I recently put in my 2 weeks notice with my company. We are at the end of the fiscal year, and if all goes well, we should get paid a bonus at the end of the month. When I put in my notice, I originally had my last day as the 30th of this month. My thought was that was that, since that was the last day of the work year, I would get my bonus.
When I spoke to HR to give the notice, I made it clear I wanted to stay long enough to cash in on the bonus. Without batting an eye, they said 'fine' had me file my notice and sent me on my way. I told a co-worker friend that I was leaving on the 30th and they made it clear to me I had made a HUGE mistake. Long story short, in order to get the bonus, I had to work the ENTIRE fiscal year to START of the next one. By leaving on the 30th I would be forgoing my bonus, thus saving the company a few days and a few thousand dollars. They had no intention of informing me of my misinformation. If it wasn't for my friend being more informed on policy, I would have been out the extra cash. HR is for saving the company money, not to look out for it's 'human resources.' Luckily, I was able to postpone my resignation by a day. That said, I will now be reviewing policies a lot more stringently going forward as I have learned a valuable lesson.
TLDR: HR is about saving money. I almost lost thousands of dollars for not knowing policy well enough, but I was able to delay my resignation and collect my check thanks to someone better informed with a clearer consciousness than my HR rep.
Submitted March 21, 2018 at 03:52PM by tildodildo http://ift.tt/2GPUjQ5
