I heard the other day since December Baker has an unwritten policy for former employees who recently got a package in the USA that a) they won't rehire you b) they won't pay you to consult. If this is true and can be validated, Baker could get their pants sued off.
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Don’t get mad because BKR and GE are spinning you off again. Enjoy the ride down the toilet. The toilet is a fit for purpose tool that everyone is familiar with, even a child understands that.
It’s the character of a person that matters in these times. You can use my words at your next team meeting. You have my phone number, you can call me anytime for leadership mentoring. Everyone knows you need it.
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Wait for it .
“Pop”
Ooops I did it again.
Bubbles, is that you?
They tried and I denied. Contract means more $$$$ without the fringe benefits. BKR doesn’t understand what contract really means. Now they’re outsourcing the entire division. Not my problem anymore anyway. Glad to see it go.
Probably depends who you are. If they like you and you took an early package to help a forthcoming layoff, they'd hire you back as a contractor tomorrow.
You will starve waiting on BH. Move on or make up a new job. Either way, you’re wasting your time! I started in a new industry that I was somewhat familiar with, but had zero ties to in Houston. So far, I’m more than happy with decision to see this through. I’ve already hit my annual target and I’m six months in.
So as long as its been longer than 6 months rehiring is OK ? Or is it a no even after 6 months ?
He speaks the truth
@3hzb+1ah7UQSZ you've brought no substance to this thread or to BH.
You sir, are a leach. Be thankful you have something to leach off of.
Owe. "You're welcome"
Next time you address me as, "too expensive to keep"
BH is a declining company in a declining industry. As far as I can tell they’re having trouble getting quality employees to fill the requisitions they keep posting. Apparently having a reputation for general dysfunction and paying $10k/year below the market average doesn’t help to attract talent. It also doesn’t help that many BH customers are broke and can’t pay for their (overpriced) products and services.
Cash machine? BH can survive
easily without u. LOL
So the main conclusion to this thesis is that BH is discriminating old employees from jobs that they are more than qualified for due to the fact that BH is singling out laid off employees annual salary. If the job is posted BH will fill it. BH is losing the money anyway by filling the position regardless of who it is.
Be careful! This thread has several managers admitting that BH is preventing old employees from income. This isn’t only discrimination it’s harassment!
This is not the first time I've heard about this unwritten 6 month rule at BH.
Also, I know from experience that I've seen the 6 month rule happen. Then again, I've also seen someone rehired within 2 weeks.
It seems to have to do with the severance package.
If you take the package, it's as if they don't want to pay you more than they would have if they had kept you on board. So they make you wait.
This all has to do with bridging your seniority. After 6 months it is like you are a new employee, no benefits. But as I found out everything is negeociatable. Just demand they give you all your time back. Like you never left. Worked for me. Even got a bump in salary.
I'm a manager, I learned this after losing several people who should have been treated better.
It is true we cannot take you back for like 6 mo. It triggers potential legal problems. But, Baker has one staffing agency you register with (forget the name ?). The manager can hire you back as a contractor through the staffing agency because you are employee of staffing agency and not Baker. After you enroll with the staffing agency, your manager requests someone with your skills to the staffing agency... and voila.
Note to the wise, always enroll as temporary at higher rate than your old salary. HR will prefer to leave you as temporary. Manager to convert to permanent needs a business justification to convert contractors to permanent (cost of contractors is the easiest). If you don't feel comfortable extracting blood at the start, make sure your contract is short that way when Baker wants to extend they have to renegotiate salary with you. Easiest raises I ever handed to employees were this way. Best Luck and hope you know the hiring manager well.
I am not sure if it's a written policy but my manager told that the HR is forcing them not to hire ex=employees before 6 months
We should start an anti- BH company and call it Eagle Claw. B/c we don’t get pee’d on, cause we eagles. We piss on everything.
Lmao
Cant rehire or contract for 6months from end of employment if RIF’d
Getting fired yes, not for a layoff.
Hey OP - this is a stupid post. How can Baker get their pants sued off? They have a right to not hire former employees. Many companies have the same policy.
I could give a darn about BH hiring practices. BH didn’t make me, I made BH, and not one of my old supervisors can say with a straight face that they trained me. I carried countless projects and teams kicking and screaming across the finish line regularly. I delivered when everyone else had a soapbox excuse.
And leadership stayed out of my way for good reason. I was a cash machine.
And that’s the last word.