Who goes into employment thikning about how they will be terminated? A bad employee IMHO. I don't take a position looking at the termination clauses of the agreement, because I'm hoping to succeed in the position, and if they don't think I'm suited, well then we're both better off aren't we?
Dataceptionist
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Jun 10, 2008 19:13:44 PM
Great point
As an HR professional I am not scared when an employee threatens to call an attorney, but several of our senior honchos are and they act foolish in response and look very guilty.
Regarding "outlawing one-sided documents," I am also not scared of employment-at-will because I give it my best and know it will be recognized. I do not want to be in a union or any other organization that guarantees me job protection and the expense of my individual professional contribution.
Olivia Brown
of DC
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Jun 05, 2008 15:29:01 PM
Too many lawyers, questionable "laws"
After most people at most firms have signed the employment-at-will statement to get hired in the first place, they might as well know that calling their lawyer is most likely futile. I am constantly amazed that we citizens have all nationally rolled over to the idea of "agreeing" in advance to be fired for "any reason or no reason" ---and yet we have. Corporations put it all over the aps and the handbooks, and we lesser sheep just sign whatever is shoved over the desk at us.
The HR people, such as the author and posters above, have signed similar things to get THEIR jobs as well.
Curiously, the exceptional folks in our society, those that get individual contracts, are not nearly so careless in what they sign. If they're fired for "no" reason, they have compensation for that spelled out in advance. They're smart. But the rest of us have been too dumb to know that with the "union" of a national liberal government, we could long ago have had the coercion of one-sided documents outlawed. We would be well-served if the TV "lawyer" shows hammered this theme again and again and again---but, of course, they won't.
Daniel David
of NM
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May 31, 2008 11:10:51 AM
Great post
Great post -- I'm continually amazed by people who think legal action is the answer to pretty much anything they don't like.
Alison Green
of DC
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May 29, 2008 18:28:38 PM
In HR, Customer Service, Wherever
We must see too many lawyer shows or commercials, because "I'm calling my attorney," does seem like the most often used argument by a lot of people. In addition to not scaring the object of your wrath, many times it simply makes them realize just how inexperienced and silly you are.
Dataceptionist @ Jun 10, 2008 19:13:44 PM
Olivia Brown of DC @ Jun 05, 2008 15:29:01 PM
Daniel David of NM @ May 31, 2008 11:10:51 AM
Alison Green of DC @ May 29, 2008 18:28:38 PM
GL H of MN @ May 29, 2008 17:07:38 PM
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