I tweeted yesterday, this: "I feel like I'm fighting with my right arm tied behing my back. And I'm right handed."
Here's what that means.
Yesterday Blob chastised me for the fact that DeltaHouse's health insurance sucks. And it is terrible. It's so bad that I'm going without an eye exam until the renewal, in the hopes that one of the options will contain a plan with a freebie eye exam. I'm pretty sure I need glasses.
But it was the way that Blob said it. "You's just 'onna pick a sh!t plan any-damn-way. We's all 'onna get screwed by (finger point at the VHRG) you again! You can't find us a good plan!"
I held back pummeling the fool with fists, logic, or just embarassing him publicly. Why? Because I didn't want to get arrested or fired or have a stern talking to from TheBoss about being nicer (which is the only knock I have on my reviews, really. Technically, knowledge-wise - Awesome. The fact that I don't smile when I give bad news - Less than awesome).
But I wanted to. OH! How I wanted to... Here's what I really wanted to say...
"Hey fat@$$! You want to know why our health insurance sucks? It's because you are 400 pounds. And your wife is 400 pounds too. And OldGuy is fat, diabetic, and smokes. And Cigarette's blood-type is Marlboro. Mouse has a wife that blows through the deductible after the first two weeks of the new plan year. Every employee that's left is on our COBRA plan and they blow through our deductible in a matter of weeks too. And if you point to any person at DeltaHouse, I'll tell you who specifically in their family has a health condition that is jacked up and driving up our insurance premiums. But picking a crappy plan is my problem?!?!?!?! Yeah, right. Go suck down some more Mountain Dew and another Big Mac, I know it's been ten whole minutes since you've done that!"
Now I'm not exactly in the best physcial shape myself. But I do exercise and try to watch what I eat (sometimes I manage to even do this in a correct manner, other times I watch myself eat wings, pizza, burger, fries, and beers).
But I'm not allowed to say what I wanted. I'm not allowed to yell and scream at an employee that doesn't get it. I'm not allowed to make my case without insulting every single employee at DeltaHouse.
It's like being in a fight with your dominate hand tied behind your back.
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VHRG - You're not in a fight at all. You have an opportunity to educate your workforce. Given the current public debate on health care, now is the perfect time to discuss the high cost of health care and explain how healthy lifestyle choices will improve their costs and coverage. This isn't about you fighting them but helping them.
VHRG - I totally understand where you are coming from. I have had those exact same thoughts with employees at a previous employer which happen to be a hospital. Even though MJBlogger is right that you do have the opportunity to educate your employees, it doesn't mean they will take that information, process it, and come up with the answers you hoped they would end up taking away. It will always be YOUR fault. It HAS to be because YOU ARE HR. It doesn't matter that instruction came down from the CEO/COO/CFO with regards to how you put your plan together. YOU are the one communicating it, IT IS YOUR FAULT. Maybe that is just how I always feel. I am the only one in my HR dept now and because it comes from my mouth employees believe it was my decision to make because I am the RULER OF ALL!! LOL!!
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