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Take the miles of traveling employees? Really?
My companies (current and previous ones):
1. Only if you have more than 2 sick days in a row.
2. Haven't use it yet and not plan to use it.
3. Nope, that is stupid.
4. Nope, this is stupid.
5. I wish there would be more open dialog of what is/not working.
6. Nope. My miles are all mine.
7. Nope. Thank goodness.
8. Yes. My first company (Fortune 500), you could be fired if you do so.
9. Nope. If you work extra, you will get time off.
10. Nope. This is stupid.
What say ya'll? How are things in your companies?
Here is what the article said"
1. The policy that requires employees to bring in a doctor’s note when they are sick. Who goes to the doctor for a bad cold or the flu? I called the doctor’s office when my kid had the flu. The nurse heard me list my kid’s symptoms and she said, “Keep him at home!” She wouldn’t make an appointment for him, and I don’t blame her. It’s stupid to go sit in a doctor’s office when you should be at home sleeping and drinking fluids.
2. The policy that requires an employee to bring in a funeral notice in order to get paid for bereavement leave when someone in the employee’s family dies. This is the lowest of the low. If you don’t trust your employees, why did you hire them?
3. The policy that prohibits managers from giving references for their former employees. If you don’t trust your managers to give references responsibly and professionally, why do you let them lead teams of employees and interact with customers and vendors?
4. The policy that requires job-seekers to give up their salary history details. This practice will be illegal in Massachusetts when a newly-signed law takes effect, and should be illegal everywhere.
5. The policy that subjects grown-up adults to Progressive Discipline and Performance Improvement Plans instead of sitting down with them and asking, “What isn’t working, from your perspective? What do we need to talk about and clear up, that we haven’t talked about enough yet?”
6. The policy that steals frequent flyer airline miles from the person whose actual tush was in that airline seat. People who travel for business don’t get paid for the hours they donate, when they could be at home and doing whatever they want to do. At least give them the frequent flyer miles they earned! Any company who needs to pinch pennies by stealing their employees’ airline miles has a leadership problem that stealing airline miles from employees will not solve!
7. The policy that employees who want to transfer to a different department have to get their current manager’s approval first. This is brainless on the face of it, because you don’t have to get your manager’s approval to go and work for a different company. Requiring employees to get their manager’s approval for an internal transfer is a great way to drive talent out the door.
8. The policy that prohibits employees from talking about their salaries with other employees. Whenever I see a company with this policy in place I ask them, “What are you afraid of?” Your employees are adults. Let them talk about whatever they like. That’s how you build trust.
9. The policy that lets salaried employees work until 10 p.m. or midnight without so much as a comment but dings them when they walk into work 10 minutes late in the morning.
10. Any policy that ranks or stacks employees one against the other, like Forced Ranking programs or performance review systems that allocate only a few spots for Top Performers, a few more spots for Above Average performers, and so on. While you’re reforming your out-of-date performance review system, why not ditch performance reviews altogether the way progressive companies are doing right and left!
http://www.forbes.com/sites/lizryan...arrassment-to-the-hr-profession/#33a37cd3703f
My companies (current and previous ones):
1. Only if you have more than 2 sick days in a row.
2. Haven't use it yet and not plan to use it.
3. Nope, that is stupid.
4. Nope, this is stupid.
5. I wish there would be more open dialog of what is/not working.
6. Nope. My miles are all mine.
7. Nope. Thank goodness.
8. Yes. My first company (Fortune 500), you could be fired if you do so.
9. Nope. If you work extra, you will get time off.
10. Nope. This is stupid.
What say ya'll? How are things in your companies?
Here is what the article said"
1. The policy that requires employees to bring in a doctor’s note when they are sick. Who goes to the doctor for a bad cold or the flu? I called the doctor’s office when my kid had the flu. The nurse heard me list my kid’s symptoms and she said, “Keep him at home!” She wouldn’t make an appointment for him, and I don’t blame her. It’s stupid to go sit in a doctor’s office when you should be at home sleeping and drinking fluids.
2. The policy that requires an employee to bring in a funeral notice in order to get paid for bereavement leave when someone in the employee’s family dies. This is the lowest of the low. If you don’t trust your employees, why did you hire them?
3. The policy that prohibits managers from giving references for their former employees. If you don’t trust your managers to give references responsibly and professionally, why do you let them lead teams of employees and interact with customers and vendors?
4. The policy that requires job-seekers to give up their salary history details. This practice will be illegal in Massachusetts when a newly-signed law takes effect, and should be illegal everywhere.
5. The policy that subjects grown-up adults to Progressive Discipline and Performance Improvement Plans instead of sitting down with them and asking, “What isn’t working, from your perspective? What do we need to talk about and clear up, that we haven’t talked about enough yet?”
6. The policy that steals frequent flyer airline miles from the person whose actual tush was in that airline seat. People who travel for business don’t get paid for the hours they donate, when they could be at home and doing whatever they want to do. At least give them the frequent flyer miles they earned! Any company who needs to pinch pennies by stealing their employees’ airline miles has a leadership problem that stealing airline miles from employees will not solve!
7. The policy that employees who want to transfer to a different department have to get their current manager’s approval first. This is brainless on the face of it, because you don’t have to get your manager’s approval to go and work for a different company. Requiring employees to get their manager’s approval for an internal transfer is a great way to drive talent out the door.
8. The policy that prohibits employees from talking about their salaries with other employees. Whenever I see a company with this policy in place I ask them, “What are you afraid of?” Your employees are adults. Let them talk about whatever they like. That’s how you build trust.
9. The policy that lets salaried employees work until 10 p.m. or midnight without so much as a comment but dings them when they walk into work 10 minutes late in the morning.
10. Any policy that ranks or stacks employees one against the other, like Forced Ranking programs or performance review systems that allocate only a few spots for Top Performers, a few more spots for Above Average performers, and so on. While you’re reforming your out-of-date performance review system, why not ditch performance reviews altogether the way progressive companies are doing right and left!
http://www.forbes.com/sites/lizryan...arrassment-to-the-hr-profession/#33a37cd3703f
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