"Well, it's at-will employment anyway." There's a trend we've been seeing in workplaces everywhere. Employees are increasingly informing their managers how and when they will work. We're not talking about an occasional schedule swap. We're talking about things like: ● "I'll be working from a campground for the next week." ● "I'm reducing my hours to 25 a week." ● "I'm taking a class at 2:00 every day so I'll have to leave early." And managers? They're nodding a

"Well, it's at-will employment anyway." We hear this constantly. An employee's performance is slipping, we walk leaders through documenting it and having a real conversation, and that's the response we get back. Unfortunately, it's not that simple. At-Will Protects You From One Thing. Not Everything. At-will means you can end employment without cause. It does not mean you're protected from a lawsuit. Those are two different things, and mixing them up is where companies get in

There's a lot of chatter about AI. Everywhere you look, someone has something to say about it. How to learn it, how to navigate it, how it's robbing us of our critical thinking, the list goes on. So, what do we think at RiseHR? AI doesn't replace one of the most important things we need in the workplace: empathy. Empathy Is Still the Skill That Matters Most According to an HBR article, executives rank empathy as one of the most important capabilities in their employees. So if

One of the most common frustrations we hear from small business owners: why doesn’t my team care as much as I do? Here’s the honest answer: they won’t. And that’s not a knock on your employees. You started the business. You carry the risk. You reap the reward. You’re the one lying awake at 2am thinking about payroll. Your employee is thinking about their weekend - and that’s completely normal. You’re asking someone making $25/hour to have a $250,000 mindset. That’s not fair t

Every spring, a fresh wave of college graduates walks into their first real job. They’re nervous, excited, full of hope - and completely unaware of what they don’t know yet. And every spring, managers across the country start complaining about them. This isn’t new. Every generation gets the same label when they show up: lazy, entitled, self-centered. I heard it when I entered the workforce. I spent years coaching managers through the “entitled millennial” panic. Now it’s Gen

If you spend any time on professional networking sites, you’ve probably seen the dramatic claims: AI is about to replace recruiters, HR professionals, and maybe even the person who orders the office snacks. As someone who supports small business hiring and actually recruits real humans, I can confidentially say: no, AI is not taking over my job anytime soon. But it has become an indispensable assistant, quietly streamlining parts of my job and occasionally making me look far