I talked to my manager about getting an Employment Verification Letter. He said that I had to contact HR. So after looking into it I found a form on our intranet that allows me to submit a request for and EVL. After submitting it and getting a case number I decided to call HR to follow up just to make sure they would be willing to follow the format that CCAI recommended. And here's where it gets ugly...
The person I spoke with said they use a template and basically just change the person's name, the hire date, the job title and base salary. Everything sounded great except the part about the base salary. I'm in sales and so my total compensation is made up of three components - base salary, commission, and bonuses. My base salary is approximately half of the total amount. Ugh... I guess it's a legal thing because they can only predict what my base will be. They don't know if I'll make bonuses and they have no idea how much my commission will be.
The problem is I have 3 different documents that include my salary that have to match. First there's the Employment Verification Letter. Then my Home Study agency includes financial data. And finally I have to create a personal financial statement that includes our income, assets, etc... So all three have to match. Piece of cake, right? Ugh...
You know I expect to run into bureaucracy and red tape when I deal with the government. But not at work. Oh well, they're looking into it. Hopefully I'll be able to get some answers today. We'll see...
Posted by Mark at November 12, 2003 06:44 AM