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re: should a job give you back the days you missed due to the flooding?
Posted on 8/19/16 at 8:16 am to The Sad Banana
Posted on 8/19/16 at 8:16 am to The Sad Banana
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That's really shitty. And it builds no goodwill between the employee and the firm.
I can tell you this, local businesses that have made an effort to help out those in need over the past week have earned my business.
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Posted on 8/19/16 at 8:18 am to The Sad Banana
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That's really shitty. And it builds no goodwill between the employee and the firm.
Why is building goodwill such a one way street? Is there no other way to build goodwill than giving money away?
Posted on 8/19/16 at 8:23 am to tduecen
A good employer would probably look the other way and let you take care of your own, within reason.
But it should not be an expectation, nor a law.
But it should not be an expectation, nor a law.
Posted on 8/19/16 at 8:23 am to tduecen
Not if you're white.
Posted on 8/19/16 at 8:43 am to The Sad Banana
quote:How you spend your off week is not my concern. If you're not making me money, you're costing me money and believe it or not, Entergy and Baton Rouge Water still expect to be paid.
She hasn't been to work all week because she physically can't get here. So she has to use 40 hours of vacation?
Posted on 8/19/16 at 9:27 am to Bullfrog
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How you spend your off week is not my concern. If you're not making me money, you're costing me money and believe it or not, Entergy and Baton Rouge Water still expect to be paid.
This is the sad reality...always has been. But, in today's world, you cannot say that without getting attacked as some morally corrupt demon.
Posted on 8/19/16 at 9:35 am to tduecen
We[my wife and I]both work and we co-own a small company with 17 employees. We gave them the option of using their vacation time for the two days they were off. We took a hit as owners...
Posted on 8/19/16 at 9:54 am to tduecen
A few months back when Houston got hit hard, the company I work for took care of the 1st week for those that were effected. After that week the employees donated their own PTO into a account that could be used by the folks that were hit the hardest and still needed time to get things squared away.
Posted on 8/19/16 at 11:30 am to The Sad Banana
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I work for a firm and they told us if we couldn't come in we had to use vacation time. That pissed me off something fierce.
Yeah. But you'd probably have been pissed if you needed an item from a business that was unaffected by the flood but was closed.
I can hear it now. "They don't give a shite about us.....blah blah blah".
Posted on 8/19/16 at 11:37 am to ShortyRob
The level of fricking entitlement in this thread is amazing. I swear, it appears most people have no fricking idea why their job actually exists.
Your labor is a PRODUCT to the person who PAYS you.
If the flood kept you from being able to get a pizza from the delivery joint, did you send them money anyway?
If you pay a lawn service to cut your grass ever 2 weeks, are you still sending in your payments when they can't show up and cut your grass?
Salary is an exchange just like the above. I give you $$ in return, you give me production.
So what you may have "wanted" to go to work. The pizza delivery place WANTED to be able to deliver to your area. That's life. Life happens.
Now, if a company has the ability to do so and chooses to because they know it helps keep employees happy? Yeah. That's a benefit to the COMPANY, so have at it.
But for frick's sake. A bunch of you in here seem to be saying, "yeah, I know they lost money but frick em, they still need to gimme the money they WOULD HAVE earned had I worked.
All you frickers are goddamned hypocrites.
Your labor is a PRODUCT to the person who PAYS you.
If the flood kept you from being able to get a pizza from the delivery joint, did you send them money anyway?
If you pay a lawn service to cut your grass ever 2 weeks, are you still sending in your payments when they can't show up and cut your grass?
Salary is an exchange just like the above. I give you $$ in return, you give me production.
So what you may have "wanted" to go to work. The pizza delivery place WANTED to be able to deliver to your area. That's life. Life happens.
Now, if a company has the ability to do so and chooses to because they know it helps keep employees happy? Yeah. That's a benefit to the COMPANY, so have at it.
But for frick's sake. A bunch of you in here seem to be saying, "yeah, I know they lost money but frick em, they still need to gimme the money they WOULD HAVE earned had I worked.
All you frickers are goddamned hypocrites.
Posted on 8/19/16 at 11:38 am to tduecen
Got an email from HR about people requesting to donate their PTO to those in need. HR said it was not allowed. Pissed me off pretty bad.
Posted on 8/19/16 at 11:39 am to tduecen
My company has paid all hourly employees for last Friday, and Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday this week for those impacted by the flooding.
My office is in Gonzales and we re-opened Tuesday, but our CEO is very sympathetic to the needs of the employees, especially for those who can't make it to work even though we are technically open.
My office is in Gonzales and we re-opened Tuesday, but our CEO is very sympathetic to the needs of the employees, especially for those who can't make it to work even though we are technically open.
Posted on 8/19/16 at 11:41 am to Bullfrog
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Why would they need to be obligated for your personal affairs?
Because maybe some situations require special attention?
Posted on 8/19/16 at 11:47 am to LSUZombie
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Because maybe some situations require special attention?
Again, a lot of you frickers seem to make zero connection between your labor and the money a company earns.
I mean, I guess if your labor really provides no added value to the company then yeah, they should have the extra dough to just pay you when you do nothing.
I like to think that my labor actually provides some value to my employer and that absent the labor, the value doesn't occur.
Posted on 8/19/16 at 11:48 am to upgrayedd
quote:Now THAT is dumb.
Got an email from HR about people requesting to donate their PTO to those in need. HR said it was not allowed. Pissed me off pretty bad.
If I want to donate my PTO, that should be kosher.
Costs the company nothing.
Posted on 8/19/16 at 11:54 am to upgrayedd
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Got an email from HR about people requesting to donate their PTO to those in need. HR said it was not allowed. Pissed me off pretty bad.
The only way this makes any kind of sense is if they don't have the ability in HR to properly monitor that kind of thing. Even then, that sucks.
Posted on 8/19/16 at 11:58 am to LSUZombie
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Why would they need to be obligated for your personal affairs?
Because maybe some situations require special attention?
I don't think anyone is arguing that it is a great gesture for those companies, but the sentiment from many in this thread is that it should be expected and if it doesn't happen, it is a knock against your company. I simply don't understand that kind of thinking.
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Posted on 8/19/16 at 11:58 am to tduecen
I'd say it depends on the business. Small "mom and pop" places likely would not be able to pay everyones income without any revenue generated, but a large company should definitely at least pretend they care about their employees.
Posted on 8/19/16 at 12:03 pm to MLCLyons
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but a large company should definitely at least pretend they care about their employees.
Sure, but it is a two way street. There are plenty of employees that don't deserve shite above and beyond the status quo because they don't and won't give shite above the status quo.
Posted on 8/19/16 at 12:03 pm to ShortyRob
I can tell who has either owned a business or worked in management at a high enough level to see the income statements and who gets paid by the hour just from the responses in this thread.
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