“She’s the kind of girl who climbed the ladder of success wrong by wrong.”
- Mae West
When she isn’t setting the world on fire with her cynical approach to Corporate America, Laurie Ruettimann is a punk rock Human Resources Professional with over 12 years of experience gained in several large, Fortune 500 organizations.
Laurie is now a full-time Human Resources blogger who advocates for a common sense approach to traditional HR practices.
She loves America, enjoys playing with kittens and puppies, and is an all around nice woman.
Laurie’s punk rock credentials are strong after discovering hydrogen peroxide, manic panic, and a bad attitude in 1988. She has been blogging on the interwebs — using a series of pipes and tubes — since 2003.
Laurie - your blog has changed so much since it read it last. What a fun read! Congrats on your first day of unemployment
Best,
RG
Laurie,
If you’d like to consider submitting a version of your manifesto as a guest column for our Friday edition, email me for details. We mail HRDA to about 104M HR professionals a day.
JS
Roberta - I miss you already. xxxooo
JS - Thanks for the opportunity. Will be in touch!
Hi Laurie,
This is the only way that I could find you (out side linkedIn) so I will take a chance that you will respond to this email. I am an executive search consultant sourcing for a Director of Human Resources with a Medical Devices company. The salary is $180~$190 plus bonus. I can send you more spec once I have received a reply.
My number is 708-672-7700
Laurie–
That sounds like a good job.
–JM
That does sound like a good job!
is that one hundred eighty dollars per week, or per year?
kidding.
Laurie-
Just found your blog… and laughing a lot as I read through it. If you’re still “on the beach” or even if you’re back in the workforce, I’d love to chat with you sometime.
Although I’d agree that *most* team building is for suckers…. I’m a team building and leadership dev consultant…. and I could use some help in Chicago.
- JP
I can be reached at jpalace@gelcorp.com
Dear Ms. Ruettiman,
I’m writing to you on behalf of The Human Factor, and I’d like to request you for permission to publish entries from your blog in our HR journal.
“The Human Factor” is an HR journal, published by The Indian Institute of Planning and Management, New Delhi. This journal focuses on collating articles related to the present HR scenario, best practices in the area and, various tools and current issues in the industry. You can find out more about our content at http://www.iipmthinktank.com/publications/the-human-factor.html
The Human Factor is circulated to a large number of top companies and universities (both in India and abroad), and has a substantial subscription base. It will also be available at select bookshops and stalls in India from February 2008.
We are currently in the process of finalizing the contents for forthcoming issue, due to be published by February 2008 and, as I mentioned, I would love it if we could publish parts of your blog as a section in our magazine.
The wit and humour expressed in your entries makes them very interesting reads, and, while switching from journal to magazine, we at The Human Factor are trying to redesign our content from purely academic, to more practical and easy – to – read.
I’d like to send you a complementary copy of our previous issue so you can look through it – please send across your postal address for that.
I look forward to hearing from you soon,
Thank you, and have a good day!
Best regards,
Aditi
Damnit. No naked pictures. What the hell kind of HR blog is this anyway?
The naked pictures are on my other website:
http://www.hrhooker.com
Hey Laurie,
I was turned on to your site by a colleague. Hopefully you remember me… I was one of your Pformer colleagues working in the aviation group. I just wanted to say that I thought you were pretty awesome before, but now after reading your blog I think you are the BOMB!! (not that my opinion matters) Hope all is well with you!
KS
Kelley - You are so awesome & of course I remember you. Drop me a personal line and let me know how you are doing!! xxxxooo
Hey Laurie,
Okay normally I consider myself somewhat intelligent…but I cannot figure out how to send you a personal note. I have looked on this site but cannot find an email address for you. Or, is there a link on the site I should be using??
Thanks,
Kelley
Kelley, my blog design sucks if you can’t see my email address. Hit me here: laurieruettimann@yahoo.com
from another bad-ass HR girl…you are so freakin’ creative and funny. you should write for tv….it’s smart-funny….which the world is lacking.
i’ll be back. all the best-
melissa
@Melissa — YOU ARE AWESOME.
Thanks for stopping by & commenting!
Hey Laurie -
Thanks for the link lovin’. Although, I may prefer to be a “sucka” (or is it suckah or are you a fan of hyphens? suck-ah…hmmm. That could have another meaning and people would expect nude photos.) Now you can see why I spent a lot of time in HR-folks offices.
Here’s to anarchy in the workplace, dearest punk one.
- Jeremy
Jeremy, we are kindred spirits. You are a sucka in the best I’m-gonna-get-you kind of way. Old skool. Late 80s. With the Wayans brothers when they were funny. - Laurie
The Wayans were funny?
Dear Punk Rock HR Girl - Being Punk and being HR ain’t easy. Rock On for bringing it all together here. This is the best site I have stumbled across in forever. I will be telling other HR Punk Girls in our clan to visit immediately. I like your style sister
Sarah, what a nice comment. I’m not too punk rock to say thanks for the compliment. - Laurie
Hi Laurie,
I am kind of confused; how i got in here… but trust me after I had a look, you are just awesome. you are diffrent from other boarin ppl in recruiting industry who always try and do the lame stuff… but you have a diffrent punch in you.
good to a person with a lil life… atleast in our world. recruiting world.
keep up the Good work— Sparky.
Thanks,
Vikas.
Laurie
I love your blog - keep doin what you do.
Best,
William