[quote="marief2010"]I worked for Bank of America about 4 years ago. I was not terminated and I did submit a resignation, however I became ill and was unable to work the two weeks notice. I received my final pay and earned vacation as expected. I thought everything was fine and felt sure I was eligible for re-hire until today when I applied for a position through a contract company where BOA is the employer. I was told that I am ineligible for rehire. When I asked if I could dispute the re-hire eligibility, I was told I could dispute it by contacting "Advice and Counsel."

Has anyone dealt with Advice and Counsel? What was that experience like?

Has anyone had any sucess with disputing and having an ineligiblity for rehire status overturned???

Thanks!
I wish you luck, but Advice and Counsel will not care about you or that you were unjustly listed as ineligible for rehire. You were probably listed as such by a spiteful supervisor who didn't like the fact that you became ill during your two weeks notice. This is ironic, considering that BofA routinely fires people without giving them two weeks severance pay. Nothing is a two-way street with BofA. Forget everything you know about morality and ethics when it comes to your expectations of them. They do not possess any standards of behavior.

[quote="kitkat"]

I wish you luck, but Advice and Counsel will not care about you or that you were unjustly listed as ineligible for rehire. You were probably listed as such by a spiteful supervisor who didn't like the fact that you became ill during your two weeks notice. This is ironic, considering that BofA routinely fires people without giving them two weeks severance pay. Nothing is a two-way street with BofA. Forget everything you know about morality and ethics when it comes to your expectations of them. They do not possess any standards of behavior.



Speaking of ethics…

One has to question a corporation that pursues repayment of debts to the extent that B of A does. I would point to my own HELOC. Its attached to mortgage that went south. We had to walk away from a house we could no longer make payments on after the economic down-turn and the loss of a job. I guess we could have just squatted there, essentially living “rent free.” Instead, we handed over the keys and accepted a loss of over $100,000 in down payment (2 years prior) as well as all the payments we made up to that point. Typically, associated loans and obligations, such as the HELOC, get rolled into the loss. Everyone takes a hit. B of A certainly signed off on the HELOC, since the house was resold.

Instead of moving on after an unfortunate investment and loss (like we did), B of A will pay minimum wage earners to call up to six times a day to harass us about the HELOC. As if I’m going to have it at 10 a.m. after I told them I didn’t have it at 9 a.m. If I had the ability to pay, I would have. What’s important to them is that they take every avenue, no matter how unlikely for success and no matter how much annoyance or pain it might cause. Profit is king. It’s very black and white at B of A. Can't pay? We'll call over and over to harass and punish you. It's not about grace or calling you in a week or month to structure something or re-assess things. It's about crap-hammering you in an effort to get a penny.

I agree with the other posters. I had a successful 13 year career with BofA until I was hired under the worst manager I have ever experienced. She was an equal opportunity offender (openly belittled people on conference calls, yelled at people, fired people for disagreeing with her). It was absolutely incredible the things she was allowed to get away with.

When I had enough, I called Advice & Council. I had never done that before, nor ever even considered it. But, this manager was so awful I just felt like I was not being a good associate by letting her behavior go on. I told Advice & Council I feared retribution. They said not to worry. The next week, I received a Written Warning from my manager. I fought it for four months! She wanted to terminate me but HR would not let her for "lack of evidence". I was doing my job, and well for that matter. But, Advice & Council still allowed her to write me up, which meant I was not able to post for any other positions, move out from under her, etc. Worse, they allowed no end date on the Written Warning. So, even though I could show I had already (prior to being written up!) met all of her requirements...I was still on Written Warning, indefinitely.

Advice & Council did NOTHING for me whatsoever. I sent them emails, documents, made phone calls. I was told "Just work it out with your manager." I asked "How can you work it out with someone who is unwilling to speak with me?"

My husband is in the ARMY and I had to move with him to his new duty station (which is why I took the job, with the telecommuting benefit, in the first place). I was a full-time teleworker and this should not have been an issue as there was a Bank presence i nthe new location and several telecommutes already established there (no issues from a business, IT, or other standpoint in other words). However, my manager used it as an excuse and said that if I left my current city, I would have to resign or I would be terminated.

My husband moved without me and I stayed behind to work, unti he was injured.  I flew out quickly to meet him, secure our housing (he couldn't secure base housing without me actually present), and was planning to fly back before anyone knew.  This happend all the time. That was the benefit of being a teleworker is that you could work from the car, a vacation spot, someone's house (if you were taking care of an ill family member), whatever. I was not violating any policies.  Yet, she was having my IP address tracked and terminated me on my third day away from my normal location. Actually, she gave me the option to resign (and did give me two week's pay), but she marked me Do Not Rehire so I can never work for the Bank again. Her last comment "And, I don't want to hear anymore about your husband being in the military!"  Great...