A public service announcement
Dear Talent,
The law gives employers until January 31st to send out W-2 forms. They are mailed out at the corporate level, not at the individual branch level. So please do not start calling me in mid-January, panicking that you haven’t received yours yet. Also, please do not schedule your appointment with your tax preparer for February 1 and then call me the morning of to whine that you do not have your MISF W-2 yet. Do not call me at 9:00 AM, before mail carriers have even started their routes, panicking that it is now February 2nd and you do not have a W-2 yet. No, I cannot just fax you one- I don’t have access to those records from my office for very good reasons.
Do not ask me for corporate’s number, call it, and then call me back to whine about how long you’ve been on hold there. No, there is not another number you can call, and no, there is nothing I can do to help you. The reason for the hold time is because of the thousands of people JUST LIKE YOU who are prematurely panicking about their W-2 forms. They are flooding our corporate services center and driving up the wait times for everyone, INCLUDING ME, and since you are part of the problem I will not have sympathy for you.
Chill out for a couple of days. It’ll make us all happier.
Love,
Tiff