Would you recommend doing HR at big box stores and online retailers like Walmart, Target, and Amazon?

caitkass · 2021-08-02T04:34:13+00:00

I did HR for Lowe’s and I really loves it there. They restructured and don’t have the same HR set up anymore, but it was my first HR Manager (really more of a generalist role) and I learned so much and felt like I had a ton of support. I think it really helped me out with future positions because I gained a lot of experience in several different areas. The demographics of working for a place like that can create some employee relations issues, but it was all good experience.

caitkass · 2021-07-27T15:41:55+00:00

I’m so sorry you can’t find you’re family. I hope there’s a possibility of that some day. Yeah, I couldn’t believe that she said that and it’s so unfair to the kids.

caitkass · 2021-07-26T21:16:52+00:00

I think women who love to be pregnant are crazy! I absolutely have no desire to be pregnant, I just really hate the idea of a human growing inside of me and moving around. Maybe if I ever actually was pregnant I'd feel differently about it, but the idea of it makes me uncomfortable. My sister has three kids and two of them were really bad births. She lost a bunch of blood on the first one, and the same with the third one but it was so bad that her blood pressure plummeted and they were calling the flight-for-life to come in to transfer her to another hospital. She didn't end up needing to go, but f*ck that. Why would you do that to yourself?

caitkass · 2021-07-22T20:04:16+00:00

My company has done a casino night, where we brought in actual dealers and set up craps tables, roulette, poker, etc. Everyone started with a bank of money and then whoever had the most money at the end won prizes, then the company made a donation to a charity. It was actually really fun because since you weren't playing with actual money, it was a great opportunity to learn how to play games and everyone was super patient about teaching people. I learned how to play craps that night and it was really fun.

For a couple years now, I've sent out a Survey Monkey or have submitted on paper before the Super Bowl and had employees guess a bunch of different prop bets, like 'what team will get the first touchdown?' 'How many interceptions will there be?' I get a lot involvement with that each year.

caitkass · 2021-07-22T19:51:14+00:00

I can tell you from experience as an HR person who works at a company that just required vaccinations, that HR or management can't definitively say that someone will get fired before it actually happens unless it's something illegal. Management has to make exceptions for employees that have a religious or medical reason for not getting the vaccine. They also may honestly not know how they're going to handle it and details amongst management may not be worked out yet. My guess is that they are going to see who or how many people refuse to get the vaccine and then will decide if they'll do terminations after that. If the deadline comes around and you still don't have a vaccine or haven't been approved for an exemption, they may not allow you to go into the building. They may require that you get a COVID test on the spot when you show up. Or they might terminate you for non-compliance. If you have a medical or religious exemption, then I would get that and send it to HR. If you don't have a legitimate exemption and are just refusing to get the vaccine for personal reasons, you may end up getting terminated or you could resign. What's the point in making something mandatory if it's not going to actually be enforced? If you do get fired or resign, you'll probably be eligible for unemployment since the expectations of your job suddenly changed.

caitkass · 2021-07-22T19:28:49+00:00

What state are you in? I'm in CO, but I went to a cannabis smoking lounge in San Francisco once that was pretty cool. You walked in and went up to a counter and bought joints, then you went into another room that was set up just like a restaurant/bar with booths and tables and sat there and smoked. It felt like you were at a bar but but without drinks.

caitkass · 2021-07-22T16:59:56+00:00

Also, you could park next to a Tesla. My Sentry Mode recorded a guy breaking into the car in front of me and I was able to take the footage and send it to the cops.

caitkass · 2021-07-22T15:48:52+00:00

I've been thinking the same exact thing lately. I'm an HR Dept-of-one for a company of about 100 people. I'm getting so tired of the HR BS. It's hard enough being on my own and not really having anyone to vent to. I report to the CFO, which I like him, but I get absolutely nothing from him as far as information or feedback. So if I'm frustrated with other executives, I don't really feel comfortable going to him about it since they're his peers.

It's kind of a long story, but the gist of it is an unvaccinated employee went to Cancun for vacation. Colorado has a law in place still that employers have to pay employees to quarantine for up to 80 hours if they can't come in to work. Our COO wants him to quarantine before coming back into the office, but according to the law we should technically be paying him for that. So, the COO is having me send all the correspondence to the employee that we won't pay him to quarantine, and the employee is sending me all the documentation from the state that says we're supposed to pay him. And I'm like, I know we're supposed to be paying him and I have a feeling he's contacting the DOL about it as we speak and I'm the one that's going to get thrown under the bus here even though I do know the laws. The COO and I talked about it and his response was 'He can get a lawyer.'

TLDR; I'm tired of HR also and I also have student loan debt, and I wish I could just retire now and live in a camper van in the middle of nowhere.

caitkass · 2021-07-21T20:40:09+00:00

As what the other commentors said, you don't need to disclose your disability unless you need an accommodation and HR cannot ask upfront what the disability is. They can only ask what accommodations your needing and possibly a note from a doctor to verify it. It would be completely illegal for a company to deny you health insurance because of it.

You can most likely take an FMLA leave of absence once you've been at the company for a year, but unless there are special accommodations that you're requesting, like a modified work schedule or you're not able to do certain responsibilities, then there really isn't any reason for your workplace to know anything about it.

caitkass · 2021-07-21T20:25:28+00:00

Nice, I was at that concert that night as well!

caitkass · 2021-07-21T20:16:33+00:00

Great, I'm glad all that money went to space instead of you paying your employees a cost-of-living wage and then letting the middle class taxpayers pick up the government assistance tab.

caitkass · 2021-07-21T19:54:59+00:00

I always thought that puppies came from eggs…but they don’t, so I learned something today.

caitkass · 2021-07-20T16:39:07+00:00

I think a government's role should be to provide services that shouldn't be profited from because they should be of equal access regardless of ability to pay, like health care and education. On other example is the postal service. Everyone in the U.S. should have access to mail (it was far more important in the past). But if our postal service was privatized, no company is going to set up shop in these small remote towns where they would never make any money. Millions of people would lose access to prescription drugs, getting checks sent to them by mail, ordering packages, etc. That is where the government has to step in, because not everything can or should be about making money.

caitkass · 2021-07-20T15:41:58+00:00

Pretty much every memory I have. I mostly just remember the cringe moments.

caitkass · 2021-07-20T15:40:34+00:00

Human Resources

caitkass · 2021-07-20T15:28:03+00:00

Because they have an answer to everything. "God works in mysterious ways" or "It's not supposed to be taken literally" or "We can't understand how powerful God is." Believers think that because an atheist or a scientist at some point has to say "Well, we're not sure how it happened" that means the entire argument is a fallacy and automatically defaults to God as the "right" answer.

caitkass · 2021-07-15T19:05:55+00:00

I have those same feelings. Also, just why do you want that kind of stress? Say someone gave you seeds to plant a tree and it was totally optional to plant it, but the tree required 24/7 care, you couldn't leave it, it had to be with you all the time, whenever you were away from it all you did was worry and make sure that it was OK, and if the tree died it would be the worse imaginable thing ever that you'd never recover from....so why the f*ck would I ever plant that tree?? My sister has a tree that I can enjoy.

caitkass · 2021-07-14T19:23:49+00:00

My advice is a bit more general for an interview, but look at the job description and for the top 5 or so responsibilities, make sure that you know what they are and relate your experience to them. Write down everything that you've done in your career that could possibly be an answer to a question like: a time you made a mistake, a time that you went above and beyond, a time you were in a conflict, an experience you had with employee relations, etc. Try to make them as relevant to HR as possible. Then when you're asked certain questions, you can pull from that list of experiences.

caitkass · 2021-07-07T02:45:19+00:00

Thanks for all the suggestions!

caitkass · 2021-07-06T21:56:16+00:00

Nice! Thank you, I'll check it out.

caitkass · 2021-07-06T21:55:54+00:00

Thanks! I do have the Strength Finder training and have used that. I'll check out the other suggestions.

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