People First

First of all, Veronica needs to be written up for the infraction that occurred that she caused. That should not leave her personnel file. However, the powers that be also violated company policies and they therefore have consequences as well. The CEO and the HR director, we know where I’m going with that one. They...

Oh, I love this one. That boss is so wrong. Veronica, I’m assuming is non-exempt. If a non-exempt employee is asked a question while they are on their lunch break, they need to be paid. So Veronica’s asking for extra time, but technically she should be paid for the time that she’s working while she’s...

There really is a lot to unpack here. First of all, Veronica should have gone to her manager first and not gone over her head. She went to her boss’s boss’s boss, as she said, who did approve it, but Veronica had a valid reason. Employers do need to show some compassion, and if there...

This sounds to me like there needs to be some type of a meeting with everyone involved to get policies in place here, because Veronica’s right, if she has to let all of her results go to escalations, and then she looks like the bad guy and they look like the good guy, it’s not...

I totally get where Veronica’s coming from, but there’s a lot to unpack here and I don’t really have time to do it in this short video. But what I would like to say is that. Whether this was the HR department or it was the supervisor speaking to Veronica, they should have explained the...

Oh, there’s a lot to unpack here. First of all, Veronica should have done her due diligence before she applied for a tipped position. One of the things that the supervisor did not explain, or the interviewer did not explain at the time of the interview, was that the government requires the employer to pay...

In this case, I really like the supervisor’s answer to the employee because if the employee presents the information to the IT department sooner than expected, that would become the future expectation. And as a dear friend of mine said, you want to underpromise and overdeliver. And so in this case, that’s what the supervisor...