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I almost feel bad for complaining about this. These are the only two complaints I have ever had about the company I work for and they are so minor. They are so..... First World Problemy. 
We have a 401k, that they pay all the annual fees for. But you have to wait 5 years for them to give a 5% matching amount. That just seems like a long time, but it is a REALLY good 401k, for a company in this area, and I know the fees are not cheap.
Yea, I just feel embarrassed for complaining about waiting two more years for that benefit, one they do not have to give us.
The person managing the accounts was a local, but is also not very "contactable" and does not give very good service. Example, I set up another "post-tax" IRA with them. I intended to put $400/year into that. He thought I meant $400/MONTH. Yea, someone has been away from town too long if he thinks that people making $12-$16/hour can afford that. Then I learn that the MINIMUM that I can add is $100. So I still set it up to do $100 every 3 months. After a year of not hearing a word from him (just the statement telling me how much I have), I am moving that IRA back to my Edward Jones adviser (he regularly calls to set up an appointment to discuss how best to invest my money, I love that company). I do not feel bad for this complaint (still a very First World problem though).
But the real "meat" of this thread is our holiday pay. The CNC milling/lathes work 10 hour days, 4 days a week. But the Saw, Deburring, and Office staff work 8 hour days, 5 days a week.
We only get 8 hours of holiday pay, and can choose to use our PTO (which we are given a good deal of) to make up the other 2 hours so we can have a full 80 hour paycheck.
I understand that it is not fair to the other department to give us a 2 extra hours each holiday. Especially, on holidays like this "4th of July" that falls on a Saturday, that they still pay, even though we do not work Saturdays. But I also do not think it is fair for us to have to use PTO (or take a small pay cut) for the holiday when it is during the week.
It just seems unusual to me. And I still feel embarrassed for even mentioning such a minor complaints.
Now for the obligatory joke.
We have a 401k, that they pay all the annual fees for. But you have to wait 5 years for them to give a 5% matching amount. That just seems like a long time, but it is a REALLY good 401k, for a company in this area, and I know the fees are not cheap.
Yea, I just feel embarrassed for complaining about waiting two more years for that benefit, one they do not have to give us. The person managing the accounts was a local, but is also not very "contactable" and does not give very good service. Example, I set up another "post-tax" IRA with them. I intended to put $400/year into that. He thought I meant $400/MONTH. Yea, someone has been away from town too long if he thinks that people making $12-$16/hour can afford that. Then I learn that the MINIMUM that I can add is $100. So I still set it up to do $100 every 3 months. After a year of not hearing a word from him (just the statement telling me how much I have), I am moving that IRA back to my Edward Jones adviser (he regularly calls to set up an appointment to discuss how best to invest my money, I love that company). I do not feel bad for this complaint (still a very First World problem though).
But the real "meat" of this thread is our holiday pay. The CNC milling/lathes work 10 hour days, 4 days a week. But the Saw, Deburring, and Office staff work 8 hour days, 5 days a week.
We only get 8 hours of holiday pay, and can choose to use our PTO (which we are given a good deal of) to make up the other 2 hours so we can have a full 80 hour paycheck.
I understand that it is not fair to the other department to give us a 2 extra hours each holiday. Especially, on holidays like this "4th of July" that falls on a Saturday, that they still pay, even though we do not work Saturdays. But I also do not think it is fair for us to have to use PTO (or take a small pay cut) for the holiday when it is during the week.
It just seems unusual to me. And I still feel embarrassed for even mentioning such a minor complaints.
Now for the obligatory joke.
So that is what it feels like to complain like a rich Bas****! 
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