Lawrence00
Senior Member
Like age, health, marriage, kids etc.
So they can decide who they can treat poorly and the person is unlikely to quit.
So they can decide who they can treat poorly and the person is unlikely to quit.
I wonder if HR Departments score vulnerability
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Lawrence00
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The last job I had overworked me like I could never quit. Well... I did quit.
Fritz
Senior Member
right now where i work they're having such a time getting fully staffed and keeping staff that i overheard a discussion taking place in the bosses office that pertained to retention bonuses. there was a comment made that if we walked out the place would have to shut down. nobody wants to work. we're basically the last of them.
however, i've not been made to feel like they wish to retain me and i was told by my pulmo doctor to start looking for an office job. i'm waiting for what i want to open up. i really don't wish to leave the facility family because the benefits are really good. so i'm gonna hunker down and wait it out unless they fire me.
Lawrence00
Senior Member
They definitely wanted me to stay. The experienced people keep leaving and their programming staff has been filling up with kids straight out of college. Not my problem any more.
Fritz
Senior Member
yeah that's another thing...if you know how to do stuff they pile more and more on a person rather than teaching the newer ones and letting them share the weight of the work load. i've had that happen before. not so much anymore. however i am trained to clean rooms and several areas in the hospital whereas some only clean rooms.
are you enjoying your retirement?
are you enjoying your retirement?
Lawrence00
Senior Member
Cannot really retire. Very little money. Restarting my own computer business. Would prefer that my phone were ringing off the hook with business. I just work to take bold steps every day and keep life simple.
No doubt Human Resources monitors these things. We had an executive retreat with our corporate CEO and he stood in front of us, said he had gone through the list of our ages and that'd we'd better start developing succession plans. He bragged that he was already financially ready to retire and could retire the next day. Who does that?
Anyway, when Covid hit it was the older, more tenured workers that were let go first. I was one of them, but as you can imagine from my earlier comments I was ready.
Anyway, when Covid hit it was the older, more tenured workers that were let go first. I was one of them, but as you can imagine from my earlier comments I was ready.
Lawrence00
Senior Member
What a jerk.
That is so true. When we let the Millennials on my team work from home they would just "disappear" and never respond to emails. The Baby Boomers and GenXers had to pick up the slack. And when my company let all the older workers go during Covid they called back one of my employees, who was 67 at the time, for contract work because she was the only one who knew the processes. She did two contracts and said "screw this" because no one around her had any interest in learning.
jujube
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I once worked for four companies in the course of four years and worked at the same desk during that time. I actually had a card taped to my phone so that I could remember what company name to use when I answered it.
"Good Morning, ABC Company......eh, no.....DEF Company.....oh, excuse me, GHI Company...."
"Good Morning, ABC Company......eh, no.....DEF Company.....oh, excuse me, GHI Company...."
Knight
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When I was still a blue collar worker I had a supervisor nick name "Porky" that had a few favored employees. I wasn't one of them because I didn't want to stop off to have a couple of beers with him & his favs. He directed crews & individual mechaics to work at various locations all over eastern Penna. I almost quit because he sent me to work at a location a 4 hour drive to & from the location. 8 1/2 hours at the location 8 hours travel didn't leave time for family. Barely got enough sleep to be able to continue.
About two months into that routine I bid a management job & was the successful bidder. It took another 4 years & successful rise in management level to be his boss. At a supervisor retreat I asked him why he treated me the way he did. He said he didn't remember. I could easily have retaliated but chose not to.
I didn't know it but payroll had asked corporate security to verify his overtime. He would travel to those various locations in his company car. He would have a couple of beers with his favs, then charge overtime for that time. I heard thru a friend in payroll that his $30,00.00 a year in OT claims triggered the investigation. He was allowed to quit since he had 30 years of employment. That saved his pension.
About two months into that routine I bid a management job & was the successful bidder. It took another 4 years & successful rise in management level to be his boss. At a supervisor retreat I asked him why he treated me the way he did. He said he didn't remember. I could easily have retaliated but chose not to.
I didn't know it but payroll had asked corporate security to verify his overtime. He would travel to those various locations in his company car. He would have a couple of beers with his favs, then charge overtime for that time. I heard thru a friend in payroll that his $30,00.00 a year in OT claims triggered the investigation. He was allowed to quit since he had 30 years of employment. That saved his pension.
