Recent articles in The Washington Post describe co-worker hostility faced by veterans working in federal agencies, purportedly because of federally mandated hiring preferences. Some ascribe this hostility to cultural differences between military and civilian workers. Combat vets, who are used to making and responding to rapid decisions, have little patience for the bureaucratic process, where decisions […]
Month: May 2018
The First Person to Mention A Number Loses–and its Usually You
Perhaps the biggest fallacy of the law in the U.S. is the presumption of equal bargaining power between employers and employees. This is even more so in the context of a job search. Although there are some job seekers who may already be employed in a highly-paid position and are looking for a change, many […]
Your Dream Job as a Pooper Scooper
Because I am perennially seeking paid work (to supplement my unpaid creative and critical work), I frequently receive emails with job listings. Most of these jobs are corporate, which I tend to ignore except for research purposes. That is, these announcements provide information about workplace trends, not only with respect to the jobs themselves but […]
