Montgomery Community Media

After the bloodletting – now what? Business shrinking?  Contracts diminishing? If you’re rightsizing or downsizing your company in this economy, make sure you don’t stop with the job half done. You obviously have to do what the finance person or the Excel spreadsheet tells you.  Nobody can run a business at a loss, and if […]

How do you get people enthusiastic again after the shutdown? Any psychologist will tell you that work – having a job and getting paid for that job – is one of the best things you can do for your mental health. It follows that being thrown out of work, especially when it’s done unfairly and […]

Sandra from Rockville writes: “Dear Workplace Gripe Guy, I am sick to death of women being passed over for opportunity in my company.  I’ve been trying to break into sales for four years, but every time, the jobs go to one of  “the boys” and there’s always a “good reason” – it’s never because I’m […]