Bob always wanted to work for The Company.  The Company was big, admired, and had been a leader in the community for years.  When the opportunity came to join them, Bob's heart was pounding!

Bob had worked for a smaller company that had a niche in the automotive industry.  He liked working there and was proud of the great reputation his small company had.  But he felt his dreams came true when he received an offer from The Company.  He said, resoundingly, "Yes!"

The smaller company was a well-run machine.  Bob was soon to find out this wasn't the case at his new one.  The first thing he discovered was that he couldn't clock in when he got there.  His information wasn't in the time clocks yet.  He had to find a supervisor to call HR, who had to call payroll to see what to do to get him into the clock system.  At his old company, the clocks were part of the HR/payroll system.   When a new employee was entered into HR, payroll and the clocks automatically had the information.  He thought every company had that.

To be continued........