Don't Do This in the Exit Interview

If you're an employee and you work for a difficult employer, have you ever thought of surreptitiously recording your exit interview? If you're an employer, have you ever considered that a difficult employee might be trying to make your life miserable one last time during the exit interview?

A friend from Texas told me about his recent experience: "I recently resigned from my job and secretly recorded the exit interview. During the interview, the HR director threatened to withhold my last paycheck unless I signed a non-compete agreement. I told her the threat was unlawful and that I was recording the conversation. She became enraged and screamed 'get out of my sight! I hope I never see you again for the rest of my life!'"

National Right to Work Act

Senator Jim DeMint (R-SC) has introduced a bill in the U.S. Senate, the purpose of which is to "preserve and protect the free choice of individual employees to form, join, or assist labor organizations, or to refrain from such activities."

You can read the bill here.

Personal E-mail Accounts at Work

Assume your employer doesn't monitor your gmail, yahoo or other personal e-mail account when you log in to personal accounts from a work computer? Don't assume anything...if you need to communicate important personal information to someone while you are at work, push the keyboard away and pick up your telephone.