18 Feb 2019
Personal Administrators Response
7yThere are many points made by this former employee that we would like to clarify. As a company that helps high net worth individuals with their most personal business affairs, we pride ourselves on having high ethical standards and knowing how to maintain their confidentiality. So, while it’s true that employees are bound not to discuss confidential client matters outside of work, they can and do discuss those matters within the office on a need-to-know basis in order to collaborate on serving the client. We regret that this former employee considers such talk to be “gossip.” It’s worth noting that we don’t allow unauthorized access to salary information of another employee, and it’s not right to share that information without the consent of the person involved. We pride ourselves on our Employee Handbook, which is regularly reviewed and updated by an attorney who specializes in employment law. We have no idea what this individual believes may “violate employees’ rights” and think she is mistaken; she has never brought anything of that sort to our attention. Regarding turnover, only six employees have left in the last two years. Although she’s right that health insurance is expensive, Personal Administrators does currently pay over half of the employee premium. As for picking one’s hours, we do indeed offer flexible arrival and departure time, and everyone can opt to show up between 8 and 8:30 am, then work until 5 or 5:30 p.m.