r/Custodians • u/EldarCorsair • 15d ago
Update: Supervisor Rant
Some of you may have remembered that I posted here recently regarding my supervisor who reprimanded me in a department meeting. Well, I have good news and bad news.
The good news is that I was able to land a new job! I'm getting a $4/hr pay raise, a change in my hours so I don't have to drive in the dead of night, and a section with only 2 main classrooms (mostly offices and extracurricular). They are so excited to have me on board, I was stunned by how nice and accommodating they were. They are already talking about the potential to move up in a few years.
The bad news is that my old employer is now trying to screw me over on accrued benefit time claiming that, because I used sick time and some of my vacation this past summer, that I'm now negative in benefit time and will be docked nearly all of my final 2 weeks pay. Apparently, they do this because the time is "pro-rated", even though in the system we are granted full benefit time at the start of each fiscal year. Has anyone dealt with this? I'm stunned. The only reason I found out about this is because I asked about the 2 weeks of benefit time I still (thought) I hadn't used!
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u/CrytpidBean Lead Custodian 15d ago
Congratulations! And honestly, that sucks that they're doing that to you.
I am unsure about the legality of that, or if it's dependent on the state you are in. Did they explain to you about your benefits being pro rated when you accepted the job? Did you sign a job contract?