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A client once sent me a bouquet of flowers when Logan Airport reopened after 9/11...she knew I lived right near the airport and could not sleep because I was frightened by the sounds (which never bothered me before that day). It was so very thoughtf…

in Wonderful Surprises Comment by rad July 2003

Is it possible at all to move one of their work stations - or both so no one feels singled out? I have learned that some people simply do not want to get along with others, they enjoy being misanthropes.

in The fun of HR Comment by rad July 2003

I'm one of those dieters...I guess the Kit Kats are why I can't kick these last 5 lbs!

in Favorite Candy Bar Comment by rad July 2003

I am a choco-holic, there are not too many candy bars that I will refuse and a co-worker has the horrible candy jar with plenty of variety. But my favorite? Thats a tough one, I like Twix a whole lot and Kit Kats. But I think I buy Kit Kats more oft…

in Favorite Candy Bar Comment by rad July 2003

I know, it is so strange. Everyone thinks I'm nuts for liking it that way. But when I was a teacher I'd have to hide my soda in the cabinet and sneak sips when the children were napping. So I just got used to it.

in Pop War Comment by rad July 2003

I'm a yankee too - Boston- and I call it soda. Q- What do you call it? A- soda Q- Coke or Pepsi? A- Coke Q- Diet or regular? A- diet Q- With Caffeine or Caffeine free? A- with caffeine - the more caffeine, the better. Can I add that I prefer…

in Pop War Comment by rad July 2003

You have windows that open!?!!? I'm so jealous. I'm in a high rise so of course they don't, but it would be so nice to get some fresh air in here to regulate the temps rather than play the sweather on, sweater off game. I also have a space heater bu…

in Aaaah, summer and air conditioning . . . Comment by rad August 2003

Yes! It is so cold in my office, I sometimes think I'll go insane. I have to keep a wool sweater at work just to make it through the day. Whats worse is that I pulled my back muscles two months ago and am still in really bad shape (bend at the knees…

in Aaaah, summer and air conditioning . . . Comment by rad August 2003

I have been unsuccessfully dieting for months but its hard because I don't really have much to lose, only 5-10 pounds so I can justify slacking off. But lots of my clothes don't fit right and a few days ago a co-worker asked me if I lost weight or w…

in How many of you are on diets? Comment by rad July 2003

I don't know about the other stuff but when I was little my Nana would give each of us a can of Coke every spring to clean the rust off our bikes. It worked like nothing else...

in Water or Coke Comment by rad July 2003

I have a cling-on here as well and its very difficult to dissuade her from talking to me about inane subjects without being rude...I try to give her my best "what are you talking about?" look but since I can't see my own face I have no idea what tha…

in Cling-on Syndrome Comment by rad July 2003

We have nothing in our policy that distinguishes between exempt and non-exempt, all the same expenses are covered. The only difference in practice is that non-exempt employees are paid OT for the time it takes them to get to and from their destinati…

in Non-exempt employee travel Comment by rad October 2004

We pass out checks and stubs. It takes a papal dispensation and an act of congress to have a check or stub mailed to an employee's home.

in Non-DD EE's Paycheck lost in the mail Comment by rad May 2004

A few years ago, all weekly, monthly and semi monthly went to bi-weekly. Payroll waited for a Sunday that all three pay periods would have started anyway- it ended up being Sept 1 for us that year. The biggest difficulty we had was getting everyone …

in Changing Pay frequency Comment by rad January 2004

As several others have mentioned, having a clump in the middle is a perfectly normal distribution.

in Ideas to improve performance Evaluations Comment by rad March 2004

According to an employment law book I very often reference, there is no law for Alabama.

in Lunch Break in state of Alabama Comment by rad January 2004

Everyone in my company gets their increase on the same day (except for union folks, thats scheduled according to anniversary date). But any other kinds of increases - professional growth pay increases, etc. are backdated to the effective date, not t…

in increase on anniversary date Comment by rad November 2003

Oh, I have seen this before. Employee received a night differential for a year before it was caught, and he had to know he was getting the extra money because paycheck says "Night Differential" right on it. We deduct overpayments ten percent of the …

in Deduct from pay for HR payroll error? Comment by rad October 2003

We do not do it. Nor do we pay for kenneling. I'm not comparing children to pets, just throwing that in x:D

in childcare reimb when traveling Comment by rad August 2004

There is no federal law that requires an employer to offer benefits, even to full time employees.

in Employee Benefits Comment by rad May 2004

We require repayment if the employee leaves or is discharged while the course is in progress. My company prepays tuition, its not reimbursement.

in Tuition Reimbursement Comment by rad March 2004

We don't have sick time so its either personal or vacation. If the appointment is a treatment related to a FMLA approved illness its counted toward FMLA (which we pay for). We do not expect exempt employees to use anything if they come in a little l…

in medical and dental appointments Comment by rad March 2004

This is true, but I think you should make every effort to include your dads. Granted you may have a dad who didn't add to insurance who may say hey, 'Why did Joe's baby get a bib and mine didn't?' and you can say, 'Oh you had baby? Congratulations, …