Month: April 2022

Any HR staff tell me what is up with industry awards or certifications that organisations like tout to their staff and on social media? Nearly every crap company I’ve worked for will have multiple awards like “Awarded top 5 places to work 2021 by (random industry awards)” Or they’ll have certifications like “employer of choice” awarded by some unknown organisation These awards/certifications seem as laughable as those medals/awards that wines have on their labels. Can anyone confirm these are absurd bullshit company’s HR depts rig to make themselves look good to the C-suite or future employees? LinkedIn is full of this shit

I am a non-clinical worker at a hospital in Oregon. I wanted to request some time off at the end of May for a friend’s wedding, but since I want to take 36 hours off and will “only” have 55 hours of accrued ETO at that time my request was denied. Supervisor has said it’s for “our protection” in case we run out of ETO and need to call out sick, but we also have a separate bank for sick pay hours (I currently have about 67 hours of sick pay accrued) There is supposedly a policy that we are not able to use our sick pay unless we have at least 24 hours of ETO saved up but that just doesn’t make any sense to me.

My boss asking me this set off a bunch of alarms, and I’ve come to two conclusions: they’re trying to make a case for another raise for me since my half-year mark is coming up, or they’re trying to make a new job description. Now I think my boss and I have a good enough standing and they’ve co-signed me to THEIR bosses before, but given how much time I’ve spent here and my overall cynicism I’m pretty sure it’s the latter. It’s my first corporate job and I haven’t been here very long. As far as I know, I’ve been doing a good enough job, I have no issues with any of my coworkers, and I take on extra responsibilities(for which I’m compensated for).

Sorry I don't know what other sub to ask this in, sorry if this isn't the right one for it Pay just hit and I noticed I was paid significantly less OT than I actually worked. I only noticed because I worked ton of OT this pay period I'm in California and the law is after 8 hours in a day or over 40 hours week. I'm an hourly employee It looks like they're only counting OT for hours worked after our official clock out time, which is 10 hours. I haven't asked my supervisor about it yet but I'm documenting everything and looking in to it to make sure I'm not an idiot This is not legal, right?

Long story short – I left a job in early 2021 due to having to relocate b/c covid. I didn’t give notice, which I genuinely feel bad about. I try to be considerate when I leave a job (usually for the benefit of my fellow employees, not my management), but that didn’t happen this time. My manager/owner was very upset by this. Fast forward to now, I need to provide w2 info For tax year 2021 in order to receive FAFSA aid. I can’t find my original w2, as I have moved 4 times since then (again, mostly my own fault). I regrettably send an email to my ex employer, asking for a copy of my w2 to be emailed/mailed to my current address. I receive a reply two days later, admonishing me for leaving without telling them, and feigning stupidity at what I was asking for. No w2 for…

I was really considering it and the stories on here really make me want to leave America because there are so many other and much better options in Germany, Denmark or Sweden and I really, really don’t want to live the rest of my life as a pizza delivery driver

Just resigned and it feels so good. Thankfully I was able to store up enough money that I could promise myself that if it came to this I would kick his stupid ass to the curb.