by Dennis Beaver | business, employment, workplace
August 28, 2020 • By Dennis Beaver “Jesus” phoned, wanting to speak with me. Anne, my paralegal, buzzed me, saying, “There is a guy on the phone who wants to talk with you but I can’t understand him.” It required every ounce of patience to make out what he was saying....
by Dennis Beaver | business, complaint, workplace
June 26, 2020 • By Dennis Beaver At one time or another every business will have a negative review about them posted on social media. If that’s already happened to you, it’s no secret that this is frustrating, and highly upsetting, especially if there is no basis for...
by Dennis Beaver | law enforcement, workplace
March 13, 2020 • By Dennis Beaver This is the story about how a lawyer, prosecutor, and judge worked together to teach a volatile woman respect for authority, and also, of an employer who saw great promise in an employee who very likely would have lost her job if she...
by Dennis Beaver | psychology, workplace
April 26, 2019 • By Dennis Beaver If it’s the holiday season and I say “miser.” What name comes to mind? (No, not your cheapskate uncle Joe, we’ll get to him later.) I’ll bet its Scrooge. Misers have been some of the most despicable characters in literature, with...
by Dennis Beaver | education, employment, workplace
April 12, 2019 • By Dennis Beaver Today’s story will of special interest to recent high school and college graduates out looking for full-time job. “If you know what not to do – what not to wear – what not to ask and what not to say, your chances of being...
by Dennis Beaver | employment, free speech, technology, workplace
February 1, 2019 • By Dennis Beaver Who hasn’t wanted to tell a scheming, incompetent manager or boss just what we think of them while clearing our desk and walking out of an office that had become toxic, emotional poison – a menacing Skull and Crossbones. If...