Timeline for Taking advantage when HR forgets to communicate the rules
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| Jul 5, 2019 at 14:14 | comment | added | user2813274 | I agree with layman - it's envy, the OP is not being cheated, the company is, so unless he owns stock in said company, it's not hurting him, his envy is what's hurting him | |
| Jul 5, 2019 at 13:59 | comment | added | layman | The other guy is NOT cheating OP. He is cheating the company. OP is willingly allowing envy to become is perspective. The other guy did not make this choice for OP. I don't see how the other guy's decision should affect OP at all. There was no agreement between the guy and OP that would cause OP to be cheated. You are wrong. | |
| Jul 5, 2019 at 13:00 | comment | added | Frank Hopkins | While I agree with the gist of the answer, this wouldn't be about ratting the colleague out, this would be about informing HR of their mistake and help them get it right from there on. HR might even decide that it was their mistake and thus the colleague can enjoy the free time until the end of that course, but obviously not for any follow up course. Or they could simply inform him of the rules, and as such they would apply from then on at least. | |
| Jul 5, 2019 at 9:08 | comment | added | Aaron F | @AndreiROM you're not wrong and I completely agree with the first two sentences of your comment, but I think it's bordering on hypocritical to focus on the unfair behaviour of the colleague, when everyone involved is embedded in a system that's inherently unfair and does nothing about it. Not only do they do nothing about the greater inequal system, but they work within the unfair system to try and enforce "what's fair". It's known as "not seeing the wood for the trees" - OP's colleague's behaviour is not the real problem here. | |
| Jul 4, 2019 at 8:24 | comment | added | MSalters | @Иво Недев: In Europe, this is not a "technicality". Employee rules must be explicitly communicated. Failure to do so is fully a problem of the company. The fact that other companies might pay for such courses makes it even worse. | |
| Jul 3, 2019 at 19:15 | comment | added | Иво Недев | @James He shouldn't be getting those free hours to begin with. And he knows it. He's taking advantege of a technicality that would never fly when finally questioned. It's not fair for OP to either not get those hours free or the asshat not work those hours. I too would get uber angry if faced with such unfairness, especially when the asshat knows he's doing it. | |
| Jul 3, 2019 at 17:58 | comment | added | James | "No sane person, ...would gladly and willingly forfeit 4 hours of their free time..." So why call him an asshat then? You don't even mind that he's "cheating the company"? You only feel that he should work the extra hours so that the OP doesn't get emotional? | |
| Jul 3, 2019 at 14:12 | comment | added | AndreiROM | I agree, the "mind your own business" attitude that some users here are displaying is troubling, because all it takes for evil to win is for good men to do nothing. That may sound dramatic, but it's true, even when it comes to little things. This guy is a troublemaker, and is damaging the team's morale, therefore it has to be addressed, and managers are not mind readers. Sometimes they do need a member of the team to stand up, and tell them that X is happening, such that they can react. | |
| Jul 3, 2019 at 13:11 | history | answered | Иво Недев | CC BY-SA 4.0 |