Monthly Archives: October 2008

Silicon Valley Stands Up Against Prop 8

Mike Arrington from TechCrunch gave us all a sneak preview of the full page ad that is going to run tomorrow in the San Jose Mercury News. In the interest of defeating this discriminatory excuse of a Proposition, I’m going … Continue reading

Good Advice

Thank you to John Battelle for finding this here.

RIP Brinker

Well, it looks like Brinker is dead. Or at least in a deep seated coma. From Shaw Valenza: Well DLSE just issued a NEW memo in which it rescinds its Brinker memorandum, here. In its new “rescission” memo, the DLSE … Continue reading

Close Close Close: Mervyns and Vacation Pay

So Mervyns California is in Chapter 11 bankruptcy and plans to close its stores after the 2008 holiday season. In shutting down its operations, it seems that employee pay is very low on Mervyns’ list of debtors. Per this memo … Continue reading

He Resigned

Best of luck to you Shane! UPDATE: Shane explains here what will happen to the cartoon now that he’s given notice

What Exactly Are We Selling Here?

I wonder how many Haggar suits they sold with this incredibly ill-conceived 2006 ad campaign? TACKY, TACKY, TACKY. Offensive too.

Catching Up (Again)

I realize that my recent life circumstances have put me way behind on recent CA HR news. Here we go: Remember that Living Wage Case I wrote about here and here? Well, as it turns out, about a month ago, … Continue reading

NO on Proposition 8

Normally I don’t proselytize political issues, but some things I just cannot ignore. Personally, I abhore this Proposition but I am also offended as an HR professional since being in HR requires that we treat all employees equally and fairly … Continue reading

2000 Redux

First off, I apologize for the week of silence. I was on vacation and then just this week, I started a new position as the HR Director with a really fantastic company. I’ve been getting into my new routine and … Continue reading

How Not To Communicate

Recently a company decided that it was going to require that employees take an unpaid furlough in order to help defray costs in these very turbulent times. Certainly not unusual – many companies do this, particularly at the end of … Continue reading