According to a recent story in the San Antonio Express-News, most employees complain about their bosses’ being lazy or dishonest. See story. Another 21% complain that their bosses are "nipickers."
Speaking of which, Mike Maslanka writes a nice post about lying and body language. A study suggests that bosses are often the better
Judge Sharon Keller’s lawyer made his final arguments to the Texas Commission on Judicial Conduct. He argues defensively that the protocol she was expected to follow was not in writing at the time. He said the TCJC has completed a poor investigation. He accused the lawyers for the executed killer, Michael Richard, of telling
San Antonio lawyer Ted Roberts has been granted "shock probation." That means Ted Roberts will be let out of state prison early and he will seve 10 years probation. See report. Ted Roberts is the lawyer who was found guilty of forcing various persons to keep him quiet about these men having sexual relations
You think the workplace bullying is bad where you work? Meg Whitman, former eBay executive and current candidate for Governor of California, is accused of shoving an employee. Ms. Whitman’s campaign claims it was just a verbal altercation. Either way, it resulted in a $200,000 setlement, reportedly. See report. I guess things get tense
In a recent decision, the US Supreme Court affirmed the right of employers to review the text messages on employees’ cell phones. In City of Ontario v. Quon, the government employer 
searched the employees’ cell phone for text messages. The cell phone had been issued by the employer. The City believed the employee had exceeded
In Iraq and Afghanistan, Moslem interpreters help us everyday with the war effort. Interpreters assume a special risk. They are targeted whenever possible. See report of an Iraqi interpreter who was killed in Samarra by his son and nephew. His son and nephew are said to be members of Al-Qaeda. Samarra is heavily Sunni, so
The national unemployment rate has reduced from 9.9% to 9.7% for May. See report. But, it appears that many of these new jobs are temporary jobs. The San Antonio rate has improved slightly from 7.3% in April to 7.1% in May. See TWC report. Overall, Texas added 43,600 jobs in May.
San Antonio pararescuer TSGT Michael Flores was killed in Afghanistan. TSGT Flores was a 1997 graduate of John Marshall High School. He was killed along with three others when their helicopter was crashed in Helmand Province. The Taliban claim they shot down the Osprey-22 helicopter. See San Antonio Express-News report.
We all have different memories of Memorial Day. Some remember hot dogs and trips to the lake. Some remember a grandfather or uncle who served in World War II or Viet Nam. I remember 1SGT Saenz. We all met at Ft. Jackson on March 13, 2005. We numbered a little over a hundred members of
A reader calls me about a friend. He called me in response to my entry about drug testing and zero tolerance policies. My entry actually was based in part on another blog entry by Mike Maslanka, a noted employer side attorney. Mike’s point and mine was that an employer should be prepared to allow exceptions