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I have never read one in my life. What burning info do these contain that you don’t have?
Who reads an employee handbook?
What do you need from the handbook? Look at Being Burson for anything you need. It’s pretty comprehensive.
An employee hand book. What century are we in? A hr portal on the web yes we have one
Wow-these responses are wild! What kind of toxic cultures are all these people apart of and contributing to at work?
I’ve always had a handbook where I work. I can think of one job that allowed their handbook to lapse/become out of date and that should have been a signal that the organization was going down the drain.
For those saying “what info do they have that you don’t already know” - it’s meant to be a central, comprehensive reflection of expectations, policies and procedures for the organization. Employees shouldn’t and can’t remember everything, but it’s a resource to check first if they have questions.
It’s also a show of purpose and intention. It’s an agreement between the company and employee—this is what you can expect from us and this is what we expect from you. If an organization doesn’t have that or honor it, it’s a big signal of a shady/ethically questionable business.
There is information in there that you might not reference all the time, but is damn near important when it comes up (aka-layoffs, vacation policies, review cycles, etc).
The handbook is essentially the SoW for its employees. You wouldn’t (or shouldn’t) do client work without an agreed way of working. Why would you do it in your own business?
I’d be curious OP-what does HR say whenever you ask/what do they point you to instead?