Job and General Employment Thread

Postby **robbiestoupe** » Wed Nov 27, 2019 12:58 pm

People must really think the world will end with 2 days off of work.

Most likely result: I forget everything you told me in the meetings when I come back and nothing gets accomplished.

Postby **meow** » Wed Nov 27, 2019 1:09 pm

Hahaha. I cut all my people loose at 1 today and my AVP just emailed me to tell me that everyone could go home at 2.

Postby **NTP66** » Wed Nov 27, 2019 1:10 pm

@meow right now

Postby **skullman80** » Wed Nov 27, 2019 2:28 pm

Just got told we could leave at 3. Half hour earlier than I normally leave. They bought us pizza for lunch too. I'll take it.

Postby **willeyeam** » Wed Nov 27, 2019 2:29 pm

"my people"

Postby **MR25** » Wed Nov 27, 2019 2:49 pm

Just found out the one temp another person and I trained to help me has just been batch approving **** without looking to pad his stats for like a month.

Just the kind of shitstorm I wanted before break.

Postby **meow** » Wed Nov 27, 2019 3:07 pm

"my people"

Shut up, Toby

Postby **obhave** » Thu Nov 28, 2019 8:54 am

Got some unofficial approval to graduate in a year. So, huh, time to start networking I guess?

Postby **Freddy Rumsen** » Thu Nov 28, 2019 9:56 am

Congrats and good networking!

Postby **count2infinity** » Thu Nov 28, 2019 11:51 am

Got some unofficial approval to graduate in a year. So, huh, time to start networking I guess?

Yup. Get on that job search now.

Postby **Pavel Bure** » Thu Nov 28, 2019 5:48 pm

Just found out the one temp another person and I trained to help me has just been batch approving **** without looking to pad his stats for like a month.

Just the kind of shitstorm I wanted before break.

Sounds like a go-getter to me.

Postby **obhave** » Fri Nov 29, 2019 2:57 pm

Got some unofficial approval to graduate in a year. So, huh, time to start networking I guess?
Yup. Get on that job search now.

I just hate the awkward first meetings with people when reaching out for networking. I know it's necessary, but ugh.

Postby **count2infinity** » Fri Nov 29, 2019 3:11 pm

MRS fall meeting in Boston this week. Wouldn’t be a terrible place to start!

Postby **obhave** » Fri Nov 29, 2019 4:01 pm

MRS fall meeting in Boston this week. Wouldn’t be a terrible place to start!

I've lined up a few there!

Postby **shafnutz05** » Tue Dec 03, 2019 12:02 pm

As the Talent Acquisition Manager at my organization, I created an Employee Referral Program at the start of last year. Of course, if a hiring manager refers someone that they will actually be hiring, that referral would not be eligible for a referral bonus. This is a commonsense policy to prevent bias/conflict of interest.

I have a hiring manager that had five candidates sent to her for an open position, and decided to extend an offer to a candidate that she knows previously. She is trying to make the argument that she should receive a referral bonus for this candidate being hired. My mind is actually tearing apart at how someone can even think this is a worthwhile pursuit.

Postby **meow** » Tue Dec 03, 2019 12:12 pm

Just highlight the section in the supporting documentation and send it to her in the body of an email with no other text. Move on with your day

Postby **shafnutz05** » Tue Dec 03, 2019 12:14 pm

Just highlight the section in the supporting documentation and send it to her in the body of an email with no other text. Move on with your day

Already did

Postby **robbiestoupe** » Tue Dec 03, 2019 12:20 pm

Are the terms "white collar" and "blue collar" acceptable anymore? Just got an email from the VP of HR using those exact terms to describe certain employees. Seems a bit...old school at best?

Also just got word we're moving to a "Permissive Time Off" vacation policy next year. We're having a kid next year so I'm thinking of going rogue and taking 2 weeks.

Postby **mac5155** » Tue Dec 03, 2019 9:31 pm

A paternal leave policy of taking 2 weeks any time within a year of your child's birth was just adopted last August. It's pretty sweet.

Postby **robbiestoupe** » Wed Dec 04, 2019 8:20 am

A paternal leave policy of taking 2 weeks any time within a year of your child's birth was just adopted last August. It's pretty sweet.

I see this more and more across companies in the US. Good on them

Postby **NTP66** » Wed Dec 04, 2019 8:24 am

Is it a policy that just states you can use 2 weeks of your own vacation time for paternity leave, or something outside of using your own time? If the former, that's how my last two employers handled it.

Postby **skullman80** » Wed Dec 04, 2019 8:40 am

Our policy here is it's two weeks (it may be 3 actually now) that you can use and it does not count towards your vacation time. It's totally separate.

Postby **NTP66** » Wed Dec 04, 2019 8:42 am

That's pretty awesome, then.

YouTube · Postby **mikey** » Wed Dec 04, 2019 9:28 am

Keep rewarding over-population...

I miss dodint...

Postby **nocera** » Wed Dec 04, 2019 9:35 am

Our policy is PARENTAL leave is 2 weeks. That means even maternity leave is only 2 weeks. After the 2 weeks, you have to use your sick time, then vacation time, then excused leave without pay. It's ****. Our CEO actually said to a pregnant employee that coming back to work after only a few weeks "builds character." He said his wife was fine a few weeks after giving birth to his kid. That poor woman.