The HR Plug

Sometimes the most powerful inspiration is exposure to what you refuse to become.

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In corporate America, substantiated racially derogatory imagery = termination. No warnings. No explanations. It violates workplace policy and federal employment law. Standards don’t change with power. The EEOC enforces this. Or at least, it should.

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@skinny_que @LuxeeBree You follow the location of your assigned work location. If you work from home, it's your home. If you drive into an office, it's that office. Your employment record will reveal the location that applies.

@LuxeeBree I’m right over the line in VA but I do think it’s interesting because my company headquarter is in Virginia and I work in DC.

My current job refuses to pay out the 136 hours of PTO I have accrued over the past two years so as a result I’m taking PTO for the next month and sending my resignation to my supervisor on the last day.

Your corporate job should be an income stream, not your sole reliance for financial security. Employers are unpredictable, unrealistic, and unreliable. It's time to shift the narrative. Join me: experienceunplug.com

Some people are investments. Some people are bills. Investments grow. Bills drain. Stop spending your time, energy, and resources on people who aren’t ready to grow. Spend wisely. Protect your peace. #Leadership #GrowthMindset #ProtectYourEnergy #ROI

I disappear because I need to. No apologies. Boundaries don’t require an explanation. Sometimes you have to protect your peace, recharge, and take care of yourself—and that’s nobody’s business but your own. If someone asks why you’re distant, here’s the truth: ➡️ You’re busy saving your world. ➡️ You’re a superhero in your own life, solving problems and protecting your energy. ➡️ Setting boundaries isn’t selfish. It’s how you keep showing up as your best self. ♻️ Repost if you’ve set boundaries to protect your peace—and follow me, @thehrplug for more insights on workplace culture and leadership.

Unlearning something toxic or ineffective is just as powerful as learning something new. Both lead to becoming a better leader. #Leadership #unlearning

Employers are unpredictable. When you have multiple streams, you're never reliant on just one source—and that’s where real stability comes from. Don’t wait—start building additional income streams. #dualpreneurship #hrconference #incomestreams #FinancialSuccess

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“If people are important to your organization, then you’re going to want to invest in an HRIS system and team to leverage that,” says LaShawn Davis, founder of @thehrplug 💬 bit.ly/3SAq1q8

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@eastdakota @Austen @eastdakota Thank you! Its comforting to see you own the issue. But a portion of the puzzle to solve this problem is your HR team. They did not properly advocate for doing it the right way. Nevertheless, your humility and acknowledgement is admirable. Happy to help!

We fired ~40 sales people out of over 1,500 in our go to market org. That’s a normal quarter. When we’re doing performance management right, we can often tell within 3 months or less of a sales hire, even during the holidays, whether they’re going to be successful or not. Sadly, we don’t hire perfectly. We try to fire perfectly. In this case, clearly we were far from perfect. The video is painful for me to watch. Managers should always be involved. HR should be involved, but it shouldn’t be outsourced to them, No employee should ever actually be surprised they weren’t performing. We don’t always get it right. And sometimes under performing employees don’t actually listen to the feedback they’ve gotten before we let them go. Importantly, just because we fire someone doesn’t mean they’re a bad employee. It doesn’t mean won’t be really, really great somewhere else. Chris Paul was a bad fit for the Suns, but he’s undoubtedly a great basketball player. And, in fact, we think the right thing to do is get people we know are unlikely to succeed off the team as quickly as possible so they can find the right place for them. We definitely weren’t anywhere close to perfect in this case. But any healthy org needs to get the people who aren’t performing off. That wasn’t the mistake here. The mistake was not being more kind and humane as we did. And that’s something @zatlyn and I are focused on improving going forward.

Alright some very quick (assumptive) analysis: 1. Looks like the company was nuking most of the sales org. If they’re keeping <25% of an org the calculus isn’t, “Are they doing a good job and have we given them a fair shake?” It’s more, “Who are the top performers we need to keep? We have to get rid of everyone else.” Totally unfair to her. It may have been nigh impossible to reach the performance bar required to stay. But hard to say with no info. 2. The fact that it’s two HR people who don’t know her is either a big mistep or it implies her manager (and possibly her manager’s manager etc.) are gone too. 3. The HR team was probably given a big list of names they needed to tell, and probably had no clue as to why the decision making led to some staying and some going. That’s not a fun position to be in, but could be the only alternative to a mass firing in a giant Zoom meeting depending on how much of management was also fired. 4. It’s interesting that they’re so clear it’s performance-based and not a layoff. That’s not an accident. Could be to avoid regulations around the WARN act, or as justification to give zero severance. Usually in this call they go over the high level of that stuff, but this one took a turn. Sad across the board.

@sbrownehr @HarmonyInsights @bmtravis @BhavnaUpadhya @brendameller @AskHRAnswers @KDTrainingGuru @TalentTalks @joanncorley @DebCohenLLC @debraruh @KevinEpley @KaylaMoncayo @erininpdx @foulksd @HRTechAdvisor @Htorres37 Awww, this made my day! Thank you. Such exemplary leadership!

#HR people I'm grateful for !! @HarmonyInsights @bmtravis @BhavnaUpadhya @brendameller @AskHRAnswers @KDTrainingGuru @TalentTalks @joanncorley @DebCohenLLC @debraruh @KevinEpley @KaylaMoncayo @erininpdx @foulksd @thehrplug @HRTechAdvisor @Htorres37 #HRCommunity #FF

Dear Toxic Leader, Please stop saying, "Good morning," and asking, "How are you today?" Nothing will ever be "good" about my morning while working with you. Every day you see me, I'm not good, bc I work with you. Your attempt to be polite doesn't overshadow your toxicity. Thx! 🙄

@TaraViswanathan I love everything about this. Great leadership. Great example.

A candidate just pulled a brilliant salary negotiation move: Most ppl: “If you don’t increase my salary to $X, I won’t join.” This candidate: “I’m going to join, even if you don’t increase my salary to $X, but I’d LOVE if you did!” She got the full salary increase. 🎉

@ElonMuskAOC In 30 days I could fix your workplace culture and improve your employer image.

You walk into an elevator with me, Elon Musk. What’s the first thing you say?

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