Do they get it?
scottorr
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Recently one of our employees had a baby. Two weeks prior and once a week for 8.5 weeks after the baby was born I informed the employee that they had 60 days to enroll their new born in our benefit plan. 75 days after the baby was born he brought me the form. Do they just not understand? May be it is just me?!
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I was asked when I interviewed for this position what my pet peeve in HR was. I told them it was having to chase down employees for signed forms -- of any sort. That hasn't changed in all the time I've been doing this.
Sometimes for the life of me, I don't know how these employees in the workforce now could take care of themselves if they didn't have someone behind them kicking them all the way. Things I took care of for myself when I was 16 years old seems to be beyond the capability of 25 years olds nowdays. I don't know whether it's because these kids were raised without any responsibility or what, but this is an attitude that is permeating todays' workforce.
I don't know if the rest of you are experiencing these types of issues, but how do you handle them?
I'm 25 and I have responsibilities! (even if I can't spell it) I may have to sue you for slander!! xx(
I mean really, who else is going to keep our economy cash flow moving by buying all the American Idol CDs and maxing out credit cards at Express?? ;;)
People seem to have no personal responsibility anymore and feel that everyone else should be held responsible for their mistakes, etc.!
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>I have run into the same problem. In fact I was recently talking with
>our Plant Manager and informed him that we should get certified in
>babysitting for our jobs. Not only do they not return certain forms
>on time but become quite upset when they find out that not EVERYTHING
>is covered under insurance. I recently had an employee want to know
>if his getting a partial denture would be covered under our health
>insurance (we do not offer dental insurance). When I explained it
>would not be covered, he stated that he felt it should since he had
>been to the ER a few times this year to have food removed from his
>esophagus (sp?) because it got stuck due to the fact it was not chewed
>well enough since he was missing a couple of teeth. I then explained
>about the Flex Spending plan and he informed me that he would need to
>get a 2nd job to pay for the denture, or better yet, get a "real" job
>that paid him decently!!! Needless to say I "bit my tongue" and
>didn't tell him what I really thought.
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>People seem to have no personal responsibility anymore and feel that
>everyone else should be held responsible for their mistakes, etc.!
Hey Linda: Do you wonder why this guy might be missing a couple of teeth?
He shows up at the meeting, had lost his form so I gave him another, sat through the presentation with a duhhh look on his face, and at the conclusion of the meeting asked this question, "How long do I have to make up my mind and get this form filled out? I need to go home and talk to my wife about signing up." I told him, "You have until tomorrow afternoon at 5 p.m. to lay your signed form on the HR Specialist's desk. If you miss that deadline, your next enrollment opportunity is six months from today." SO, it's a myth that the hourly employees are the ones who require most of the hand-holding by HR. It's an equal split. The requirement for hand-holding is directly proportionate to the number of hands extended constantly by HR at any given point in time. x:o
Well, they got back together and eloped. He told no one. When his bride got pregnant he thought it might be a good idea to get her on his insurance. But they were married for 6 months already. When I told him the bad news he wanted me to put in a ficticious wedding date. After telling him that is not possible, he told me I had no romance in my heart. Go figure.
My preschool teachers complain that the kids and their parents never remember to do stuff and wish they had "easy" people to manage, like the School Directors do.
My school Directors complain that the teachers never remember to do stuff and wish they had "easy" people to manage, like the corporate staff does.
The corporate staff complains that the Directors never remember to do stuff and wish they had "easy" people to manage, like the owners do.
I tell them that I GUARANTEE our bosses - owners - say the same thing about us!
Gosh, I make us sound like one big unhappy family! Nay, we are just a bunch of whiners. OK, I am a big whiner, but only to you guys, now that I've found this forum. Thanks for being there!