• BeeegScaaawyCripple@lemmy.worldEnglish
    17·
    1 year ago

    Funny story, my wife told her boss she needed time off for our honeymoon as we drove to our wedding. She got it, but they teased her about it for a month.

  • RegalPotoo@lemmy.worldEnglish
    13·
    1 year ago

    Back when I worked a shitty retail job we would usually hire a few people on fixed term/fixed hours over the Christmas/New Year peak (ie, you get minimum 20 hours a week for 16 weeks starting November 1st), first couple of weeks are mostly training, then peak, then cover into the new year while the full time people take some leave.

    Had one guy who got to the end of his training then informed management that he would need leave approved starting now and right through peak because his family was going to an expensive ski resort but that he’d happily pick up some more hours when he got back. Got really salty when he was told that that wasn’t going to happen, and he was welcome to go anyway but shouldn’t expect a job when he got back.

  • ohellidk@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    131·
    1 year ago

    Been in this position before - fuck your job and live your life. If they were such dicks about it then do you REALLY wanna work there anyways?

  • Shardikprime@lemmy.world
    21·
    1 year ago

    I don’t understand this.

    I have Canada and USA coworkers and when they ask for time off approval, they usually get it according to a per team schedule.

    We know what quarters are going to be the busiest before hand so everyone is encouraged to take time off when it is less demanding.

    You can also take time off in busiest times.

    In both cases, you are asked to request anyone from your team to backup you up (obviously available when you are not)

    • WalnutLum@lemmy.ml
      10·
      1 year ago

      I think many people (me included) feel that it shouldn’t be the employee’s responsibility to find shift coverage.

      • Ohbs@lemmy.worldEnglish
        4·
        1 year ago

        Agreed. It would make sense to me if managing schedules was a job for the manager.

  • Kecessa@sh.itjust.works
    68·
    1 year ago

    Had a friend who pretty much did that, she came back to no job and went from making $65k+ with 4 weeks off a year to making minimum wage with 2 weeks off a year… She lost the means to travel in the future in order to travel one extra week that year…

    • GladiusB@lemmy.world
      131·
      1 year ago

      Then it’s a crap job. Or there were other times she did it too many times. If it’s just once and you have it planned and paid, the job should work with you somehow. If it’s every other week that’s a different story.

      • Kecessa@sh.itjust.works
        8·
        1 year ago

        Oh yeah, it was a pattern with her but even then, just leaving without warning the boss so they don’t have the chance to find someone to take over? That’s a perfectly fine reason to fire someone even with strong labor laws like we have around here. Hell, even the union didn’t want to touch that case with a 10’ pole.

    • unmagical@lemmy.ml
      21·
      1 year ago

      If your PTO can be denied you never had the means to travel in the first place.

      • Kecessa@sh.itjust.works
        12·
        1 year ago

        Or maybe some people need to recognize that for regular vacations (i.e. not unpredictable occurrences like a sudden death) their employer needs to make sure there’s a minimum number of employees working so it’s something that needs to be arranged with them.