How HR Cheats Employees
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- Опубліковано 29 чер 2024
- This legal video is about how Human Resources cheats their employees out of rights, money, and jobs. You need to be aware of these tricks or else you may fall for one.
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Chapters:
00:00 - Introduction to HR Tricks
00:37 - Trick 1 - Open Door Policy
02:50 - Trick 2 - Workplace Investigations
05:40 - Trick 3 - HR Reps Lie All The Time
07:32 - Branigan's Contact Information
08:00 - Trick 4 - Arbitration
12:31 - Conclusion, Contact Information, & Disclaimer
Branigan Robertson is an employment lawyer in Orange County, California. His firm exclusively represents employees in lawsuits against their employers.
Visit his website at: brobertsonlaw.com
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I worked in a variety of positions in HR for 20+ years. I 100% back this. I was sick of all the politics and nonsense. I'll never go back to HR.
What he said is correct HR are the worst
I can so understand your point of view Nickie. I hope you have found a more rewarding job and I am sure you did your best for people while you were in HR.
Can you please, please, tell us why come the majority of people in HR are women? I know it's kind of a stereotype that women dominate offices, but it really seems women like to work with something that has to do with dealing with people. Specifically with issues between people, arbitrage, relations... Am I wrong?
Good shit, don't go back, its trash. HR is probably the most useless department.
i agree too. I have less to 0 appreciation for HRs.
I got employed because I’m open and honest.
I got fired one year later for being open and honest.
Sorry to hear. Is there a possibility you were being open and honest about unprofessional things?
@@awyand you mean sexual harassment? You must be in Human Resources. I have only heard about sexual harassment from one or two people in my life.
Being open and honest is an assumption that most other people try to be open and honest. I've learned that most people will lie and betray whenever it suits them.
I am sorry for that man. I quit my previous job because of HR lie and backing company B.S.
@@SubvertTheState I don't mean sexual harassment and I'm not sure why my comment leads you to believe I'm in HR?: I have simply worked in a professional environment for large organizations for over 23 years.... so I know what I should and shouldn't talk about at work.
I never got employed in a field I studied for 5 years, because of being open and honest. I gave up on the field.
If you experience sexual harrassment, discrimination or witness any illegal activity from the company, get a lawyer and blindside the crap out of them. Going to HR about the problem gives the company a headstart on protecting themselves.
Yep that’s I did now .i was assulted badly at work and won’t do shit make sure safe for me to return to work
Facts had to learn this
100%
Lol. So true. I made this hr woman cry when I said "Thank God. I'm not happy here" when she wrongfully terminated me. She started crying! lmfao. Nothing funnier than watching the cowards live in misery.
Then the company can pretend they weren’t aware of what was happening and claim that if you had only brought it to the proper person’s attention they would have corrected it.
HR: we investigated ourselves and found no evidence of wrong-doing.
Sounds like a Trump company!
Sounds like the cops.
@@darrenhayes8664the only corrupt politician is trump? Come on now. Lol
Exactly. These companies really need to move away from having an HR department. They need something that is actually helpful to employees. A department that really does address the wrongs that happen between management and staff can still prevent lawsuits.
Sounds like the DOD
If you think of HR as companies in house lawyers, then you will never be disappointed
Cheap in house lawyers 😂
A close friend of mine who was an HR manager once advised me to never volunteer ANYTHING to HR. They work for the company, not the employee.
Ever worked for a company that had and "employee advocate?" The idea is to make you think that they're a kind of "public defender" for the employees. Sure they are... And who do these "advocates" work for? HR.
Yup, share things with them only if they point a gun to your head.
It depends on the HR professional I'd say. HR like other employees need to understand they are their own brand. Whilst employed by some company which they support, HR people especially when certified, have an obligation to be fair and ethical. Whilst supporting the company, employees need to be equally supported and it's a middle ground to be struck here. HR is more an art than a science as my friend always says. HR should advise the business properly and not just execute whatever they are told. It can be very challenging though and requires very resilient personalities. For example, I was asked to issue a warning letter to a person who leaves on time. Of course I didn't do it, and pushed back. Influencing skills are important too. It can get very tiring though and perhaps that's why some professionals just go down the easier path which is to follow the instruction.
I've had a couple managers set me up for the okeydoke. DO NOT, I repeat DO NOT write witness statements against other employees if asked to do so by management. An employee was covertly making comments about me, I caught on, but it didn't bother me. My manager wanted to get rid of her and used me to get a statement on her file. That situation wound up in my review and I lost the opportunity to work in a position I was already performing and fully qualified for. I was not fired, but it soured it for me. Same stuff different company. My manager asked me to write a statement against my supervisor. The person handling HR matters then shared that statement with my supervisor and my manager then tells me my supervisor is trying to write me up. It never went anywhere because I stayed in good favor, but it was so messy and unprofessional. LOL
Nailed it 👍
Been telling all my coworkers for years HR is not your friend, they simply exist to keep the company from getting sued
لا إلاه إلا الله
@@throttleblipsntwistedgrips1992 لا إلاه إلا الله No God except Allah
There are those who say that Jesus Christ is God, and there are those who say that he is the Son of God, and this is wrong.
God Almighty does not eat, drink, sleep, or die, but Jesus, the son of Mary, eats, drinks, sleeps, and dies
@@hhhghhhhhhhhh Jesus rose from the dead! He is the Lord Almighty. I pray you know His peace, His mercy, and His love.
My dad told me about this with the army 25 years ago. Never volunteer for anything, never complain about anything, never admit to anything. They're out to get you.
I once heard this quote about HR: “HR is here to onboard new employees. Once a new employee is hired, they no longer give a damn about them.” [Their loyalty lies with the company printing their paycheck.]
Who is HR???
They are those Individuals who used Human as a Resource to give Profit to the Company.
This Include Persuading you to Spy on your Colleagues outside the Company.
Because this actually happens at me, where one of my HR actually Tricked me and one of my Co-worker to Spy one of our Colleague from other Department to find out whether he really got a Huge accident and Admitted at that City Hospital or Not.
@@JokerJoker-xc7xbthis!!
Facts I have experience this as well
Best part of working from home is not having to deal with coworkers in person. No drama. No HR. Just get your work done. Dont use the computer for ANYTHING other than business. Collect paycheck.
Sadly, the current narrative is bent on attacking opinions such as yours. For instance, according to influential personality Ellon Musk, remote work if for entitled lazy people (because you can't flog them).
problem with that is all the employees are divided and cant band together to fight back against management. the ultimate union buster.
@@retrospectgaming8754 Unions suck anyway. Modern unions are their own form of employee manipulation often siding with management because it's easier. Just sitting back and collecting their dues from people they have no intention of helping when they need to.
@@merovmerov7631 I like Musk, but I would never work at any of his companies for that very reason--it's like he's doing you a favor by hiring you and you working tons of extra hours for no extra pay. I'm tired of all of that. Pay people what they're worth and expect that they will have lives outside of work and you don't own them just because they work for you. Amazon was the same way. So are most all of the California-based tech companies.
Or not getting your work done and everyone else picking up the slack, as is the case with almost all people who "work" from home.
Thank God someone is bringing all the HR toxicity to light. Most of the HR departments I dealt with over the years seemed to hire the most corrupt and deranged individuals they could find.
The line manager makes the call on who's being hired. HR just gives advice, supports with interviewing and of course with attracting the right candidates based on the Job Description which includes cultural fit.
You could infiltrate HR by pretending to be a sociopath.
@@newtonmoon HR is deeply involved in disciplinary and termination processes, as they tend to know how to skirt labor laws better than a manager. I know from personal experience. I was fired for concerted activity with trying to organize a union and petitions. HR made the final decision. Not the production or the plant managers.
They are better than tax collectors, but 2 steps lower than village rat catchers.
There is a clue in the terminology - „Human Resources“. It’s as Orwellian as all hell.
I used to work at Home Depot and a co-worker who was a real POS and often bullied everyone else was also dealing drugs on the job. I reported him to HR and the first thing HR did was go to him and told him that it was me who reported him. He threatened my life and harassed me to the point I requested to be put on a different shift opposite from him. In return Home Depot fired me
This is the real problem with HR. They always go back to that person and give them a head's up so whatever you're experiencing gets WORSE. Usually the person just becomes more covert about what they're doing to you, in my experience. HR is horrible.
What the hell?
Wow this is Hilarious the same situation happened to me at Home Depot also. Been with the company for 6 years and there was a associate who got promoted to DH and the first thing he did within 2 weeks of his new title, he writes me up for some bs about stacking Drywall incorrectly. Mind you, i havent been written up in 3 years prior to this and all of a sudden this kid writes me up. I already knew once he got promoted he was gonna go after me because he would always try to act like a ASM and tell associates what to do, etc. and i told him he’s not the boss and dont tell me what to do. Its funny because almost half the store banded up and actually signed a petition to demote him from DH because of his abuse of power. But guess what? I go into the managers office and specifically told the manager this kid was always troublesome and my mistake was just that. Going to the manager and i will never forget after the conversation the manager says to me “dont worry, you wont get fired unless you do something absolutely stupid” come to find out after i made numerous complaints to HR about him, the manager opens the case and goes to HR from the headquarters side and they call me and say i am terminated but never gave me a specific reason why i was. Looking back, i dont really care because Home Depot lost a very good and hard worker. I got along fine with everybody and even had a couple ASM’s call and text me directly saying how sorry they were about what happened to me and that it was all corruption from the start. Hopefully that store Manager gets fired.
@@ggymnast3 Yep. Can confirm that HR does this. I went to HR about my boss and they went right back to my boss. So my boss just became more covert about the abuse after that so it was hard to prove. HR is full of shit.
I also work home Depot. The woke politics is shite! The female leads constantly harass my department (all males) and they done nothing about it. If anything they rationalize their bad behavior
The best way to protect yourself from a lot of these things that he's talking about is after you talk to HR on the phone you take notes and then you send HR an email confirming what was stated over the phone
True! Keeping hand receipts through an email box. Just add “Per our conversation …” just to rehash what was discussed.
Coworker went to HR and they wanted to record convo. They said sure but they were going to record convo too. HR didn’t want to have meeting then. They didn’t want to be recorded
Lmfao. The co worker was stupid. Why would you announce recording someone? Thats like telling a mafia boss you have a wire in your shit and want to record them. Co worker should've bought a pen or hat that secretly records and saves the audio then attach the audio in the email CCing everyone who needed to be notified as well
If you have a legitimate case against the company, you don't talk to HR at all. They represent the company's interests, why feed them any info that makes their job easier?
@@Fossil_Frank of course, don’t give them anything extra
When I realized HR was supporting the manager and his select employees that were regularly bullying me, I started contacting the companies counseling service instead. The manager, employees, and HR rep that was actively trying to cover it up were all terminated within a month of me being wrongfully terminated.
You know the company I work for presently now, 12 years ago I was wrongfully terminated by a supervisor who had no verbal or written warnings to me. And I should have challenged that and I should have had the guy fired and if I would have known what I know now back then, he would have been. Even though he is licensed to be a spray supervisor for the landscape company that I work for, he was nothing but trouble. He had an ego. He went through employees constantly.
Bull-shit!
Jehovah watches everything and is Just .s.+ 16 All Scripture is inspired of God+ and beneficial for teaching,+ for reproving, for setting things straight,+ for disciplining in righteousness,+ 17
@@VestalNumbre The problem with HR is that they don't give a fk. They belong in hell for they are the devils advocate. They are the type who will sell their souls.
That’s such a huge tip.
As a good 😮 lawyer once told me, ' if you dont write it down, it never happened '
I did write notes diligently for 6 years. It did not help. Company i worjked for 16 years betrayed me. My worker union betrayed me - working in interest of the company (a hospital), my lawyers that worked on my case for work compensation for bullying at work place did betray me. Only my wife and family did not betray me and my doctors.
@@TheBluesman511 I'm sorry for your troubles 😞
With a great family you will get past anything ❤️
God bless
@@kathyheavner3585 : Thank you very much.
Jehovah notices everything and has a perfect sense of Justice
s.+ 16 All Scripture is inspired of God+ and beneficial for teaching,+ for reproving, for setting things straight,+ for disciplining in righteousness,+ 17
Never send an email you wouldn’t want the world to see!
I learned this lesson the hard way. My manager was undermining me with a particular employee of the opposite sex. When I went to HR with my complaint I was somehow demoted a few months later. That certain employee now has my position and has hired a bunch of friends and family. I also found out HR and my manager vacation together and are besties.
Doing the right thing doesn’t always work out for everyone.
These kinds of antics are rampant in HR.
The problem is that HR offices are run by some seriously unethical, unprofessional demons. It's just ridiculous. I was shocked when I got my HR job because the office I was hired in NEVER hired black people. That's another issue with MOST HR offices - they're notoriously racist in hiring.
As soon as the hangover clears, every high school/college graduate should watch this.
I worked for Bechtel Power Corporation as an engineer, and had an HR guy tell me that "nothing we talked about would leave his office", so I gave him the run down on the shenanigans I saw in my immediate management.
True to his word, "nothing was said outside of his office", instead he brought my manager INTO HIS OFFICE and TOLD HIM EVERYTHING...
Go figure where my job went after that.
Sometimes it's just better to keep your nose out of things and let others do what they will unless it will affect you personally. Even then, it's better to send an anonymous letter to upper management and let them investigate on their own without you being involved.
So what you do is get those people to accuse you of doing something instead and then when they complain to HR, they’re the ones that get terminated. Listen if the company wants to play this Machiavellian shit then by all means let the games begin
@@TheBanjoShowOfficial Evil, but effective. You're actually Catbert from the Dilbert cartoons, aren't you?
Wow I worked for them too at one point. I liked it for a while but their management were nothing but lying snakes. They'd run over their own mothers if it saved them a dollar. When we'd have those Town Hall meetings I wanted to throw up half the time listening to the CEO Nepotism Bechtel.
Hindsight is wonderful. Pity you hadn't included a big tall story that when repeated you would deny and he would be left with the "rotten potatoe".
Worked for a company whose HR manager was a real piece of work. One of his favorite sayings was "It doesn't matter what the truth is, it's the perception that counts", at which point you knew you were on your way out the door.
Men in HR are even more disgusting to me than women. Any man who chose to pursue that line of work is most likely a weak rat
My ex manager was exactly like this. He never wanted to hear the truth or see evidence - it was all about perception. I’m so glad I’m out of that toxic company!!
Sounds like Nietzsche's quote about truth and interpretation. Apparently psychologists run high up spots
I've seen arbitration clauses with most of my past employers. Usually in my country, it's worded: you agree, as the employee, you may not seek legal action against the employer but the employer reserves the right to pursue legal action against the employee as deemed/required. Put simply, you can't sue us but you agree to be sued by us. 🙄
what country is that?
In the company i work (Switzerland). There is a right to go to Arbitration only if you want as employee. Furthermore both parties have the right to choose a judge for Arbitration and if you cant agree within a month who the judge will be, the case goes automatically to the normal court.
Our HR department keeps it a little too real. My coworker complained about something and the HR rep told her, "just so you know everything I do is designed for the companies best interest and I'll be acting accordingly with them in mind". I was like, well damn.
At least they're a bit honest.
لا إلاه إلا الله No God except Allah
@@hhhghhhhhhhhh good job dude but not exactly the best place to preach religion.
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اجل كلامك صح يا صاح
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This should be required viewing by every college student about to enter the workforce.
🤣 I agree that this should be mandatory viewing by HR graduates and business students
Yes
For anyone leaving school
..College student's time is spent %100 being indoctrinated in "woke" and Racist Critical Racist. There is no time for any other 'learning'.
@@lilblackduc7312 I know you're exaggerating but a cousin who did sub-300 level courses recently was deeply frustrated at the amount of time spent on indoctrination saying it took up more than 50% of actual classtime. It was already the theme of nearly every assignment when I was there in the early 2000's, in 03-04 in unrelated classes I did projects on racism, racism, sexism, "slow food", racism and then one about machine language translation that was great but I noticed the professor on that one was an ex-marine and I realize now he probably wasn't playing along and was impossible to fire as a veteran or something. I bet you if I check back they metoo'd him or something lol.
When i was younger i had to learn a hard lesson about HR in that they are for the company not the employee. That said; everyone refers to them as HR... Mostly because its quicker to say, but think about what that stands for... Human Resources. We are the resource they need to continue. The department/title tells you everything you need to know about where they stand. Nothing more than a resource that they can exploit.
Who is HR???
They are those Individuals who used Human as a Resource to give Profit to the Company.
This Include Persuading you to Spy on your Colleagues outside the Company.
Because this actually happens at me, where one of my HR actually Tricked me and one of my Co-worker to Spy one of our Colleague from other Department to find out whether he really got a Huge accident and Admitted at that City Hospital or Not.
You prefer the other BS term they're using? "People and culture?" I call them overpaid jackasses that bring nothing of value to a company. Well, most of them. I have know at least one HR person who had a conscience and tried to do right by her charges.
@@kirm8137 Well, In Corporate you will find snakes or Cobras, But The Biggest Poisnous Anacondas you will find in HR Department.
I have worked for my company for ten years. Never had a customer complaint. One day customer comes in and i asked her politely to step back because we were still being careful as regards to covid. Next thing i knew i was up for an investigation. This customer was on her own when i served her. She emailed head office and told them quite a tale of me being rude. She also got a friend who was in the shop but in another area to complain to a manager about me upsetting her friend. My work colleagues were investigated and no one through me under the bus because the customer had lied. The next stage was disciplinary. There was no evidence. I asked the company to check camera footage there was no evidence. I was given a wriien warning that lasts a year.
Also listening about company handbook. I did not sign a company handbook ever. It sucks that shop workers have no protection with false allegations. You have bee very insightful thank you
I had an employer once admit during a company meeting that the only reason he took HR classes was to " know how to put us in our place legally" and other such gems
Wow.
Good
it's the truth. and I'd say most corporate bosses get that training.
@@anastasia10017 i think as employees perhaps its time for us to save cash and do the same so we can learn how to put traps in place too
I believe it. They have to protect themselves. They see it as self defense.
This is 100% legit. As a labor union member, HR is the last person I would ever talk to about issues.
Honestly for me I wouldn't go to HR done my research it's not for the workers it's actually for the business it's how it was set up. I think people get a little misconception what HR is but I mostly think people wind up wasting their lives no offense working for businesses so long they drain their energy when back in the day even in the old times you were paid daily mainly because people didn't want to waste your life and your time you just work somewhere for a few days and moved on to another town and gained experience I'm a bit of a nerd here kind of liking the old anime I think when it comes to like full-time and part-time people should settle down somewhere first.
what do you think?
Then you have labor unions that are company bought under the table. Its all about illusions
Hr is for employees but not the problems
Benefits, paperwork, hiring and so on
@@shoeplayisbad1 sadly HR is not for the employees people that believe it's for the employees it is not it is for the company when a faulty product a customer buys and has to return it the store that has the product calls the company's HR department HR is not for the employees this is why HR keeps getting backed up between people calling in about faulty products and the employees. When it comes to benefits that's between the one being interviewed and the employer, and secondly it Corporation cannot give a contract to a man or a woman it is against corporate law you can look up UCC 1-308 there's a thing called Hierarchy laws
Hierarchy laws
Universal laws- main principal (whatever energy you put out must come back)
Natural law- deals with natural ways of all objects and being which have manifested in the third dimension.
Laws of maxim- also known as God's law" those laws come straight out of the Bible enter the highest laws of the land they are right given by God to all beings and cannot be taken away by anyone
Sovereign- human being a being that is master of self operates under God's laws has the ability to create laws and constitutions for itself and corporations that it creates.
Contract law- a set of laws would Sovereign worldwide adheed to in Commerce offers + acceptance = contract.
Treaties- laws made between two sovereigns that deal with a particular track of land
Constitution- laws created by a sovereign that govern a corporation created by a sovereign
Corporation- a dead fiction entity operates under the laws of the Constitution developed by the sovereign does not have the ability to create laws can only create code statutes and ordinances.
Federal codes- codes which govern the corporation with corporations including UCCS
Police corporations and agents- private agencies of corporations that belong to equivalent to a private citizen.
Citizen- a slave of the corporation to which it pledges does not have rights only has privileges which are given to it by the corporation to which it pledges
Not only this however never put an "of" in between a state or a city example California States is different from State of California Michigan county is different than the city of Michigan County Missouri State it's different then state of Missouri
And finally each state has their own Constitution plus there's the United States for America's Constitution
Oh and a resident by definition is someone in a particular area for business we are not residents in our homes we are occupants we occupy we don't reside
Not only that federal law has no High Ground over state law in the Constitution states have authority the federal government does not
Open door policies was code to me “if you want a big hate target on you make a complaint”. “We only need to seem like we are fair and care”.
Open door meaning "YOU are on your way out"
I want to thank you for taking the time you took out to inform us how to protect ourselves, and help YOU to be able to defend us properly. Thank you.
One thing people should really learn is never trust anybody at work.
Never sign anything you do not understand.
Always have options available in case you have to leave or you are terminated.
ALWAYS DOCUMENT WITH A WITNESS.
Great advice this "do not trust anyone at work", they are not your buddies, or friends, they are colleagues. Keep them at arms-length, don't confide in them, and never offer an opinion on anything that is not work related. People will throw you under the bus the first chance they get if it benefits them. Oh yeah, if you are a man, never be alone in a room with a female colleague - or at least if you are, make sure the door is open and other people can see you both - always sit opposite, and never next to her.
Yeah but what if ur at ur job and their isn't any witnesses man or what if your jobs ripping you off on your check and when you ask bout them fixing it then they never message you back
You have to sign stuff you don't understand if you want a job. That's not practical advice
You mean fired
NEVER TRUST ANYONE AND KEEP YOUR HEAD DOWN avoiding the shit people throw off. I'd talk only about work and nothing else to anyone no matter.
Many years ago, I realized the game is fixed, not just HR but the entire game: work, college, HR, taxes, careers, housing, investing, politics, and basically all of it. Even marriage if you marry the wrong person. For decades I’ve been discovering just how deep the rabbit hole goes. Very few people know that it is VERY deep. Everything is set up to keep you in your place, not to advance you. This is why good honest hard working people typically don’t advance in any significant way. It’s not set up for that.
We spend entire childhoods playing games just to grow up and get played by a system which essentially run by adult children
👏👏👏
True talk
true that's our corrupt scummy world for you ran by idiots and scumbags
Thats why Napoleon was so great he almost overthrew the system, than the rothchilds got rich after waterloo proclaiming napoleon won by falsely advertising war bonds. Its why all the European monarchs united against him 6 times because it almost , the French revolution almost spread all over Europe and changed the slave system
Yes! Please provide more videos on HR Tricks! Thank you for all you do for the workforce!
Always felt this in my bones in my work-life. Glad to have it confirmed. My advice: treat work as nothing more than work. Document everything, with witnesses, cc all the relevant people about everything. Don't look for interpersonal relationships. Don't get too close to anyone, just try to be polite and cool in every situation.
My degree is in HR. By the time I graduated, I realized I was getting a degree in lawsuit avoidance!! This video just proves my reality check!!! I went into training and have NEVER regretted not working in HR! Sooo sad!!!
I've said it before, and I'll say it again. Occupations like lawyer, accountant and HR self-select for liars and thieves. The vast majority of people who study for those professions in good faith walk away when they realise what it entails leaving the sickos and criminals to dominate the fields.
لا إلاه إلا الله No God except Allah
@@hhhghhhhhhhhh Prove Allah exists.
@@erinericsson Look at the camels, how He created them, at the sky, how He raised them, at the mountains, Look at the camels, how He created them, at the sky, how He raised them, at the mountains, how He erected them, and at the earth, how He raised them He erected them, and at the earth, how He raised them
My god is that even a degree!!
"You see, human resources is not your friend."
The #1 lesson worth taking away from all of this.
Agree. The most important words in this video is at 3:34
Yes you can eject the tape from the VCR after that part
“But wait there’s more”
…”sorry not enough time to get into it”
My friend was bullied at work and she wanted to go to HR. I told her i know how to deal with issues like that very well as it was part of my job to take care of problems. She never was messed with by that person again.
Can I call you? Because
Can you share the how
What did you do?
Did you ruff him up?
how?
Thanks, good video! I actually had a manager a few years ago who told me that ten minute breaks in Calif are only by the employer's discretion and so I had to go complain to the head manager who put on a fabulous act of pretending that he was not aware of the actual facts and so then he made a big deal out of calling HR only to "find out" that of course employees in Calif are entitled to a ten minute break every four hours by law. I really could not believe that both managers were so ignorant of this fact. I am sure they were trying to scam the employees. If they were actually ignorant of that fact then they should step aside and make me manager!
Tips:
Treat work as it is: A Job. Its not a social gathering of friends and it sure as hell isn't a "family".
Keep your head down and don't get noticed while doing work. They have all the power.
Tip: don't work for bad companies.
Good luck with that. Most companies where I work are bad companies. @@NormanReaddis
@@NormanReaddisvery free companies are good!
@@NormanReaddisthat's easier said than done mate. Because I've joined a company that was great then a few years later new directors took control and then it turned to be a vial and horrible place to work.
No matter how good managers or HR are even if they care. If the directors at the top tell HR to cut costs. They have no choice
Lol ! So right! Never EVER go for fighting the “ symptoms “
ALWAYS go for the source!!!!!
This is 💯 true.
I was in a very toxic work environment. I was bullied, publicly humiliated and exploited.This peaked during lockdown. I consulted with an attorney and spoke with the Director and not HR. The attorney told me I was screwed and I should find another job or just accept what was happening. The attorney told that unless the bullying was a violation of Civil Rights or the ADA, I had no case. I was told by the Director that nothing was going to change. I found another job and blindsided them with my resignation. No one in my agency knew how to do my job and they thought I was cowed enough not to take any action. My resignation resulted in most of the people in my unit leaving because they couldn't carry the department.
Once your work environment gets toxic against you, leave. Your employer will not make things better for you. Once the bullying starts, it doesn't stop.
Cool story
Good for you! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼So glad you left. On to bigger and better. Not all money is good money, and peace of mind is priceless! 🤷🏻♀️
Another thing is… u need to stick up for yourself the second you feel mistreated! Other it’s just a matter of time till it happen again at you next job
Bullying? Are these young people?
@@V29546I don't know OP but someone at my old job literally was so horrible and he's almost 40.
At one point, someone literally asked for help from anyone but him
This is such a tremendously useful channel, thank you so much for putting this all out there for free!
You are 100% right. HR gaslights people, as do a lot of middle and upper managers. Well done for sharing this for young people or people who are still stuck in corporate job. Thankfully, I got out a long time ago.
Once had a friend who went to HR for nearly everything, and thought they were her friends. I tried to tell her that HR was to protect the company, not her. She pooh-poohed me, but soon after, they "friended" her right out of that company.
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂. I hated when HR was around and colleagues, they'd be all friendly and chipper with you and brown nose the HR rep. I'd say not a word and put in my headphones in.
I used to be that person. I know a lot more about people and life now. I hope your friend found a better job.
@@m0L3ifyI hope she didn’t recover
I worked in HR for 25 years and felt the same way you did. A majority of the problems we encountered was due to management not being trained on how to manage. They would throw people into positions and they either sank or swim. To me, this just set people up to fail.
If a manager can't do the job of the folks they're supervising, how can they claim to be supervising any of the work?
It's been my experience the worst employees get promoted because higher ups are tired of them screwing up, the company can't afford to move great workers off the line.
Sounds like retail.
and they enjoy doing that because its the only thing that makes them happy.. because theyre evil... goodbye evil...
@@stonefox9124 this is where I work entirely. All the supervisors are fuck ups and were promoted
The Federal government should stop employee abuse across the board. States can't be trusted to do it because the state has an interest in courting employers and lowering the employers risk to make it favorable to choose that state.
Absolutely. Seems like this is exactly whats going around to many companies now with “employee engagement surveys” and consultants going around implementing them are really slimy.
Everyone needs to know this!
Rule of thumb: Don’t go to HR unless it is important enough that you would be willing to pay an attorney to defend your rights. HR is not a counselor and is not your mom or dad. They aren’t there for whining about small things - they are a business protecting the bottom line. HR can easily find ways to write you up and get you fired if you are more trouble than they think you as an employee may be worth.
First place to go would be a good labor attorney and let their office document the issues. At some point, the attorney will have enough data that HR can't backtrack
This is true, I've seen multiple coworkers fired after going to HR with their problems. Just keep your head down and if you don't like your workplace apply elsewhere. It's not worth being unemployed.
@@jberndt88 It's Called COMMUNISM and Every Company practices that in the USA.
@@reaktorleak89 They Are DEMONS Punishing You for Wanting to Leave their Dominion.
@@jberndt88what type of company?
I remember there was a decent HR person in my company once...she got fired because she was trying to deal with an abusive director.
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Remember we work for good life,family,passion & compromise for big ol' ego people's little appreciation wont matter to happiness
All will be well 😃🌟✨🙌
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decent HR persons are rare to come by. Most are cheats and sabotage staff when they complain.
Those HR people are hard and rare to find 99.9%
I’ve met a good HR lady, I even caught my manager rolling his eyes at her during our meeting, she was doing her job in good faith,
The next meeting they had replaced her with some nasty HR guy, can tell his very narcissistic!
At the end, I didn’t leave without a fight and I don’t regret it.
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I was being harrassed by a coworker once. I made the mistake of going to management. What this man says is spot on. I would never do it again unless i was prepared to leave my job immediately.
Same, I ended up in a meeting with the person, HR, and management. The person still harasses me, and it's been three years. My daughter has also gone through this. Then they wrote her up for laughing, because the supervisor is buddies with the other person.
Management and hr people team up like a syndicate and juniors have no say in any conflict.
I just done that now they forcing me to resign
@@jordant993Never resign when you are sexually harassed. Make them fire you so you can get unemployment. Keep the records of the harassment and show it to the unemployment office.
Same thing happened to me. Boss literally told me to kill myself and I'M the one who got fired.
I've always found it interesting that most employees think HR is there for them. They aren't! They're there to protect the company. In almost every case I've ever witnessed in which an employee complains to HR about something or someone, it ends up not turning out well for the person complaining.
There are certain times when an employee should complain, but not at the frequency in which people go to HR nowadays. I make a clear line in my video How to Complain Properly to HR.
You're so right ...... at least now. Years ago it was different, but you are one hundred percent correct in your statement these days.
Absolutely. I work in HR (and I love my job) and I was doing an interview the other day for a position in my own team. The (quite junior) candidate was going on and on about how they want to “help people” by joining HR. I stopped them to explain they were going to be working for a company, and it would sometimes mean unpopular decisions…
I’m a California Attorney and love your content. I started out in Employment Law and ended up in insurance defense?! Keep educating CA residents!
Great video. In the UK, there is an organisation called ACAS which even some unions insist an employee goes through before they will take a case on. They like to advise employees to speak to HR first and get back to them. At least this is what happened when I had a query years ago.
I was HR and all of these are 100% true. The “open door policy when I found out about its true meaning made me realize how messed up companies are.
Open door policy, what a joke! I remember when that saying came out. Yeah open door to hell is what it is.
Companies are fictional.
When you walk through the open door, the company had identified you as the problem.
@@user-xs4kj7ou6h companies are fictional. A slave, group of them, knew you were continuing human slavery too?
Does this only apply to US companies?
The best thing to do is to document all incidents, have witnesses and put all complaints in writing and send all complaints to HR in emails. When I sent a complaint to HR in an email, they immediately wanted to talk to me, asked me why I sent an email, CC'd multiple HR employees, my bosses and the witnesses and why I didn't just talk to them, because now that it was documented and sent in emails to multiple people, HR would have to take action against the responsible party or put themselves and the company at risk.
If they don't repsond to your legitmate and protected issues, they can face punitive damages which can be their worst nightmare.
Every HR fuckup I've ever heard of is due to inhuman levels of stupid and ignorance. It's only a short matter of time until these imbeciles commit some heinous malicious mistake. So it's not surprising that they react in such a way.
Anything in writing is able to be held up in a court of law as lawsuit material reason why it’s important and the hr departments know that.
HR is there to protect THE COMPANY, not the employee. I worked for a company in Asheville, NC that laid off 49 employees with no severance and no warning. HR made this happen and it was “legal”. I was in mgmt. had been hearing HR threatening to fire people for miniscule reasons for months. Horrible
No accident that it was 49 employees. Some states like PA have laws requiring prior public notice for laying off 50 or more people.
I've been working for Mercedes ISD as a maintenance employee for two years now and about a month ago I was told to check out a broken basketball backboard at one of our schools, when I got there I signed in as all employees and school visitors should. After I signed in the secretary asked me to wait by the entrance of the school, I was a little confused but I thought oh well. The school principal walked out of his office and in front of teachers, parents, and children accused me of being a sex offender and kicked me out of the school. I was so confused and scared as to what was going on, police showed up and launched a background investigation on me, of course my record is clean so no problem was found. After this happened I tried to talk to hr about why I was accused of such a thing but they quickly shot down any questions I had about what happened. I never got so much as an apology.
If you’re legitimately wronged at work, laws were broken, your rights were violated etc, get a lawyer and blindside them. Don’t go to HR. Don’t give them early warning. They are not your friend. They are the Stasi. They are deceitful and malicious.
I can vouch on the arbitration thing even here in Iowa. It's recently reinforced worker's rights and my company tried to get everyone to sign an arbitration agreement.
My uncle and I got pretty good at Legaleze and so I read through the whole thing and looked them dead in the eyes right as my coworkers were about to sign (cause they were dumb and tried to do this all in a big group) and said, "I refuse. I won't sign this even if it costs me my job." My coworkers asked why and I explained they couldn't sue the company if they got injured doing something they were effectively ultimatumed into doing. They'd have to take it to the company's judge. HR tried to say I was wrong and it was a neutral private judge and I said, "Private judge? Who pays him?" And they tried to deflect by saying it could be a woman so I said, "Them, than. Who pays them?"
The argument went on for a bit longer before everyone in my crew at my department (maintenance) refused and so I looked at them. "What's it gonna be? Hire 8 new mechanics in the next 3 days or go forward with the risk?" Whelp. I had my job for another 3 years after that. Now the company is going belly up because of poor management.
Well played
The way to break them of arbitration is to Uber-tration them and have everyone file at once. Sign the papers and then file for being coerced to sign the papers. Collect notes on anything that even implies you're being pressured to sign. Most states have the concept of constructive terminatition. That's when your employer does something that effectively constitutes firing you like changing shifts to force a single Mom work during the time she should be picking up her kids. Make them hire enough arbitration judges for the entire company since most arbitration agreements include language around the time permitted to conduct the arbitration. That cost alone can bankrupt some companies.
Back in January of this year I got fired from my job. I was (and still am) absolutely devastated and shocked by the termination because there were no verbal warnings, or write ups of any kind regarding my work performance. I'm fairly certain that the HR tyrant used the Open Door Policy and lied to me to find an excuse to get rid of me. However, I'm also positive that I did sign an arbitration agreement, but I was so excited to get the job I just signed it. Needless to say I'm certain that I didn't fail the company; the company failed me.
Your so honest and I like that from you counsel. I want to call you due to having an investigation at work right now. My supervisor retaliated and has threaten me. I am a SW and the HR is doing an "investigation" but you made it clear what's going on behind. I forward all the emails of the bullying and threats she done to me to HR. I am now waiting for the day that this investigation will go down. I believe the director is aware of this and I do not know what's going to happen next.
what is a SW?
Social Worker
I was an investigator in the military. HR is one of the WORST people you would trust to conduct any investigation.
Agreed, however social services are worse than HR.
@Random error Ask any level of police.
I totally agree. I was an accident investigator for an airline. HR would sometimes try to get involved and it was a pleasure to give them a real kicking for doing so. What these mean arseholes could not stand was that their attempted or actual involvement would always be documented. HR were cited as a problem and not part of the solution. They didn’t like that at all.
Funnybthat you say that, this is literally how the military does HR.
Some of the best ways to combat this kind of stuff are to live below your means, save lots of money if you can so you have a rainy day fund, and never get too comfortable in any job where you think you're not expendable. There's always a beginning and an ending to every position and understanding that you're just there to do your job and provide for your family is a good way to think about work. Never take it personally, just focus on yourself and your job performance and walk softly around the troublemakers and keep a low profile.
In my 30 year career over 7 organizations I have never met a HR that protected employees over the company. I know of several very troubling harassment incidents at these companies and the company basically used the opportunity to help themselves build cases against the poor employees. This video is pretty much spot on.
I have, once. She didn't last, was pushed out by the company, and HR is now run entirely by terrible people like everywhere else.
@GodwynDi heh that sounds about right. I came into HR to help employees. I do exactly that and it results in stonewalling and terrible job security for me. Csuite eventually catches on to the changes I implement and when that happens my days are nunbered. Those changes? Educating the workforce on their rights, writing policies that make employers accountable and general agitation with subtle "unionize" hints to name a few. By the time I'm getting scurried out the door the damage is done. I've met 2 other HR reps in my 8yrs that had integrity but man is that rare, it sucks to be hated because so many of my peers out there are horrible people...but if it's not me it's some shite people that will run the show as you mentioned. When I left CA to be with family in IL I noticed a HUGE difference on employees not knowing their rights, and astonished at the lack of rights we have in comparison... IL DOL is severely lacking teeth.
@@Blissielwrite a book. I'll buy a copy.
Spot on. Be prepared to lose your job one way or the other. Harassed out or terminated for cause. Check all your state and federal whistleblower laws and rights first and make sure you follow any and all prescribed steps in reporting. If you have an EEOC protection collect all the evidence you can and file with EEOC first. Every company is completely complicit in these behaviors.
Nice informative video. Kindly continue with the next parts. These are useful.
It's amazing that there are still people in the workforce that are so blissfully ignorant that they believe HR is there for the employees benefit.
> It's amazing that there are still people in the workforce that are so blissfully ignorant that they believe HR is there for the employees benefit.
I'm amazed so many people believe 'governments' are there to help them.
It’s really not the fault of people in the workforce that they are “blissfully unaware” of whose interests HR really represents when these companies are allowed to effectively lie to their employees about HR’s true role. The only way most learn about this is by becoming a victim of the system by trying to resolve issues through HR.
Students should be taught about this in high school, before they ever enter the workforce, so they can protect their interests. But instead these schools teach “wokeness” and other such divisive propaganda. We live in a corporate state, not a democracy.
But, that's the rub right there. HR presents itself as "helpful" to the employee. Noone knows the awful truth until it is too late.
dont be condescending please. its not necessary
You mean the same people who trust politicians who all literally lie 24/7? It's the same people. NPCs.
My complaint I brought to HR actually went pretty well. I started out (and factually true) with "I already sought legal counsel and was instructed to come here before we continue"
i have complied to Hr but they sided the mangers.
Nice!!!
Even if it was a bluff... Well played!
@@waqasleo315big surprise
@@waqasleo315 That's not necessarily a bad thing. There's a strong chance you were just in the wrong. I've seen a lot of workers who don't understand the simple dynamic of "do the work, get paid", and expect something more from employment.
@@SyndicateOperativethis isn't the 1980s or 1990s corporate world. Most do their job. The issue is managers create environments of hostility which doesn't make employees work better all the time
Choose your battles carefully. Never tell anything to the HR reps of your company.
This guy is not lying. I've had almost all of these things happen to me. Let me tell you, though: Jump through the hoops of the "due internal process" but always use your biggest weapon against them, which is the question: "Can you show me the proof to back up your claims and put it in writing?"
I've personally experienced everything he is expressing. Never go to HR. Save your company emails, try to only communicate with management in writing and retain a attorney.
They do investigate. They got rid of a harasser at my last job.
@@stratelite1337they know Calculus???
@@stratelite1337 It's more accurate to say the investigation is to find out what evidence the employee has, whether it's incriminating, and whether the employee has made said evidence available to themselves and their attorney outside the employer's control. Hence, every company having strict infosec, recording, and nondisclosure clauses nowadays; they want to be able to fire you if you, for example, email incriminating evidence to yourself or record HR conversations (in a one-party consent state) which you can access outside company resources.
The one and only time I got significant headway in an HR investigation against a hostile supervisor, was when they fudged their DARVO shtick. I clapped back with a zip document containing dozens of screenshots; Slack chatlogs; Quip backups and changelogs; recorded meeting notes and minutes with dates, times and names; and archived emails that I'd sent from my personal email, with my attorney CC'ed and a "no uncertain terms" reminder that retaliation is illegal by state and federal law. They got the message, my case was escalated to corporate, and it was actually handled fairly from that point forward.
So naturally, not a month later our infosec policy magically, mysteriously, changed so that chatlogs are wiped regularly, and the Windows snipping tool was disabled on all company computers.
Also a good idea to record meetings or other conversations where HR is participating.
HR is for the company and employees are for themselves. Deal with it for 30 yrs.
Being forced to study some HR courses in school, I realized early how the whole HR profession seems to be centred around politics.
Excellent video, yes please more on this topic!
Very helpful. I haven’t checked but I hope you make a video about arbitration. Thanks
This information is spot on. As someone who has worked with many companies as clients, I have learned over the years that HR managers are the biggest two-faced snakes in any company.
Yes ive been affected by that.
@patricksachs3655: Correct.
You hit the nail right on the head. Seen this stuff actually play out way too many times. Don't ever be that "company person"... in the end, you could give your life for the company and you would not even be a distant memory the next.
Agreed!
It really does blow my mind how often I hear friends or acquaintances talking about how they've been wronged at work, and how they plan to get in touch with HR about the situation. They never seem to understand when I explain to them that, that's probably not a good idea. They don't seem to even believe me. But I was actually part of a class action lawsuit against an employer while I was still working for them. The employer was so bad that, when I gave my hours long videotaped deposition, they weren't even entirely aware of the fact that I still worked for them. It was kind of a nightmare but it was a very interesting and informative experience. Do not talk to HR. They are not your friend. Neither are your coworkers. Don't forget that last one especially.
Yes, very helpful. I am currently seeking employment. Interested in more videos like these...and in arbitration.
Thank you.
I wish I knew about this when I was still in college. Unfortunately, I experienced almost everything that you've discussed. It totally changed me from being a friendly happy person to a distrustful one not wanting to socialize with coworkers. I realized that coworkers are not your friends or allies. They too will backstab or lie to save their jobs or to get promoted. The union helped save my job but my career died. Continuing to work there is like counting the days till you complete your sentence.
I am so glad I am retired,I worked about 50 years it's been hard to play the game and put up with what there is in the workplace
Wow....sounds like me
@@lindahollander3588 it's more difficult now with the diversity equity and inclusion workplace requirements. All it takes is to have one very sensitive person to get you disciplined.
@@bones5785 yep. I used to work in a kitchen with a college boy from the south. He refused to clean underneath the cool boxes. He would literally leave old food underneath the counters which attracts rats and roaches in downtown San Diego. He complained about "hostile work environment" because I would yell at him for refusing to clean food off the floor. He would try to sneak around it by offering to do the cleaning while I did the dishes, but I always knew he volunteered to "clean" because he was a lazy POS who would just sweep food under the counters.
So anyway that's why the American Comedy Company doesn't serve hot food anymore.
@@bones5785 Tell me about it. The younger work force get a little title and push the power and you stand your ground --- BOOM! You're being disrespectful. So I've increased my sensitivity level to get them first. It's stupid but I only have 2 more yrs before I can retire with medical. I would retire now if I could get medical benefits. I have cancer but I don't believe I'm terminal enough to get Federal Disability. Doctor mentioned disability through work but I'm essentially minimum wage and 50% of that, I can't live off. I'm thinking of cutting off my treatment. I'd rather just die than have to keep working and die on their clock never to have a fucking retirement.
I was bullied by my line manager on several occasions and went to HR with evidence and witness testimonies. I had glowing appraisals prior to this. The bullying was downplayed by HR and I was isolated and set up for failure. God saved me and quickly got me out of that toxic environment. HR works for the employer, not employees. It is so obvious now. They often have no integrity or value for people.
Be smart people! I pray for peace in your life ❤
I’ve Been there I was in that situation for 9 and a half years. Right before I got out of that company, I threatened to personally sue each manager in that company. I told the HR rep during the meeting I wasn’t coming after the company, just the on site management. They ran out of there so quickly because I wrote my whole day down everyday. Take time to heal from that it’s important took me 2 years because I was harassed so badly. In the end God provided me a way out, he hears what’s going on trust him!
“g0d” didn’t do anything, you quite on you’re own I’m assuming.
@@KaozVirtus I respectfully disagree with you man (or woman). Jesus very much got me the through that.
@@Absentiment4l answer me this, does theology pay you’re bills? Didn’t think so.
@@KaozVirtus God has actually really blessed me financially because I’ve been faithfully tithing. If you’re looking for a Bible thumper you’ve got the wrong guy
Thank you. I needed this... I've been keeping it quiet and look for a new job.
All this advice is great. Here's a little piece of truth: You don't sign those HR papers...you don't get the job. Period!
One great thing about UA-cam is that it's allowed Lawyers create so much more value in the world. This information is super helpful to a lot of people, but ordinarily it would be way less likely for them to find out about that. Traditionally, this kind of helpful information would at least be behind some kind of paywall.
Everybody wins now, because the lawyer gets to educate people and advertise at the same time.
Yeah. HR at the Amazon where I worked was more than horrible; they were aggressively vicious. Just part of Amazon's unspoken "revolving door" employee management syndrome: Hire them for anything; Fire them for nothing.
*Hire them for anything; Fire them for nothing.*, Whew ! Chiiiiiiile . I thought i done seen it all. Yikes !
I hear you. P&G’s HR is no different. Absolute gestapo.
Hell has a place solely for the people of HR.
I got fired after they installed a new policy they never disclosed to me about quality and production, didn't have money to pursue them nor could find my original agreements and policies when i first joined years ago
Same here my friend! When I was still with Amazon a couple of years back I got into a big fight with one of the HR reps because he came at me with that macho wannabe attitude. Amazon HR reps are the absolute worst!!
"Hire them for anything; Fire them for nothing."
To be fair, that's not just Amazon. It's definitely all tech companies in the Valley and, from my experience, most companies in the USA.
Thank you so much for the video! It is amazing and shows really obvious things that I was even never thinking about! Paradox )) To think like that, you first need to think like that )))
I faced 1st and 2nd as an employee who was insulted and harassed by a manager. My cases with HRs were erased as they did not exist. I was pushed out from the job I did like and which I was doing great. However, I got a LOT of skills there and I have no regrets on that job and the time I worked there. Now I have an even better job.
What I did not get from the video is can the arbitration be avoided somehow in reality?
No wonder the handbook they gave me mentioned that there was no need to fear retaliation twice in two separate sections
I resigned from my job after HR “investigated” me for a ridiculous claim of bullying made by the trainer of an online seminar I participated in. Apparently my tone made him feel “unsafe.” I thought it must be a joke, but no, they were deadly serious. HR never told me who they interviewed or which questions they asked, but they found me guilty of “misconduct” and ordered me to attend two more training sessions on “effective communication” with the very same trainer who made the complaint against me 🤔
Was this, by chance, a consultant? Sounds like a great source of return business if so.
Can't make this stuff up.
wait a minute, a trainer in an online seminar, and you made him feel "unsafe", like you weren't actually in the room with them, and I'm assuming you had the good sense to not use any outwardly hostile language, that can be a problem in 2022 as a lot of people have lost their better judgement in the name of "freedom of speech" without understanding what that means. Anyway if you do mind your ps and qs and this happened he was definitely just out for a repeat customer.
So, the trainer won, and you lost!😂
What evidence did he provide?
Thanks for everything you do.
I'm on long term sick leave regarding a workplace injury, and keep being called by HR pretending to be concerned for my welfare, but really they are reporting back to management trying to undermine my case. Everyone thinks I am paranoid, including my medical team, but having viewed this video. I feel vindicated.
Trust your gut. I've seen people who were great employees without a single blemish to their record get fired after getting a cancer diagnosis. The company suddenly came up with a reason they weren't doing a good enough job. But it was really so they didn't have to accommodate their chemo and radiation treatments. The employer was a hospital of all places.
I can relate to this. I'm working for a company that when I announced my cancer diagnosis almost three years ago and had surgery, they offered only half of wages for FMLA. At the time I'd been with the company 8 years. I was out 7 weeks to heal from my surgery and ended up taking out a loan just to make up the difference of what they wouldn't pay me. This is legalized wage theft to the N degree. Brandon is right, companies as a rule truly dont support employees, unless you bend over backwards to kiss their ass and even this is NO GUARANTEE you will keep or have a job.
Trust no one. I would say i will call yall when my doctor says I'm ready to go back to work. I can be harass
Trust your gut. I was on worker’s compensation and the company told me don’t worry about my job and just get better. During my physical therapy sessions, I found out more times than not, people loose their jobs. Sure enough, when I called to let them know I was released to work, I was told I no longer had a job.
@@moosefoot11221
FMLA only keeps your employer from firing you while you're on medical leave for yourself or your family, it doesn't guarantee any wages while on leave.
Very nice of you to share this video with us god bless you
To me, it's a simple matter of "Who's buried in Grant's tomb". The department is called "human resources". They hire just enough human beings to get the job done, pay them just enough to keep them from quitting, a lay some of them off occasionally to scare the rest of them into working longer hours. You are a living, breathing human being, working hard to support your family, and you are literally just a disposable RESOURCE to them.
If you want to complain about something serious, 1) be ready to leave that job, 2) bring your attorney to the meeting. They will be much more cautious with you and probably have their attorney attend the meeting.
Your lawyer will cover this, but everything from you has to be in writing. It is important to have an accurate record of exactly what your complaint is. If you check , it is also helpful to use exact phrasing lifted from your state's employment law. For example:
"California law requires that employers pay overtime, whether authorized or not, at the rate of one and one-half times the employee's regular rate of pay for all hours worked in excess of eight up to and including 12 hours in any workday, and for the first eight hours of work on the seventh consecutive day of work."
Don't put quotation marks around it, just drop it into your complaint. They will recognize where it comes from and will understand that you are setting them up for a lawsuit if they do not follow the law. Also find a way to work in some language about retaliation:
"Retaliation occurs when an employer (through a manager, supervisor, administrator or directly) fires an employee or takes any other type of adverse action against an employee for engaging in protected activity."
Again, they will be expecting a lawsuit for Employer Retaliation if they fire you. Depending on the company, they may hold a grudge and slowly try to get you out of the company. But it will take a few years to avoid the appearance of unlawful retaliation. If it takes long enough, they may just forget about it, if your work is satisfactory otherwise in the mean time.
Either bring an attorney or have a letter from an attorney stating that they are looking into the details of your claim and generally companies will completely back off from you because they then know that you know how all the games are played and that you have legal counsel. Never make open threats, just do it and then watch management bend over backward to try to avoid a lawsuit with you.
Yes, have an exit plan in place as well as legal representation. Keep cool, otherwise this will escalate into an unwanted altercation. In this violent society we have now be very careful.
Yup, have an exit plan. Otherwise never go to HR
Nice job. I’m a NY employment lawyer representing unions and individuals. You’re 100% correct about HR.
Would love to see a video about arbitration. I don't understand why we haven't done away with a company's ability to pull these shenanigans. Law should be based on morality, but rarely is.
I have an issue with a colleague ever since I cleared up policy with her. It got so bad, I documented problems with her (examples include her asking me for help but insults me after helping, staff and patrons ask me for help by name but she answers for me, yelling at me and other staff members on the floor, stealing mine and my colleagues work projects, ignoring requests to do tasks I assign, etc). I reported this with my supervisor many times and ended up reporting it to HR. I had stack of printed out documented issues for HR. To quote HR when they received it “details lose credibility” which was a surprise to me since I thought that’s the shit they wanted. HR lost my faith in them that moment on.
After 20+ years of experience in corporate America, I concur that this information is 1000% accurate! (Yes, 1000%, not 100%) It's sad but true. HR is just a political tool for the company to use against employees.
Corporate america made me hate myself. Soul sucking dealing with psychopathes and liars all day.
I totally disagree. I had an average of 350 employees for over 25 years. And a majority of any issues we had, we were backing up the employee.
@@jerseegrl2 That's good to hear. I wish my experience was the same.
Why does everyone act as if this is a surprise? I own a company and we maintain an HR Department to manage the employment process, maintain required documentation, process legally required issues such as FMLA and whatnot. WE DON'T CALL IT THE MOMMY AND DADDY DEPARTMENT BECAUSE IT ISN'T. Never pretended it was.
@@pcp-xo1wj It's definitely not a surprise and that's the sad reality of this subject. It's a shift from the culture of HR over the last few decades. Formerly, they were an unbiased business unit - an advocate for the employees and for management. Today, many HR departments have lost the component for care for the employees and only work on behalf of the organization. Instead, they have shifted to an unethical and political tool for the management. I own a business as well as a Business Consultant and this is one of the pitfalls that I help companies avoid. Hope this helps!
I learned the hard way that HR exists to protect the company and upper management. Thats it. They are not there to help you at all. They are the absolute WORST department that actively works against you.
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Absolutely correct.
How did you learn the hard way?
@@variant101 for me it was calling out my manager for reducing my role to in an attempt to get me resign. Provided evidence. Instead of supporting me, they offered me 5 months salary to leave.
HR is fictional. Its used to make and keep human slaves. How does that protect the slaves?
Schocking that i got this video recommended when im going through hell at my work because poor managers and HR, they have lied and even fabricated evidence. Everything you said it has happened to me and I'm in Australia.
Undisputed analysis Sir, that's why I went through at the Roberts International Airport, Liberia during the wicked Acting Managing director Martin Hayes tentured..
I was sacked fakely without warning letter, suspension or termination letter because I stood my ground for Justice...
No justice...
I am seeking Lawyer for my case.
I got fired back in 2019 and it was the best thing that ever happened to me. I enrolled in medical school and about to finish up my third year. 🙂
Congrats! That's awesome. I am looking at this especially as many docs are choosing to become employees. Good luck with school and residency applications!
I got fired too.! Blessing in disguise. I have a better job then that one now. God gave me emotional strength to carry on and do better!
You may still have to deal with HR though for real
Congrats 👏 👏 👏 👏 I hope you have great success 😊
Nice job, future doctor!
HR departments are THE WORST thing for employees. This video is spot on!
😂I love HR they protected me against a witch who tried to make things up she’s lucky we didn’t fire her
@@abolisher no they protected the company from her you were just an accidental beneficiary
@@luckerooni1153 I just found out today she got fired.
Very useful info. Thank you so much!
Great educational video. High school and colleges need to mandate these vids. as part of there curriculum..