Signing Bonuses are Back

I started my career back when Bill Clinton was president, and Linda Tripp was the worst co-worker in the history of Corporate America. (Seriously, people, your colleagues are not your friends.) Back in those days, HR departments regularly approved signing bonuses. It was essential. The economy was sound in the mid-to-late 1990s, talented people were…

Performance Review Season

It’s performance review season. Many of you in Corporate America are about to receive an annual overview of your behaviors and outputs. Then you’ll hear about your raise. Some of you will be happy. More than a few of you will question the subjective nature of this process and ask questions about how the rating…

Work is Not Your Family

It’s 2016. Welcome back to work. If you’re like me, you spent time with your families over the break. In my life, nobody makes holiday cookies like my sister-in-law. She makes a particularly addictive oatmeal cookie, and I think her special ingredient is heroin. My mother-in-law does an amazing Christmas Day brunch with a favorite…