WIRTW #791: the 'awkward' edition
Have you ever seen a celebrity—someone whose work you genuinely love—and completely blown your shot at being normal? Yeah. Same. It just hap...
Archive: February 2026
A lesson on retaliation from the State of the Union
By Jon Hyman
A lawmaker sits silently during a high-profile speech. He holds up a simple sign protesting a racially offensive depiction of a former presi...
Culture is what you tolerate
By Jon Hyman
We tell ourselves a comforting lie about bad behavior around sports. It's just passion. Just rivalry. Just trash talk. Until it's ra...
A wiener of a lawsuit
By Jon Hyman
A bun propped itself atop the deli counter and declared itself lunch. It was golden. Perfectly split. Structurally sound. "Look at my f...
WIRTW #790: the 'protest' edition
By Jon Hyman
Rock 'n' roll has a long history of protest music. From Woody Guthrie's Tear the Fascists Down to Rage Against the Machine'...
If you’re going to buy the hype, at least read the fine print
By Jon Hyman
For years, BrewDog invited fans to become "Equity Punks." Not just customers. Owners. Across seven crowdfunding rounds, roughly 22...
Your ChatGPT history as a hiring test? That's a hard no.
By Jon Hyman
"Take out your phone and open your ChatGPT app. Type this prompt: 'Based on my past conversations, analyze my behavioral tendencies...
The 2nd nominee for The Worst Employer of 2026 is … The (Not) Joking CEO
By Jon Hyman
At a company keynote in Las Vegas, Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff invited the international employees to stand. He then joked that ICE agents w...
Pro tip from pop culture: Don't fire your employees while they are in the ER
By Jon Hyman
"If you fire her, she will sue you and I will testify." That's not a plaintiff's lawyer talking. That's Dr. Robby, the...
WIRTW #789: the 'while my guitar gently weeps' edition
By Jon Hyman
Fifty-three today. That's either mid-50s or early-50s depending on how generous you're feeling. I'm choosing the latter. Staying...
Beware the legal risks of AI meeting agents
By Jon Hyman
AI meeting agents are everywhere. They join Zoom calls, transcribe conversations, summarize action items, and promise to save employees hour...
Workplace investigations are hard. Until they’re not.
By Jon Hyman
Workplace investigations are hard. Witnesses forget. Memories conflict. Motives get murky. HR is left piecing together timelines, credibilit...
Federal court provides road map for lawful DEI programs
By Jon Hyman
I keep getting asked how employers can legally maintain DEI programs in today's political climate. A federal judge just answered that qu...
WIRTW #788: the 'it's a beautiful day' edition
By Jon Hyman
When I was a kid, Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood wasn't background noise. You sat on the floor. You watched. You waited for him to come th...
Just Subpoena It.
By Jon Hyman
This week, the EEOC sent a strong message to corporate America when it went to federal court to force Nike to turn over years of documents t...
Union activity Is not a license to be abusive at work
By Jon Hyman
Let's get something straight right out of the gate: employees have the right to organize. They also have the right to complain about wor...
When does $5,000,000 not equal $5,000,000?
By Jon Hyman
Elizabeth Graham worked as a benefits generalist in the human resources department of Bristol Hospice Holdings. She filed (and later withdre...