To long didn’t read warning for those with minimal or no attention spans.
…. “Do we even have a HR department anymore” this line in on the post on here… really stands out.
It’s a sad question. Coated and baked Irony.
The sadness is…. Anyone with a disability has a sh*t ton of stress dealing with everything while dealing with medical conditions.
Then they have to deal with hr accommodation “specialist advisors” who would absolutely fail on their knowledge of what it means to uphold the rights of a protected class and provide adequate assistance… not to mention the clear lack of understanding, support, and decency being demonstrated by these advisors falling stunningly short of someone who should be a expert, professional, and well versed in disability accommodations.
It’s unbelievable U.S. Bank has gotten to a point where the department that oversees disability request is filled with such jarring incompetence in all levels of the management. From top to bottom to a point where this question is exploding.
The irony is….
Someone who holds the title “HR Accommdation Specialist”
Conducts themselves as who doesn’t know left from right when it comes to the protected rights of disability accommodations and will belligerently participate in the interactive process in bad faith with zero worries of legal blow back.
Like seriously….
It is sooo ironic to see that title attached to anyone who performs so poorly when it comes to performing that role so poorly when matching it to being a “specialist” in disability accommodations.
Seriously, the structure and current people put in place is beyond broken.
Incompetence was never addressed for so long……. the question…… “do we even have a hr department” is exploding.
No more operating under the pretext of mistakes happens and the possibility of things falling through cracks because such is life.
Nope. The incompetence is at a point of no return since it’s been allowed to continue and fester for so long……. Rarely acknowledged or addressed… with what seem like no will to correct and do right.
You as a faithful U.S. bank Employee should naturally be able to trust the process and believe your employer would take care of you.
U.S. Bank should and needs to make sure we have competent advisors that truly meet and uphold the title attached next to their names… especially in a department where liability should be taken seriously….
Especially at a time you need it most… and even more so….. when you are asking for help for yourself…. Which also includes help for “you” that ultimately benefits U.S. Bank from your spent time…. Your given and continued given efforts and work ….for the gain of the company as a whole, those above you, and the share holders.
You are not just a number. Used up and tossed to the side because you got disabled or have a disability.
Years of time you have given is something to not take lightly.
Sure you got your “pay”
But I am sure a lot of us are realizing how uneven this trade off is in this economy.. and how uneven the scale gets when weighed with incompetence and disability discrimination.
We are all human being giving our most priceless possessions away to this company in the form of our energy and time… regardless of disabilities or not.
But you know what…. A bigger middle finger for those who discriminate and wrong anyone with disabilities.
Disgusting behavior. And it should be called out. If you are silent… then… well… it’s a dirty weight to carry.
A disability should be taken serious when it comes to your legal rights by law.
HR and management have to participate in the interactive process in good faith.
This means they cannot delay (unreasonably such as the silence like we are reading here or unnecessarily dragging out the process either by lack of response or insubstantial actions/responses during the interactive process.
Make sure to keep a clean and documented record of the interactive process to support your accommodation request as being reasonable and is able to prove if bad faith is being conducted by hr or management during the interactive process.
If you are in this sad and unfortunate situation, then register and create an account online with eeoc. It is very easy and straightforward process to start and defend your protected rights.
At this point, it seems like this is the only way to preserve your rights and the only language that is understood to get your rightfully deserved accommodations for disabilities.
The bare minimum and absolute MUST…… employers have to do………. is participate in the interactive process in GOOD FAITH and 100% without a doubt approve an accommodation request if it can be proven as being…….. REASONABLE.
NO one is doing any favors for you outside of that.
It’s the LAW.
The employee is doing their job as required by us bank and the LAW to fulfill their title of being a hr advisor disability specialist.
Hr and managers cannot deny your disability accommodations based on their own preferences, attitude, prejudice, or what kind of mood they are that day.
And you better believe they will CONFIDENTLY provide bogus denial reasons and switch things up when it comes to your job duties as a form of discrimination or retaliation to deny you… trying to slyly get around the law sc--wing you with a smile…
Read. There is a lot of nuance when it comes to approving and denying accommodations.
Make sure you know…. Your disability accommodation has to be approved under the law. As long as it is lawfully Reasonable and does create a burden for the company as defined by law.
And chances are… such a big company like us bank will have a incredible hard time proving your accommodation is a burden or is unreasonable.
The bare minimum and absolute must is fixed. It’s not up for debate or misconceptions that will ultimately result to misconduct because the LAW needs to be followed.
No confusion. Nothing to do or talk about other than what is required under the law and interactive process.
Period. Unbelievable the amount of incompetence in a department where this should be an unchangeable screen saver for each manager and hr employee.
Use it. Just like how any employer would do it against you without hesitation.