| Topic Name: |
Inertia |
| Message Name: |
Core Hours expectations |
| Date Posted: |
01/08/2006 |
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I have worked in two Hewitt locations in the US. I am sorry to say that both are equally horrible. While I get paid to be at work ($36k for a BA) I am grossly under paid and under utilized to be quite frank. Both offices have been a nightmare in changes, management, ethics, general reliability etc. Its just an all-around bad place to be right now. Ever since that damn going public thing! I thought the atmosphere would/could change from one office to another - - it does not. Hewitt is Hewitt. I am currently submitting at least one resume per day at a minimum so that I can hopefully stop this pain by June.
Here's food for thought. I moved to my new office/location a month ago. My new mgr had the "balls" to tell me that the company policy is that we are all at work from 830 to 5. I called her out on it since I know that is not a company policy. She then says it is a company policy for new MPHRO clients. Once again, I have to call her out, since in the last year I have been on TWO MPHRO clients and this has NEVER been a policy of any kind! She tells me I am wrong. Once we are done hashing this, she tells the group that maybe in April we can re-visit this and get more flexible hours. Here's my question. If this is a company policy, how can we re-visit this and make changes for our team??? I hate this place! |
| Message: |
Last year during the first round of "mind the gap", locations established "core hours" expectations for all workgroups. Essentially, unless you get permission from your manager you need to be in the office during these hours. These expectations should have been communicated by your BDM, BIM or CS DGM at the same time they told everyone that they were expected to work 120%.
In typical Hewitt fashion, the expectations varied by location and have been applied inconsistently across locations. You can probably challenge your manager with reasonable success as long as you can validate that the hours you are/will work meet the needs of your clients and your team.
Ultimately, your manager is caught in the middle of having to deliver and enforce these expectations. If you need to go above her and use the engagement card to your benefit.
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