I felt the need to vent today and since I have this blog, well....why not.
It has been 20 days since I left my job at the University of Missouri. Twenty. As in two zero. Why does it matter you ask? Because they apparently think I still work there.
My employment status is currently listed (still) as active and until it gets changed to terminated, I cannot receive a cash-out check from the 403b plan I participated in. This is important because I need the money to finance my move.
The paperwork has been sent to Human Resources, but the person who is sitting on it tells us that her first priority right now is to assist with Time and Labor implementation. Never mind that there are over 600 people waiting to have their status terminated right now. That, it turns out, is low priority.
So I sit and wait, held hostage by a bureaucratic system that would rather cut costs by employing fewer people to do the mountains of work that waits for...apparently no one. I mean, if she can't get to it now...when will they get to it? Ever?
Sigh...Stay tuned folks...
3 comments:
I'm not sure about the circumstances of how your job ended, but all states have labor laws that say how long an employer can wait before they pay you. You might benefit from a call to your state's department of labor. Once you know your legal standing on this, you can use it to light a fire under HR.
Good luck. Wish things were easier for you as I know how stressful this must feel.
things will work themselves out the way they are intended to...you and i both know this for a fact. :) hang in there!
Thanks, both of you.
It's not a matter of payment from the University, but rather a cash-out from a supplemental retirement plan. The rep from that company simply needs something from MU's human resources that says I no longer work there (or something to that effect). We will be visiting the HR office on Monday, so wish me luck...
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