North Region Goulash
Are you smarter than HR?
Crafty Compensation
Staffing/HR Challenges
Water Chemistry Lingo
100

What is Matt Grace's middle initial?

What is D

100

What does FMLA stand for?

What is The Family Medical Leave Act 

100

What is USALCO's compensation philosophy?

What is Pay for Performance

100

You interview a candidate in March but are too busy to follow up until following month due to scheduling.  How does that impact operational effectiveness?

What is potentially losing a candidate.  Hiring is a costly endeavor and each day that passes, we could lose talented candidates to competitors  

The South Team does a great job on response time with interviewing candidates!!  

100

Is ACH a monetary or chemistry term?

What is both.

200

What Plant Manager in the North Region stops at McDonalds each night on way home?

Who is Les Gibson.

200

What is Manatal?

What is Recruiting Software that stores data in one central location.

200

You have a position to backfill and need to do a salary analysis for the position/location. Who do you call?

What is G-Money. 

200

A plant manager wants to hire his significant other to perform administrative duties.  The position would report to the PM.  Do you think this is good business practice?

What is conflict of interest.  This situation could become problematic quickly based on the family relationship which could impact teamwork, fairness and operational effectiveness.

200

What product is USALCO known for?

What is DelPac 2500

300

What plants have been in existence the longest in the North Region?

What is Plymouth and Georgetown

300

You have an employee who comes to you regarding an allegation of sexual harassment in the workplace.  He/She requests you to keep it confidential.  What do you do?

What is contact HR or your supervisor/manager.  You immediately report this allegation to Human Resources or your supervisor in order for a thorough investigation to take place.

300

If an employee is hired mid year 2024 and they are a solid performer who met assigned goals, how is their bonus payment paid in March 2025 calculated?

What is proration?

Bonus payments are based on W-2 wages from calendar year times their bonus target.

300

Your direct report started a physical altercation with another employee and punched them.  You witnessed that altercation.  You cannot get in contact with your leadership/HR for consult.  What do you do?

What is suspend the employee, pending investigation.  

300

What is the major hazard for ACH production?

What is hydrogen evolution. 

400

What is the average tenure of North Region Plant Manager

What is approximately 6 years.

400

You have an employee who exhibits a pattern of missing time due to illness.  What do you do?

What is Reach out to HR in order for them to intercede to request medical exam.  

400

Can you discipline an employee for discussing their salary with colleagues?

What is No.  The National Labor Relations Board made the decision that is not illegal for an employee to openly discuss salaries.  A supervisor cannot prohibit those discussions or try to stop them.

Such behavior can be seen as an illegal attempt to prevent workers from organizing or unionizing.

400

You have an approved open position, what is your next step?

What is open a new job requisition in Manatal. 

400

What happens when alums baume gets too high?

What is solidification.  

500

What North Region Plant Manager has a son who is an exceptional golfer?

Who is Jim Abbott

500

What does OFCCP stand for?

What is the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs - 

this branch of the federal government audits federal contractors to ensure fair and equitable practices are in place for federal contractors who have 50 or more employees and 100,000.00 of federal contracts.

500

What is the company 401k match?

What is 100% on the first 3% and 50% on the next 2%.

500

What is considered a life event for benefits? Give at least 3 examples.

What is marriage/divorce, birth of a child/adoption, loss/gain coverage elsewhere.

500

What is the order of addition for acid and water?

What is water before acid.