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If you would have laid her off anyhow I would still do it. However you better have all your ducks in a row, and be very comfortable that she would have been laid off anyway. Evaluate are other Sr. Mgrs. also being laid off? Was round two identifi…
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What a wonderful gift for you to receive, a moron problem employee gift wrapping his termination for you!!!!!! Where and what time is the party, cause I am there!!!! You can't be that far from me and I know it will be a great party!. My $0.02 worth…
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If you know where he lives you could let the air out of two of his tires that would guarentee he..........wait I guess as HR Professionals we should not do that........ no I never have really. DJ The Balloonman
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Or add to the policy a statement like: This policy is designed to be flexible because we understand every employee has a family and there are times at home you have to take a few more minutes before you can get out the door. We do not want to puni…
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So you even have an independent outside party who was present and can give a statement to what happened, that is great. Not knowing past practices, etc., myself, I would not get hung up to much that he is over 40, people worry way to much about pro…
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At the last place, big corporate office, I did as Don said and expressed myself. Like many offices, every single wall in the place was beige. I personally can't stand that. Nice offices too. One Saturday my wife helped me with sponge painting on…
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I had my Masters degree and my professional certification on the wall in my last office. One of only 4 managers in a company of 8,000+ with a Masters degree. I now work for a smaller family owned organization, and I decided not to put them up on t…
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Teecee you can fire people for bad attitudes. Focus on the behavior related to the bad attitude, being argumentative, failing to get along, etc. By jumping on that, sitting down with the person and letting them know it is not acceptable they will …
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Rita, that would not work, on all as I know a few people who enjoy getting flogged way to much!!!! Well I am drifting off the subject LOL. DJ
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Steve is right Teecee, It is hard to force people to build morale, just fire those that do not want to and replace them with some fresh blood. They obviously are not grateful for the job they have, and probably have a pretty poor attitude. Okay bef…
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Think about the problems you would have if you do not follow the policies when you try to hold a white male to them. Don't forget you cannot treat people differently because of the sex or race. If you do not follow policy on this issue you could e…
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Well I found $0.02 in my pocket this morning so I figure what the heck. As an individual who has worked in 5 manufacturing plants I thought this post has taken an interesting twist. While some manufacturing plants are well run, and have insightfu…
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I agree with Don. Don't treat it any different than you would if this happened today. Follow the policy, and if there is punitive action called for for those who no called no show, do it! If it meant that much to an employee they could have tak…
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I want to clarify that I do not think we should be focused on "turfism"- thanks for the new word Don. I just wanted to point out some of the reasons why some managers are a little like they are, and why the do get protective of their turf. In lar…
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As someone who came from an organization that was struggling and eventually went out of business I will give you this take. My boss there was ADAMENT that anything that went out from our department would have our name on it. Adamant about promoting…
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We recently went to direct deposit. I knew I could not force them to sign up, but we changed our payroll policy so that if they did not sign up, we mail their paychecks to them. They are mailed the day before the actual payday. You would be surpr…
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What you can ask is: "We are a manufacturing co and the job requires that you be able to stand for long periods of time, typically for about 2 1/2 - 3 hours between breaks, you also get 2 10 minute breaks and a 30 minute lunch break. Are you able t…
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I am not going to rehash what you have said nor do I have any sagely advice. However I think this is a good time to remind everyone, that when and supervisory personnel wants an employee terminated or suspended we need to say " Sure no problem, but…
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You should be glad they are letting you know before they start. Think about how much money would be lost if they started, and quit after a month. It is for this reason I never send out the thanks but no thanks letter until the week after they star…
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When they file the grievance tell them, well based on the information we had, we had no choice. You chose not to participate. I would be careful and not ask the union rep questions, and would stop them if they try to answer for the employees. Sor…
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The fact that you were ever able to run a 4'28" mile should thrill you! I am happy with sub 7's! My wish list is to complete an Ironman Triathlon in under 12 hours, and qualify for the Boston Marathon. My $0.02 worth. DJ The Balloonman
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I don't see any. If it were truely for economic reasons this makes perfect sense. Let go an employee who lets say was making $35,000 in salary before benefits. Gave key responsibilities to another individual, and for the sake of arguement lets sa…
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I agree with JEB, if the job is getting done, or measurable OBJECTIVE goals are being completed there would be some risk of letting a person go over lack of fit within the organization. I am not saying it should not be done. In fact if the fit is …
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I have heard there can be variables by color and type of hair. Also what are you going to do with bald people? Remember pre-employment drug testing is just a stupidity test. Only the stupid one get caught! My $0.02 worth. DJ The Balloonman
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Margaret is correct it is the law, and she was right on about how to post it. Couple of reasons why OSHA wants the letter, and the reply on display. You are less likely to be feeding them a line of bull if the letter must be posted. If it was due…
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While it is typical that the company is not responsible.......I find it interesting that they are provided no place for their "stuff" even though the hospital was away of a history of theft from the locker room. Sound like poor management. What di…
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True Gillian, my thinking was it would be easier to find a comparable job while still employed. Salvage it for the moment. DJ
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Good ? Crout!!!! Well the wrongs have already been done, she has a claim. By getting the attorney now, she might be able to prevent termination, as the income loss. As someone who worked for a large national retailer also I would say the comments …
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Easy the best way to help her, since she has the documentation lined up is to look around and see which attorney in the area typically gets the largest awards and kicks a company's ass the most in these matters. He or she will have a field day with…
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I am in Safety & HR now, and the previous posts were right, you end up stuck in-between or without peer groups. They don't tell you this in school, or early on, move up, and in many ways get isolated. DJ The Balloonman