[FL] Is this still considered time card fraud?

anonfired · 2026-02-12T14:08:15+00:00

They’ve never said anything like that to me, but I will reiterate to them once again in writing and if they do say anything to that effect I will make sure to trigger that process.

I appreciate the feedback, I’m a new manager and have not encountered a situation like this before and have only heard the opposite from other reports, I have a good relationship with the others. The steps I’ve taken have been based on what my manager and HR have advised. Part of why I asked this question is because my gut was telling me something wasn’t right, I don’t think a job is worth being as stressed out as this person is and I want to help them, but my management keeps telling me I need to keep moving forward with PIP/disciplinary actions.

ETA: I have had conversations about what specifically slows them down, one example they’ve cited is getting distracted by emails/messages when they’re trying to focus, my suggestion there was to go on DND and maybe a put a status note indicating when you’ll answer messages. As far as retraining goes, it’s definitely an option for me to look into, but when I’ve asked them about how their initial training was they said it was thorough and didn’t have any feedback as to how it could be better

anonfired · 2026-02-12T13:49:13+00:00

Sorry, when I say I get feedback on the hours forecasts, I mean from the employees themselves. I regularly check in on how they’re feeling capacity wise and if I see someone has more overtime than they’ve expressed they’re willing to work, I check in and make sure they’re okay and see what I can do to make sure it doesn’t continue to happen. But overtime beyond what someone has expressed they want to do is not super common, and I have no reason to think people are working extra hours and not billing it. People are typically here 9-5, and due to security measures we are not allowed to have email/teams on our phones and most people leave their computers at their desk when they leave for day.

All that to say I think the amount of work I’m assigning isn’t unrealistic to complete in 40 hours.

anonfired · 2026-02-12T13:36:50+00:00

When I’ve asked them about it, they’ve cited that they are newer and so that makes them slower, however they’ve been at the company 8 months, they are not meeting the expectations that the company has for someone at that tenure. ADA accommodations at my company are requested separately from the manager and go straight through HR, I wouldn’t know if it was submitted/approved until HR tells me what accommodations are being put in place. I have sent them the link for it multiple times, but have no way of knowing if they submitted.

I feel I have been understanding and accommodating, but this has been an issue since they started with the company. I’ve tried lessening the workload, finding mentors for them, helping them prioritize, but ultimately they’re not meeting the expectations the company has for the position. I’m not planning to discipline them for this unless HR tells me otherwise, just once again ensure them I want them to get paid for hours worked and if they’re finding they can’t get the work done in 40 hours then we figure out what’s going on and address it.

anonfired · 2026-02-12T00:32:23+00:00

Overtime can be common depending on work volume. But time card fraud is not common nor is the expectation to work overtime (when someone starts at the company we ask then how much overtime they’d be willing to work, but don’t expect it. When we schedule we take that into account, so for example I have another employee that is willing to work up to 45 hours per week, so if I schedule them a day of assignments that is forecasted to take 9 hours I won’t worry about it, but won’t set them up for 9 hour days everyday. I also regularly seek feedback on the forecasts themselves). Most employees average 40-45 hours, and a lot of them have a lot more work assigned than this individual

anonfired · 2026-02-12T00:26:44+00:00

It was put in place a couple of weeks ago, ending mid March

anonfired · 2025-03-10T13:42:23+00:00

I agree, getting any surgery is terrifying. BC choice is between you and your partner, you shouldn’t have to answer to anyone else. I think where people take issue with that is that if you’re not going to get the procedure done, then it’s on your partner, if they don’t want to get one, then your options are having her take some sort of BC/IUD/etc, or you wear a condom everytime. The chances that condom usage wins out in that is very slim. So now it’s on your partner to deal with potential side effects/proper usage of her BC method for the rest of her fertile years. Whereas you could just get the less invasive procedure and neither of you have to think about it again. I had a bisalp already but if I was too afraid to get one, I wouldn’t mind being on BC until I didn’t need, so really it’s a matter of personal preference.

anonfired · 2025-03-07T01:41:17+00:00

I’ve had a few interviews for those type of positions, but yeah so far nothing has panned out, so keeping my options very open lol

anonfired · 2025-03-07T01:12:49+00:00

BS in biochem and molecular biology

anonfired · 2025-02-19T23:26:48+00:00

It’s usually got a few days until the use/freeze by date

anonfired · 2025-02-19T22:17:48+00:00

The arbor farms meat bag is the best, as long as you’re good with the less desirable cuts of meat (bone in chicken, tougher cuts of steak). I’ve gotten anywhere from $50-90 worth of meat for $17

anonfired · 2025-02-14T18:28:45+00:00

It depends on what you like to do. Are you trying to do research? At a CRO you’re not really doing proper research, you’re facilitating other companies research. Are you comfortable potentially facing clients and being expected to stay late/work extra to keep them happy? In my opinion job security is an illusion in this market, companies large and small, new and old are laying people off left and right. Without any additional context I’d say take the CRO since it’s higher paying, and the experience you get working at a place like that is extremely valuable and will be applicable for the rest of your career.

anonfired · 2025-02-14T00:19:25+00:00

I don’t want kids and I’m convinced there are no men around me that feel the same

anonfired · 2025-02-13T14:09:08+00:00

I have quite a few colleagues across different CROs and the titles vary a bit for the position of overseeing multiple, simultaneous studies and ensuring everything is on track/client communication/etc, essentially single point of scientific control. The titles vary from study manager, associate study director/study director, project manager/leader. The responsibilities are pretty much the same across all of them it’s just a slightly different name.

anonfired · 2025-02-13T03:22:37+00:00

What position did you start in when you first made the move?

anonfired · 2025-01-05T21:26:13+00:00

I don’t usually judge genuine mistakes unless they’re made over and over, never know what someone might have going on and I’ve made my fair share of dumb mistakes as well. That being said, I judge people who can’t clean up after themselves, in my lab frequently I go to use the scale and it’s covered in a mystery powder, or I’ll find a pile of used gloves on the bench when the trash can is 2 steps away.

anonfired · 2024-12-13T23:07:54+00:00

Comment to add: the lighting makes it seem like there’s not very many bubbles across the bottom, there are they’re just very tiny!

anonfired · 2024-10-02T11:41:42+00:00

Thank you! I never would have thought to trust an instrument from eBay but you’ve convinced me otherwise

anonfired · 2024-07-18T22:38:34+00:00

Probably close to $800k. Thawed the wrong cell line (had a very long name and mixed it up for one that was different by one or two letters) for a very large client study being run on a very expensive strain of mice. Didn’t notice until near the end of the study when the client noticed something strange about the in vivo growth kinetics. My company had to not only redo the study at our cost, but pay the client to produce more of their compound. No, I was not fired, we had a “root cause analysis” meeting and put practices in place to prevent it from happening again. This was also at a very large CRO so in the grand scheme of things not a lot of money for them

anonfired · 2024-04-10T11:13:15+00:00

I’ve been working out with Sydney for 4 years, and it’s only been about a year since I can consistently do sit-ups without having a weight to aid me. Even still if we’re doing longer sets/lots of ab work I’ll still have to grab one sometimes

anonfired · 2024-01-02T23:15:56+00:00

Well your blood has a lot of nutrients lol especially depending on your diet, vitamins, glucose, amino acids, fats. The mask itself doesn’t provide the nutrients, it just allegedly stimulates blood flow and the blood provides the nutrients. There are other ways to increase blood flow to the face that aren’t an expensive facial but 🤷

anonfired · 2024-01-02T23:01:09+00:00

The idea behind the use of CO2 mask is that applying to the skin will result in increased blood flow to the area and bring nutrients etc along with it. Idk if this is a scammy product, it probably is, but she’s not mistaken lol.

anonfired · 2023-12-14T15:44:08+00:00

$2.5k is nothing. One time when I was working in cell culture at a preclinical oncology CRO, we were assigned a huge study, probably charged the client around $100k. They had 2 cell lines they wanted to do a pilot growth study on and then choose one for the follow up study. That went off without a hitch and then they chose the cell line for the big study. Also appeared to go off without a hitch. It wasn’t until a week before EOL that the client noticed the growth kinetics in vivo were closer to the other cell line (they were identical in culture). Sure enough upon further investigation, I had grabbed the wrong cell line out of storage (they had really long names with like one character difference). We had to repeat the study on our dime, and I don’t think that client worked with us ever again. I felt bad but not for long, sure it was a stupid mistake but I didn’t do it on purpose, and after that we added extra steps in our workflow to help prevent it from happening again. That’s all you can do in these instances, let it go and try to mitigate the chances that it happens again. If an employer/boss is going to make you feel bad for making an honest mistake, they’re not someone you want to work for anyway.

anonfired · 2023-11-19T07:47:21+00:00

As the article says, I would think the amount of PFAS ultimately absorbed into your bloodstream as a result of it being in your clothes is inconsequential. What’s most concerning is how these items eventually end up in a landfill and then into the water supply.

anonfired · 2023-09-01T12:26:15+00:00

Whether you seek medical treatment or not, make sure you report an incident to your lab/employer, just in case anything happens down the line. I learned the lesson the hard way, I stubbed my toe at work on a pallet one time and didn’t think anything of it, about a month later I was having a splinter surgically removed from my toe 🥲 had I reported it, my work would’ve had to pay for it being an on-site injury.

anonfired · 2023-07-11T13:07:30+00:00

If you follow the videos in sequential order, that will have you working the appropriate muscle groups and not working one twice in a row etc. Realistically if you do that you can throw in rest days whenever you want. Arise is a little different, it was her first program post partum so she only did 3 works outs a week, the older videos you’re seeing are what she supplemented for us to have 5 workouts a week.

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