tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8981856246989013843.post134622149106615611..comments2023-05-22T10:42:54.046-04:00Comments on 6th or 7th: Customer service, part two of I hope three but who am I kidding?Ethanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07498712279382078624noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8981856246989013843.post-80926941184079622072011-07-04T16:09:10.892-04:002011-07-04T16:09:10.892-04:00I feel your pain. Sometimes, maybe most of the tim...I feel your pain. Sometimes, maybe most of the time, these things do happen. Especially in the field of customer service. There's a lot of strange company laws too. But what can we do? We need work, like you said, so there is no point in arguing. Just vent your frustrations somewhere, like in this blog.Philip Jacksonhttp://consumerrewardsolutions.com/consumer-loyalty-programs-pricing.phpnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8981856246989013843.post-66360160984159574632010-09-25T16:38:29.842-04:002010-09-25T16:38:29.842-04:00The sick pay thing is funny. In the 90s,I used to ...The sick pay thing is funny. In the 90s,I used to work in a place where sick time accrued, and when you left the job, you were compensated for unused time. A woman who had worked there 20 years finally retired, and she had never called in sick. They had to cut her a fat check for unused time. <br /><br />After that, they changed policy, placing a cap on time that could accrue, and you were no longer compensated for unused time when you left the company. And then they wondered why so many people were calling in sick every month.zencomixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02425613931488064403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8981856246989013843.post-84846843835147377142010-09-25T13:17:55.393-04:002010-09-25T13:17:55.393-04:00A good friend of mine's mother used a lot of s...A good friend of mine's mother used a lot of sick time last year for extremely legit reasons, and when it came time to discuss a raise, they gave her crap because she used so much sick time. That was earned, according to company policy. <br /><br />As long as you're gifted a set of numbers (sick, vacation), then their generosity is complete. Enjoy the pretty numbers on your pay stub, just leave them in their original packaging.Randal Graveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08728992897551848531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8981856246989013843.post-37052309642309067872010-09-24T17:56:32.181-04:002010-09-24T17:56:32.181-04:00I happen to work in a similar field: retail sales....I happen to work in a similar field: retail sales. At my company there is no question the customer is regarded as the enemy (sometimes justifiably sometimes not) but the company itself pretty universally despised by it's employees (below the level of managers). And wages and benefits there are better than average for the kind of work.<br /><br />Time and attendance policies are particularly irksome and because they are frequently ignored the most common justification for firing. (I think why time and attendance are taken so seriously in corps and school is they give those in charge an illusion of power. They can easily be tracked the choice to ignore them can be regarded as symptomatic of general "insubordinance".)Peternoreply@blogger.com