So after 22 years of Optum and UHC trusting me to input my correct in/out times, starting in June we are going to have to actually punch a time clock when we start/end our days. Talk about micromanagment at its finest. Why would we ever trust senior leadership when they start doing crud like this. Points to how much they "trust" those of us peons who actually keep the company going
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Yup, the @$$ is back! Wondering why she took down her 'stop complaining ' post about all the 'old folks' in and formerly with the organization? Hmmm
lazy people and people who abuse WAH are going to be in for a treat. this is what you get for making your teammates pick up your slack while you let down your team and make them do your work
I thought part of the work-life balance was so we could be flexible with our time. That's what we were told. Are we now getting in trouble for not our standard hours. What about the two hour early release days before a holiday so we can travel?
The a@s is back.
On no! You will have to actually punch in? Disastrous! What's the next thing the company will expect you to do, work for your money? How dare they. You people sound like a bunch of pampered mo--ns. When you run a multi billion dollar corporation, then you get to make rules, until then be happy you have a job, and if you are so good and believe to be beyond lowly task such as "punching in" then take your qualifications that render you immune to time recording and go to one of the many competitors out there.
This new system is going to create a lot of OT pay. Many of us have meetings back to back and may not be able to take breaks / lunches. We then do a longer lunch the next day to compensate. With the new system that will not be an option. I am guessing when the extra $$ is being paid things will change
@n7+1jt7qrptm, nope, supervisors approve payroll, so—
Sounds like an hourly employee issue
Start with supervisors and those that call themselves "leadership."
Like overnight. I promise you'll start noticing some of those that "buy in" and or are "high performers" have the biggest issue with it.
One of my old sups used to take 2+ hour lunch breaks and come back with a bad attitude and all sorts of shopping bags. I was seriously threatened with a CAP for saying something, which felt an awul lot like retaliation.
Have never asked permission to take PTO. I give a day or two notice via my calendar and just take it. Been working fine for 10+ years and about the same count of managers in the time frame no issues
Salaried employees shouldn't punch in and out. Or perhaps they should, ONLY to show how MANY additional hours we've actually worked
Stock drop to 399. Well, basically the shareholders are not impressed so far and that is what the value of the stock relates to.
The old fashion layoff tactics normally gets you a boost. But not UHG.
A bit of over reacting. We have always had to have manager approved PTO. It's in the attendance guidelines. We have a team of about 25 people and 4 are allowed off. If you choose to call in when 4 are already off, you're issued an occurrence. It's common professional practice. If it can't be avoided due to an emergency, then just take the occurrence. You get 4 a year before they do anything. As far as punching in and out, what is so difficult about that if you're not abusing anything?
It's for hourly, or salaried who have on-call hours.
Is this for an hourly role or salary?
@at+1jt7qrptm Oh, believe me, we ALL know they do no good. I should have been more specific. I'd like to see the numbers and if they'll thruthfully reflect the tanked scores they deserve. If so..'splain it, spin it or flip it. I want to hear it. I'm also curious about the % rate of completion. Who'll be too intimidated to fill it out?
Welcome to the good ole ball & chain in the world of production 101. Lack of trust you say? I'd be curious to know your thoughts of using tracking systems that captures every second down to the key stroke or lack thereof. If you're idle for more than 30 secs., leadership sees it in real time. When you exceed processesing times (by seconds) same thing. Every second of your day has to be accounted for/TRACKED and match your assigned tasks. Big Brother watching the wrong the wrong hands at work...focus on work "locations" & sr leadership..Me being idle for more than 30 seconds is NOT the issue :/
Every other major employer does the same thing with punching in and out
That's next-level penny-pinching. Digging through the couch looking for change.
Things must be grim.
Will everyone have to clock in and out or just some groups?
The weird thing for me is, how are they going to handle over time?? When I worked at a job where I had to do this, staying one minute later or clocking in 15 minutes earlier was sooo scrutinized that we had to stop working 10 minutes before clock out to make sure we clock out to thee minute. It’s such a bad implementation
feel as if the ones who stayed had not choice but to stay are being punished with crazy rules and systems
The EXI survey means diddly squat. Have they ever addressed employee concerns before? Nope. It's actually pretty comical
I was affected with the 4/23 layoffs after 20 plus years. I always considered United a great place to work with the flexibility of work/home balance. Hence, why i stayed. Your management team is the resource to ensure you are meeting the expectations of your job description which enables a strong effective team with no need to micro manage.
Hearing this is not only disheartening, but a bunch of bs as moral has got to be at its lowest its ever been to begin with. Strength comes with trust and creates happy employees. In turn, creates a productive staff. This company is a place I an no longer familiar with and I'm sorry you're going through this.
Yeah, PTO is now going to be considered an "absence," and appears that it will be treated the same as a call in/out and no longer a benefit. As for manager approval, Ive always had to have that, but that is cause my teams were limited to the amount of people we can have off per day. Regardless, still not seeing how destroying the trust level of the true employees will help the company
I work for a company that used this system. We are sooooooo going to lose the freedom to use PTO when we want to. You know how you can submit PTO requests in yourself and they are usually approved? Now it will have to go through a manager or supervisor for approval. We are so fu---d! This is just another way to reduce the workforce is by trying to make us quit.
My mouth hit the floor..I recently was thinking..wonder if they're brave enough to send out EXI survey..low and behold they actually did!..this is going 2B VERY interesting..I pray I'm able to witness the results.
Thats a load of cr-p!