.

January 11, 2011

A co-worker was just telling me about his new job he just accepted.  He just gave his 2 weeks notice and he’s pretty excited about the new company, more money, shorter commute, etc.  He was sharing all kinds of details which, while I didn’t feel comfortable enough to ask… he just volunteered the information!  In […]

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Should Looks Matter in the Workforce? They Do.

November 30, 2010

Have you ever wondered why most of the pharmaceutical sales reps you either know or encounter in doctor’s offices in some way resemble Ken or Barbie?  Aside from being “charismatic” and outgoing, they’re usually really good looking.  Maybe it’s just me, but I don’t recall ever seeing a morbidly obese rep in the bunch.  It’s […]

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Can My Company Fire Me Over Trash-Talking on Facebook?

November 8, 2010

There’s an interesting case brewing, the first of its kind actually, where the National Labor Relations Board has taken up the case of an employee who trash-talked her supervisor, pretty inappropriately in my opinion, and was summarily fired for doing so.  The Labor Relations Board is arguing that a worker should be able to badmouth […]

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Unemployment Discrimination? Let’s Make Another Law !!!

October 16, 2010

In typical fashion, the Huffington Post was all over a proposed law in New Jersey that would fine employers $10,000 for posting an ad that explicitly excludes unemployed applicants.  Some assemblyman without much sense (Barnes-Dem) actually wanted to go as far as making the unemployed a protected group under state civil rights laws like women, […]

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10 Reasons to Bank on a Financial Engineering Career

August 12, 2010

You can’t stay with the head fakes that you’re seeing from management in the financial sector; don’t even try.  They’re still recovering from a massive high colonic delivered by the collapse of the derivatives market – vaporware with remarkable destructive powers.  But the federal government kept the trading apparatus intact, and investment is as important […]

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25 Highest Paid CEOs of the Decade – What?

July 27, 2010

The Wall Street Journal compiled a summary of the highest paid CEOs of the decade which was definitely a learning experience for me.  There were some obvious players that I expected to see on there, but there were also some surprises, from some very poorly performing companies.  In terms of shareholder returns compared to their […]

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