Want to know more about the HR guy?

May 15, 2007 · Filed Under Current Events 

Jobacle (one of my favorite blogs) has an interesting survey of sorts that might give you some insight on me and why I write. Or perhaps you can know a bit more about my background.

Career Questionnaire 1

Worst Boss

My boss at a national drug store chain was probably the worst. He had a way of rewarding the hardest working employees with the most work and giving the slackers a place to put up their feet. He even explained it to me by saying “You know Jim doesn’t work that hard. He couldn’t get this done tonight. You can though.” Thanks pal. Giving me no raise while Jim gets one while simultaneously dumping work on me gives you a bad boss award.

Best Boss

My boss when I was a student at my university was definitely the best. Someone who rewarded hard work, understood his employees (even if we were 30 years younger than him), stood up for you to the big wigs and bucked the university tradition of just standing around to get things accomplished. As an extra bonus, we got to talk about riding lawn mowers in many of our mandated meetings.

Most Innovative Colleague

The creative director at my current job has to be the most innovative person I know and one of the most hilarious. I finally got to go with him on a business trip and it was a blast. He is always thinking of new ideas and is great in tandem with our mutual boss who has a great mind as well.

Most Rewarding Task

Training for our hourly level people has been the most rewarding. Basically putting together a training that motivates but empowers the downtrodden hourly worker to succeed and achieve has literally paid my salary for the rest of the year in gains. Anything you can do to empower and enrich the lives of those people who are furthest from the top but closest to the customer is worth it. It is worth it a thousand times over.

Best Item You “Permanently Borrowed”

I had a great MP3 player for a while until it broke.

Most Embarrassing Moment

I was doing a speaking competition and I totally blew it. I stood there silent for one minute before the judges finally interrupted and excused me. I have since worked on those skills just a bit.

Lowest Pay

Minimum wage in my state was at $5.25 when I started working in High School and that’s what I made at every single job until college.

Worst Holiday Gift or Bonus

Nothing. This one year, I worked my tail off for the company going above and beyond my job duties, being a superstar without demanding a super price tag. When the holidays came, no bonus. A pat on the back.

Bonus: Your Typical Day

I get up at about 7:00 in the morning. I check the internet and my email for anything particularly interesting. I head to work at about 8:00 (I usually ride my bike or walk this time of year). When I get in, I check my work email and instant messages. I do interviews, I follow up with employees, I do mentoring, I meet with my boss and do a bit of planning before lunch. After lunch is work time when I work on current projects or maintenance issues such as benefits administration. Follow that up with a meeting or two with managers and that caps off my day at about 5:00-6:00.

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    [...] YourHRGuy.com: Want to know more about the HR guy? “He had a way of rewarding the hardest working employees with the most work and giving the slackers a place to put up their feet. He even explained it to me by saying ‘You know Jim doesn’t work that hard. He couldn’t get this done tonight. You can though.’ Thanks pal.” [...]

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