Get Company's Promises to You in Writing

I have two jobs after leaving the retirement. The first was with The Salvation Army as a facility Manager, the job ended due to lack of funding to operate the facility. The second I found from another retired Coasty after attending college for 2.5 years and a climbing debit.

I found that you must get what they say in writing. I was told of many benefits that did not come to pass: The job is in a remote area, I was to receive cable, Internet, sick time, annual pay increases, all the over time I could want, and the use of a company-furnished vehicle.

There is no sock time, the cable and Internet I have to pay for, I have not seen an annual pay increase and I have been told to limit my use of the company vehicle. Not everything has been roses but the lack of honesty shows that no matter how trusting companies may seem if it's not in writing don’t bet on it.

We are a GSA-contracted company and they follow the GSA schedules, if GSA doesn't state in the contract what is to be paid toyou don't get it. If GSA doesn't allow for annual pay increases,no pay increase, or require sick time don't get it. If it is not in writing you do not get it.

Remember no matter who the company is or who the company is contracted to if it's not in writing don't bank on it.

(Submitted by Mr. James Plunk)

Comments

[Bob]

Hello James,
Not much different than working for the Federal Government either. Promise everything before, they hire you then do what ever suits them. Hire for a certain job, receive normal increases in income and cost of living raises. Years later revaliate your job and downgrade you because they think you make to much money. Then after you spend 30 or more years working for them and retire your retirement is less because of the downgrades and lousy cost of living raises that don't even cover the insurance preimum that they take out.

They give a lousy 2 or 3% cost of living raise and give you a lower percent of it because your retired and don't think you need it. Then they turn around and give the polotians 15% raises.

I could go on forever but it would probably be 20 or more pages.

Spend 36 years working for the Government and go out less than you were hired for.
Example: Hired as WG-11 downgraded to WG-8. later upgraded to a WG-9, upgraded to a WG-10 and retired a WG-9.
Not any protection at all, and not a thing you can do about it.

Bob,