(This column originally appeared in The Guardian) In these days of electronic-everything, you’d think that most businesses wouldn’t be using paper checks any more. Consumers…
Gene MarksJanuary 8, 2023
(This column originally appeared in The Guardian) Once upon a time a business would hire an employee and make them sign an employment agreement which…
Gene MarksDecember 25, 2022
(This column originally appeared in The Guardian) My company is hoping to hire a part-time person to implement and support some of the software applications…
Gene MarksDecember 4, 2022
(This column originally appeared in The Guardian) A restaurant in Hyde Park, Ohio, called Dutch’s has this on its bills: “We offer living wages to…
Gene MarksNovember 27, 2022
(This column originally appeared in The Guardian) I‘m not exactly a baby boomer, but I’m pretty darn close. The standard definition of this generation is…
Gene MarksNovember 20, 2022
(This column originally appeared in The Guardian) We knew it was coming. The practice of “ghosting” has taken a 180-degree turn. Up until recently, many…
Gene MarksNovember 6, 2022
Trying to figure out the future in the current climate is enough to give you a migraine. Where is the economy heading? Should you take…
Gene MarksOctober 30, 2022
(This column originally appeared in The Guardian) Remember Anton Ego — the aptly-named villainous restaurant critic in the animated film Ratatouille? His scathing review of…
Gene MarksOctober 23, 2022
(This column originally appeared in The Guardian) The tax man is receiving a whopping $80bn thanks to the Biden administration’s recently passed Inflation Reduction Act.…
Gene MarksOctober 2, 2022