That’s the thing, though. What company’s known not to be shitty?

I think I was in my 2nd job ever when I realized everyone, everywhere is shitty. Where there are humans there will be harassment. I’ve had corporate positions and I’ve worked in academia and never seen anti-harassment programs work because no one thinks they are the problem. Harassers think their jokes are…

My wife went on early leave because of doctor ordered bedrest. Her manager (female with kids) treated her vilely. On her return her manager demanded that she make up for lost time and immediately assigned her 12-14 hrs of work every day. Our kid wasn’t even home from the hospital yet. My wife wouldn’t bring it up to…

HR works for management to protect the company. The sooner people realize this, the sooner you will understand the true role of your HR deparment.

I wish that surprised me. Women in corporate America can be just as vicious as men, sometimes more so because they feel the need to demonstrate to their male colleagues that they’re not “one of those” women who takes lazy baby vacations. I once worked in a corporation where the entire management structure of our…

HR Professional here, and I’m going to be a downer (as usual). There’s a lot of politics at the level that she’s talking. I doubt very much she’s midlevel professional.

For all the average Janes that are expecting or trying to get pregnant, I cannot stress enough to document every thing related to your performance and…

In corporate culture, many women feel the need to compete. It’s basically cool girl syndrome for grown ups. They are the roughest, toughest, most savage bitch at the conference table, and don’t you forget it.

I love you. Please come haunt me.

My face made at least a dozen different expressions while reading that. Pretty epic of course. 

My wife has a stuffed hamster in a hamster cage. It was her childhood pet. It’s in our garage.

There was more to it I didn’t include in order for the comment to not be a wall of text.

I met a queerpunk art freak dude at the Ramrod in Boston back in the 90’s. His name was Luther. Red flag right there.

Sounds like someone with whom you would have experienced the best sex of your life, and then woke up an hour later handcuffed to the bed, with her smiling and running a knife over your lower extremities while casually decorating your face with makeup. 

I am currently dating a man who recently went on a bike ride and came home with a deranged-looking puppet. Like, full-on marionette. All of it’s parts move - the head and feet can go full 180* in the wrong direction.

After he found it, he let it rest in his bed for a while.

Two days later he was offered (and…

My former fuck buddy, now husband has a lamp that looks like an anatomical model of a heart, and when you plug it in, it “pulses”. I shit you not.

Fuck buddy makes this awfully specific so I don’t think I have a great one, but:

In petty news: Bill de Blasio was not invited to Kirsten Gillibrand’s September 11th Victims Fund press conference.

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg is being collegial and that is a good thing. Not only because I think it is good in and of itself, but is sound strategy. Justice Brennan was more influential than Justice Scalia not because he was smarter, but because he was less of an asshole and his colleagues like them better. Justice…

It seems to me that if he’s so committed to sufferers of MENIERE’S SYNDROME he’d know how to spell it! (And that Jezebel wouldn't repeat the misspelling)

Have you ever considered writing this explanation for Lifehacker or The Root?