Tag: promotion

Beach Day Revisited

By Julie Elgar Sep 14, 2007 That's What She Said

Updated: Sep 14, 2007

Companies that use pre-employment tests to screen applicants should, at the very least, make sure that the skills being tested are those skills that the position requires. Holding a Survivor-like contest to determine who will be recommended for a promotion to regional manager does not pass this test. Not even a little bit. Indeed, tests […]

Beach Games

By Julie Elgar May 11, 2007 That's What She Said

Updated: May 11, 2007

LITIGATION VALUE: $300,000+ Holding a Survivor-like contest to determine who will be recommended for a promotion to regional manager is not going to end well for Dunder Mifflin. At all. If the decision is challenged (which it almost certainly will be) then the company is going to be asked to articulate a legitimate nondiscriminatory reason […]