Comments on: Hatemail: Email I get that I hate

By: William Mitchell, CPRW

William Mitchell, CPRW — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 03:22:37 +0000

Interesting take on the "salary gap whiners" segment. it does make it a little difficult to make blanket statements about the gender gap without taking all the various aspects of one's decisions into consideration.

By: Ladies: The World Is Our Oyster « View from the Cubicle Farm

Ladies: The World Is Our Oyster « View from the Cubicle Farm — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:19:37 +0000

[...] Trunk, a controversial career blogger, has made the same claim. She contends there is no inequality in the workplace, feminism is over, and there is no pay gap between men and women. Instead, Trunk claims, men and women simply choose different career paths that lead to perceived [...]

By: Nicole

Nicole — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 22:32:41 +0000

Hi Penelope, Not directly related, but I thought you might find this interesting: a recent study found that high stress makes men more risk-seeking, and women more risk-avoidant. Neat, huh?

By: Jade

Jade — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 14:09:09 +0000

I don't think it's okay for women to earn less than men if they have the same work and responsibilities. But then again, salary has a lot of factors involved.

By: Blade

Blade — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 23:56:11 +0000

Regarding e-mail number one: I agree with you comment, "Open your eyes in the interview, guys." but must ask you the question, "Where have you been living?". Most companies can't hire worth crap these days and use every crutch in the book to assist them in the hiring process including position assessments that amount to suitability or personality tests in reality. If you want to learn about the individual, ask opened ended questions, listen and assess but don't turn the process over to some assessment douchebag. Further, take the candidate to lunch or better yet dinner and observe how he/she interacts in that social setting, what is ordered, what manners are employed or violated, etc. However, in order for the interviewer or manager to pull that off, he/she has to have a personality, the ability to communicate [with emphasis on listening and observing] and the ability to reason. Not many have those skills today.

By: Pirate Jo

Pirate Jo — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 01:41:36 +0000

Eh, depends on what you want to be good at.

Finding a "fulfilling career" is a giant myth for most people, and no one should feel bad if they don't care that much about their job. The vast, vast, vast majority of people are lucky just to find something they don't hate, and it's going to be a way to pay the bills and not much else. If work was so great, we wouldn't have to get paid to do it.

My job right now isn't very 9 to 5, but I wish it was. I just want to forget about it when I leave at night.

By: jenniferlynn

jenniferlynn — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 03:19:57 +0000

@Dan- Interesting comment. I know this is a bit late, but I'm calling BS on your "Obama economy" characterization. Just for the record.

By: Jack

Jack — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 15:27:13 +0000

LOL!

By: robin greed

robin greed — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 11:21:00 +0000

even i hate hate emails

By: Arlene Myers

Arlene Myers — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 04:46:43 +0000

There are some company that trying to fool people by sending you an email and asking for a certain favor but in return, they will not pay you once you already finished you job.