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Post by Abby Normal on Jan 29, 2016 9:22:50 GMT -5
Checked my 401k account and seems like bonuses were paid out this week! Wonder how long they will take before mailing my check to me, also waiting on 3 weeks vacation payout. Awesome. I'm surprised they gave it to you. Our policy reads you have to be employed when they are paid, regardless of what time period they are earned.
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Post by NomoreDramaQ1015 on Jan 29, 2016 9:25:29 GMT -5
He might want to call and let them know that he did resubmit his application and that he is interested. I know that if I just got an application for someone who turned me down a couple weeks ago, I wouldn't give it any time
He did. He left a message and also applied for two jobs that popped up since he took the job at OS. I'd hope they'd at least give him a glance. People take jobs and find out they aren't a good fit all the time. DH plans on being diplomatically honest about why he made the decision he did. I would think another company would understand that you're not going to want to work in an environment where they expect you to do unpaid work. I got it across that my BT employers were bat shit and destroying my career without using those exact words. I'd only been with them for four months. My PI said that it didn't matter, I had been with my COP employer for five YEARS before that, so my resume showed I wasn't a serial job hopper. DH was with his former employer for 3 years. He was with Tyson for 5 years. This is the first time he's ever up and quit a position and he's 42. I'd hope the rest of his job history counts for something. We'll see I guess.
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Post by Value Buy on Jan 29, 2016 9:26:59 GMT -5
Checked my 401k account and seems like bonuses were paid out this week! Wonder how long they will take before mailing my check to me, also waiting on 3 weeks vacation payout. Your state does not require full payment of everything due you at time of being terminated? I understand bonuses. If they have not been issued, they cannot give it to you at time of termination, but salary, comp time, and vacation should have been cut and handed to you, or issued within a week's time.
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Post by Knee Deep in Water Chloe on Jan 29, 2016 9:31:26 GMT -5
NomoreDramaQ1015, does he even need to tell anyone he worked at OS? Can't he just omit that?
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Post by NomoreDramaQ1015 on Jan 29, 2016 9:34:23 GMT -5
He plans on never putting it on his resume, nobody is going to question a few months gap between employers.
However it'll probably come up if the dairy calls since he turned them down saying he got a job at OS. If they don't ask he's not going to say anything. If they ask he said he'll be honest but diplomatic about it not being a good fit.
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Post by emma1420 on Jan 29, 2016 9:34:59 GMT -5
Checked my 401k account and seems like bonuses were paid out this week! Wonder how long they will take before mailing my check to me, also waiting on 3 weeks vacation payout. Awesome. I'm surprised they gave it to you. Our policy reads you have to be employed when they are paid, regardless of what time period they are earned. That's the way our bonuses work. It doesn't matter if you are employed when it was earned or when it was announced. You have to be employed in good standing when it is paid out. It's why everyone who quits around bonus time always waits until they've been paid before turning in their notice.
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Post by NomoreDramaQ1015 on Jan 29, 2016 9:49:02 GMT -5
Two more jobs banged out. One required you fax your resume and it isn't like we have one of those sitting around at home so I sent it in.
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Post by TheHaitian on Jan 29, 2016 9:49:15 GMT -5
Awesome. I'm surprised they gave it to you. Our policy reads you have to be employed when they are paid, regardless of what time period they are earned. That's the way our bonuses work. It doesn't matter if you are employed when it was earned or when it was announced. You have to be employed in good standing when it is paid out. It's why everyone who quits around bonus time always waits until they've been paid before turning in their notice. My company is different, if you earned it while you are employed... You are still entitled to it even if at the time you were terminated. And technically I am still in there system as of time of payments because they payed me yesterday for last week and it would have been the same time the bonus checks were cut.
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Post by TheHaitian on Jan 29, 2016 9:49:48 GMT -5
Checked my 401k account and seems like bonuses were paid out this week! Wonder how long they will take before mailing my check to me, also waiting on 3 weeks vacation payout. Your state does not require full payment of everything due you at time of being terminated? I understand bonuses. If they have not been issued, they cannot give it to you at time of termination, but salary, comp time, and vacation should have been cut and handed to you, or issued within a week's time. Interesting... I will look into what my state policy is. Thanks
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Post by Value Buy on Jan 29, 2016 9:54:47 GMT -5
Your state does not require full payment of everything due you at time of being terminated? I understand bonuses. If they have not been issued, they cannot give it to you at time of termination, but salary, comp time, and vacation should have been cut and handed to you, or issued within a week's time. Interesting... I will look into what my state policy is. Thanks Maybe Tennesseer could way in on this. I just thought it was pretty common, when terminated.
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Post by TheHaitian on Jan 29, 2016 10:08:25 GMT -5
Two more jobs banged out. One required you fax your resume and it isn't like we have one of those sitting around at home so I sent it in. Good how is your husband holding up?
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Post by TheHaitian on Jan 29, 2016 10:13:00 GMT -5
Interesting... I will look into what my state policy is. Thanks Maybe Tennesseer could way in on this. I just thought it was pretty common, when terminated. I don't know, a bit unaware of it!
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Post by flamingo on Jan 29, 2016 10:20:13 GMT -5
On my job front, I did not take any steps for a change today. None. I am just not sure what I am feeling. A part of me says I should be aggressive and find a better fit and move. The other part of me says its only been 2 weeks of change, give it a few weeks for things to settle down and then see where it takes me. In my past I have never made good decisions when I am in a funk. So I am doing nothing today and tomorrow. Over the weekend I will sit down and shine up my resume and register for the certification I know I should take. We will see how the wind blows in the next few weeks... I did get into a huge fight with DH this morning. I was ranting to him about my job. Everytime I said something about my job, he came back with "Oh you think yours is bad? Let me tell you what we have going on, what I am facing...". NO issue of mine was as big or as scary as his. His issues topped everything!! Pissed me off supremely and I let him have it! So then he comes back with how I am so "unapproachable" when I am stressed and thats why he hesitates to ask me whats bugging me. He is in the doghouse until further notice. My DH takes a slightly different path. He works from home, part time, so he never really has job problems. However, I work FT outside the home and do bitch about my job periodically. He takes the path of "oh, that's not so bad, look at it from <person I'm bitching about> perspective. AND, you are so lucky to have a job you like most of the time! Why are you complaining?" I want to throttle him when he does this. Keep in mind, before working part time from home, he was the managing partner of a small, 10 person law firm. So he has no frame of reference for what it's like to work at a large business. And when he gives me suggestions on how to handle things/what to say? I want to beat his head into our brick wall even more, because guaranteed if I tried that, I'd be let go so fast my head would spin. Good luck-I hope you are able to get out of your funk soon and get back to not hating your job!
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Post by raeoflyte on Jan 29, 2016 10:43:13 GMT -5
Drama--if the goal is to have any job in 2 weeks, I think your dh needs to be applying to part time jobs now too. Those have always been harder for me to get than regular jobs, because they know you're just going to quit when something better comes along.
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Post by shanendoah on Jan 29, 2016 10:56:04 GMT -5
NomoreDramaQ1015 - I am on the boat with those that say your DH needs to contact the department of labor. Everything we have heard from you would violate labor laws here in WA. For example, for hourly employees, if I require them to clock in/clock out, I must provide some sort of card swipe because I cannot even ask them to turn on their work computer before they are on the clock. (So I can't have them clock in/out on the computer, because simply being on the computer is work.) So all of this - you have to put on special gear BEFORE you're on the clock, you can't check company email on company time - would be clear violations of labor law here. So I am glad he has agreed to contact them today. Best of luck there. Given how poorly this has gone, I can't help but wonder if this manager perhaps had his own "favorite" up for the job and was pissed when your DH got hired.
cael - Go on the interview. Don't bring up pregnancy related issues in the first interview. But if there is a second interview, or they mention that you HAVE to be on the job when you know you will be out on leave, that would be the time to discuss. Though technically, you don't have to say anything at any time during the hiring process, but considering you do have to be with an employer for a full year before you officially qualify for FMLA protection (your state might have state protections that kick in sooner), it would probably be good form to talk about if it looks like they are serious about hiring you. No point in getting hired only to have them fire you while you're out on maternity leave.
And yes, throw a few sentences in your cover letter about how you are back in school specifically because this is the kind of work you want to do. It shows dedication and motivation.
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Post by NomoreDramaQ1015 on Jan 29, 2016 11:02:37 GMT -5
Two more jobs banged out. One required you fax your resume and it isn't like we have one of those sitting around at home so I sent it in. Good how is your husband holding up? As well as can be expected I guess. He's been pretty shaken up and thought I was going to kick him out of the house last night. I told him I am not angry, I don't think that is an accurate expression of how I am feeling. There are too many things going on in my head to give it a label. I can't fault him for quitting. I figure he would have been terminated eventually anyway. You're doomed if you are working for someone who stalks the security footage so he can catch you "wasting" two minutes of company time. Literally TWO MINUTES. DH was supposed to clock out at exactly 1:00 pm and he clocked out at 1:02 pm. So it's better he leave now after only having been there a week and we can forget it ever happened. It's just really really crappy timing. I was hoping that he could hang on long enough to find another employer first and then tell them exactly what he was thinking. I do like the idea of reporting them. Not just b/c it is wrong of them to treat their employees that way but b/c I am a vengeful bitch. I am tired of psycho managers/supervisors getting away with crap. I swear that they are like this b/c they figure people are so desperate for a job they'll take whatever abuse they hurl at them in exchange for a paycheck. Or they assume there is such a large pool of unemployed people it doesn't matter if they drive off this employee they'll have a new person to abuse shortly.
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Post by Lizard Queen on Jan 29, 2016 11:23:58 GMT -5
Until they get in trouble for that shit, they'll keep doing it. So, by reporting it, you'll help the other employees in the future. That is, if the DOL does anything about it.
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Post by Abby Normal on Jan 29, 2016 11:27:52 GMT -5
Drama- If I were your DH I wouldn't say anything about the unpaid work to the job that knows he took it. Potential employers don't really like to hear you say bad things about a former employer- or worse- he may look like a whiner.
I would simply say- While the company has a great product reputation- they have have some unique management practices I didn't agree with. Then if they ask for an example say "Well, my supervisor told me I wouldn't amount to anything in the company because I was a slacker because I was 'caught' checking my company email and told me it was policy to only do that off the clock. I disagree with that, because if there is something going on in the plant that effects quality, I need to know now, not 8 hours from now." LEt them read in between the lines about the pay issue.
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Post by Chocolate Lover on Jan 29, 2016 11:37:52 GMT -5
Sorry Drama that sucks. cael, you said your commute will be longer with that new job. I know it's what you want to do and all, but don't forget, you may not want to extend the time you're away from home once the baby arrives. I still say apply, but keep in mind how much you'll hate a long commute soon.
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Post by cael on Jan 29, 2016 11:43:52 GMT -5
Sorry Drama that sucks. cael , you said your commute will be longer with that new job. I know it's what you want to do and all, but don't forget, you may not want to extend the time you're away from home once the baby arrives. I still say apply, but keep in mind how much you'll hate a long commute soon. Oh yeah, that's another issue with it - it would/will be nice to have the super short commute and half-day Fridays when the kid is a baby! Of course this good job I want comes up now when I really don't want to switch jobs for at least another year just my luck.
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Post by NomoreDramaQ1015 on Jan 29, 2016 11:47:10 GMT -5
Drama- If I were your DH I wouldn't say anything about the unpaid work to the job that knows he took it. Potential employers don't really like to hear you say bad things about a former employer- or worse- he may look like a whiner. I would simply say- While the company has a great product reputation- they have have some unique management practices I didn't agree with. Then if they ask for an example say "Well, my supervisor told me I wouldn't amount to anything in the company because I was a slacker because I was 'caught' checking my company email and told me it was policy to only do that off the clock. I disagree with that, because if there is something going on in the plant that effects quality, I need to know now, not 8 hours from now." LEt them read in between the lines about the pay issue. The only one who may ask is the dairy and DH is going to keep it at it wasn't a good fit and they shouldn't want more details. If they do he's crafted something like the above. Otherwise we're not putting it down on applications and it isn't on his resume. It'll just show a month's gap in employment. Nobody besides the dairy if they call will even know OS existed.
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Post by Chocolate Lover on Jan 29, 2016 11:51:44 GMT -5
Sorry Drama that sucks. cael , you said your commute will be longer with that new job. I know it's what you want to do and all, but don't forget, you may not want to extend the time you're away from home once the baby arrives. I still say apply, but keep in mind how much you'll hate a long commute soon. Oh yeah, that's another issue with it - it would/will be nice to have the super short commute and half-day Fridays when the kid is a baby! Of course this good job I want comes up now when I really don't want to switch jobs for at least another year just my luck. Welcome to parenthood. Where nothing is ever timed right and you never get your way. But it's still awesome.
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Post by mojothehelpermonkey on Jan 29, 2016 12:46:44 GMT -5
Good how is your husband holding up? As well as can be expected I guess. He's been pretty shaken up and thought I was going to kick him out of the house last night. I told him I am not angry, I don't think that is an accurate expression of how I am feeling. There are too many things going on in my head to give it a label. I can't fault him for quitting. I figure he would have been terminated eventually anyway. You're doomed if you are working for someone who stalks the security footage so he can catch you "wasting" two minutes of company time. Literally TWO MINUTES. DH was supposed to clock out at exactly 1:00 pm and he clocked out at 1:02 pm. So it's better he leave now after only having been there a week and we can forget it ever happened. It's just really really crappy timing. I was hoping that he could hang on long enough to find another employer first and then tell them exactly what he was thinking. I do like the idea of reporting them. Not just b/c it is wrong of them to treat their employees that way but b/c I am a vengeful bitch. I am tired of psycho managers/supervisors getting away with crap. I swear that they are like this b/c they figure people are so desperate for a job they'll take whatever abuse they hurl at them in exchange for a paycheck. Or they assume there is such a large pool of unemployed people it doesn't matter if they drive off this employee they'll have a new person to abuse shortly. That's the same kind of nonsense my last employer would pull. I pointed out to them that scrutinizing people like that makes it harder for them to do their jobs. Their response was to remind me that with today's job market, they could easily replace any of us. I hope your husband finds something soon. Job hunting is though on relationships. I was bottling everything up for the first 10 months, and then I had a meltdown. I got really angry at my SO for not taking the situation seriously enough, but how was he supposed to even know how bad I felt if I was always trying not to complain about it. My SO is having an awful time at his job these days too. His boss is a good guy, but he keeps bidding on jobs that take over an hour to get to without even factoring in traffic. I have had to bite my tongue a couple of times when he complains because I would like to have just about any job right now. Still, he doesn't want to hear that when he is stuck in traffic after a long day. I guess it is almost for the best that he hates his job because we are both really looking forward to moving.
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Post by chen35 on Jan 29, 2016 12:50:21 GMT -5
As well as can be expected I guess. He's been pretty shaken up and thought I was going to kick him out of the house last night. I told him I am not angry, I don't think that is an accurate expression of how I am feeling. There are too many things going on in my head to give it a label. I can't fault him for quitting. I figure he would have been terminated eventually anyway. You're doomed if you are working for someone who stalks the security footage so he can catch you "wasting" two minutes of company time. Literally TWO MINUTES. DH was supposed to clock out at exactly 1:00 pm and he clocked out at 1:02 pm. So it's better he leave now after only having been there a week and we can forget it ever happened. It's just really really crappy timing. I was hoping that he could hang on long enough to find another employer first and then tell them exactly what he was thinking. I do like the idea of reporting them. Not just b/c it is wrong of them to treat their employees that way but b/c I am a vengeful bitch. I am tired of psycho managers/supervisors getting away with crap. I swear that they are like this b/c they figure people are so desperate for a job they'll take whatever abuse they hurl at them in exchange for a paycheck. Or they assume there is such a large pool of unemployed people it doesn't matter if they drive off this employee they'll have a new person to abuse shortly. That's the same kind of nonsense my last employer would pull. I pointed out to them that scrutinizing people like that makes it harder for them to do their jobs. Their response was to remind me that with today's job market, they could easily replace any of us. I hope your husband finds something soon. Job hunting is though on relationships. I was bottling everything up for the first 10 months, and then I had a meltdown. I got really angry at my SO for not taking the situation seriously enough, but how was he supposed to even know how bad I felt if I was always trying not to complain about it. My SO is having an awful time at his job these days too. His boss is a good guy, but he keeps bidding on jobs that take over an hour to get to without even factoring in traffic. I have had to bite my tongue a couple of times when he complains because I would like to have just about any job right now. Still, he doesn't want to hear that when he is stuck in traffic after a long day. I guess it is almost for the best that he hates his job because we are both really looking forward to moving. I think this is horrible logic. Even if my worst employee quit today, she still does something. Someone else will have to do that for the at least 8 weeks it would take to get someone else in the door. And then that person will have to be trained. It would be a hassle for everyone involved.
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Post by NomoreDramaQ1015 on Jan 29, 2016 12:51:29 GMT -5
DH countered who the hell would think that you can't check your WORK email during work hours? The manager said he doesn't care how any other employer does it this is how they do it and DH should have just known that since he was already disciplined regarding gearing up after clocking in. I do think the attitude is they can easily replace DH b/c after all they are such a big and awesome company they probably have people lined out the door wanting to work for them. They can treat people like shit b/c eventually they will find someone who will bend over.
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Post by ArchietheDragon on Jan 29, 2016 12:52:44 GMT -5
That's the same kind of nonsense my last employer would pull. I pointed out to them that scrutinizing people like that makes it harder for them to do their jobs. Their response was to remind me that with today's job market, they could easily replace any of us. I hope your husband finds something soon. Job hunting is though on relationships. I was bottling everything up for the first 10 months, and then I had a meltdown. I got really angry at my SO for not taking the situation seriously enough, but how was he supposed to even know how bad I felt if I was always trying not to complain about it. My SO is having an awful time at his job these days too. His boss is a good guy, but he keeps bidding on jobs that take over an hour to get to without even factoring in traffic. I have had to bite my tongue a couple of times when he complains because I would like to have just about any job right now. Still, he doesn't want to hear that when he is stuck in traffic after a long day. I guess it is almost for the best that he hates his job because we are both really looking forward to moving. I think this is horrible logic. Even if my worst employee quit today, she still does something. Someone else will have to do that for the at least 8 weeks it would take to get someone else in the door. And then that person will have to be trained. It would be a hassle for everyone involved. Then you don't have bad employees. A bad employee creates negative productivity even if they are doing work.
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Post by mojothehelpermonkey on Jan 29, 2016 12:55:37 GMT -5
That's the same kind of nonsense my last employer would pull. I pointed out to them that scrutinizing people like that makes it harder for them to do their jobs. Their response was to remind me that with today's job market, they could easily replace any of us. I hope your husband finds something soon. Job hunting is though on relationships. I was bottling everything up for the first 10 months, and then I had a meltdown. I got really angry at my SO for not taking the situation seriously enough, but how was he supposed to even know how bad I felt if I was always trying not to complain about it. My SO is having an awful time at his job these days too. His boss is a good guy, but he keeps bidding on jobs that take over an hour to get to without even factoring in traffic. I have had to bite my tongue a couple of times when he complains because I would like to have just about any job right now. Still, he doesn't want to hear that when he is stuck in traffic after a long day. I guess it is almost for the best that he hates his job because we are both really looking forward to moving. I think this is horrible logic. Even if my worst employee quit today, she still does something. Someone else will have to do that for the at least 8 weeks it would take to get someone else in the door. And then that person will have to be trained. It would be a hassle for everyone involved. They were terrible at hiring people too. They would put it off until it was way past urgent and then hire the first remotely qualified person who was willing to start ASAP. Then they would expect that new hire to perform at the level of the previous person immediately, but with no training.
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Post by NomoreDramaQ1015 on Jan 29, 2016 12:58:51 GMT -5
I think that is what happened here. They were very vocal about the fact that the owners do not feel that QA work is important and think they should only need one for all five plants in the area. QA work is considered lower than janitor work. They have no power/teeth to do anything if they find a problem. They are expected to "nicely" tell production and then production will decide if anything is done about it.
DH also found out as he was leaving that the QAs are the only employees not allowed to join the union. That also explains A LOT.
So part of this I wouldn't be surprised was an act on the manager's part to prove a point and secure his own job.
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Post by Value Buy on Jan 29, 2016 13:03:10 GMT -5
As well as can be expected I guess. He's been pretty shaken up and thought I was going to kick him out of the house last night. I told him I am not angry, I don't think that is an accurate expression of how I am feeling. There are too many things going on in my head to give it a label. I can't fault him for quitting. I figure he would have been terminated eventually anyway. You're doomed if you are working for someone who stalks the security footage so he can catch you "wasting" two minutes of company time. Literally TWO MINUTES. DH was supposed to clock out at exactly 1:00 pm and he clocked out at 1:02 pm. So it's better he leave now after only having been there a week and we can forget it ever happened. It's just really really crappy timing. I was hoping that he could hang on long enough to find another employer first and then tell them exactly what he was thinking. I do like the idea of reporting them. Not just b/c it is wrong of them to treat their employees that way but b/c I am a vengeful bitch. I am tired of psycho managers/supervisors getting away with crap. I swear that they are like this b/c they figure people are so desperate for a job they'll take whatever abuse they hurl at them in exchange for a paycheck. Or they assume there is such a large pool of unemployed people it doesn't matter if they drive off this employee they'll have a new person to abuse shortly. That's the same kind of nonsense my last employer would pull. I pointed out to them that scrutinizing people like that makes it harder for them to do their jobs. Their response was to remind me that with today's job market, they could easily replace any of us. I hope your husband finds something soon. Job hunting is though on relationships. I was bottling everything up for the first 10 months, and then I had a meltdown. I got really angry at my SO for not taking the situation seriously enough, but how was he supposed to even know how bad I felt if I was always trying not to complain about it. My SO is having an awful time at his job these days too. His boss is a good guy, but he keeps bidding on jobs that take over an hour to get to without even factoring in traffic. I have had to bite my tongue a couple of times when he complains because I would like to have just about any job right now. Still, he doesn't want to hear that when he is stuck in traffic after a long day. I guess it is almost for the best that he hates his job because we are both really looking forward to moving. I am not quite understanding the one or two minute punching out on a shift being a problem. I thought the law was seven minutes before or after the scheduled shift was the "trigger" to pay the quarter hour. In other words, if you punched in 8 minutes early, the company had to pay you a quarter hour. Eight minutes after the scheduled shift, they had to pay the quarter hour. Unless they were under Federal or state scrutiny for not paying properly, and were under some sort of mandate to make sure they were not forcing an associate to give them a few extra minutes of work on each end of the shift?? And for goodness sake's people, you are working for the man. What is the problem of you or your housemate following company policy? Get real. Way too many false tears being cried here.
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chen35
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Post by chen35 on Jan 29, 2016 13:09:11 GMT -5
I think this is horrible logic. Even if my worst employee quit today, she still does something. Someone else will have to do that for the at least 8 weeks it would take to get someone else in the door. And then that person will have to be trained. It would be a hassle for everyone involved. Then you don't have bad employees. A bad employee creates negative productivity even if they are doing work. I'm not saying it's not worth it, I'm saying it's not a piece of cake to hire a new person and get them trained. And if you're treating people poorly under the guise that you they are easily replaceable, I just don't think that's the case.
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