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2.3

I had worked at a La Petite for almost one and a half years. I was told that after I started at full time status, I would begin receiving my benefits after 90 days, i.e.

paid holidays, PTO, etc. In April, which is their semi-annual hourly averaging time for their employees, they had determined that I wasn't quite at full time status. In July, they decreased the status to be 30 or more hours a week (down from 35 hpw). I was told by the district manager that I would begin receiving paid holidays and vacation time in October of 2014, which means I would have been working there for one year and 2 months.

Guess what? In October, I didn't start accruing PTO, and for Thanksgiving, I wasn't paid. The reason? "It takes 6 months after an employee has been updated to full time status for the benefits to take effect." I was never updated to full time status, even though I had been working full time hours for an entire year.

I asked whose fault that was and was told it was no ones fault. So I put in my two weeks notice, which is more than this company deserved. I am not the only employee that has been screwed out of benefits. They do not pay their employees a living wage, and will do anything they possibly can NOT to give their employees what they have earned.

I will NEVER recommend this company to my peers as a place to work, and will NEVER recommend this centre to anyone with children. Unless you enjoy having the director allow sick children to stay at the centre, including her own children, and never being able to find her because she is always smoking cigarettes by the dumpster.

Reason of review: taken advantage of.

Monetary Loss: $500.

Location: Knoxville, Tennessee

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I am also an employee and agree with a lot of this :-(

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