Current Events > ''Sure, you can take your vacation. Just don't expect to have a job..."

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"...When you get back."

If you were in this situation, planning a week-long vacation out-of-state or out-of-country, what would you do? Of course, this more applies to Americans, since Europeans are far more lax with their vacation time.
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Talk to my friend Toby in HR
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Start looking for a new job.
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quit the job and take the vacation. The boss sounds like an asshole

What kind of job is this where you can't request vacation time?

On a side note, I work in nursing homes and years ago the administrator of my building was on a cruise when the state came in for an inspection and the owner fired her when she got back because she didn't fly home early. She was old enough to retire anyway
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It would depend on the circumstance. If you're just insistent on taking your vacation exactly when you want and are neglecting the business/not being flexible with other people's scheduled time off---then that statement could be more understandable.

But if you've been told that for absolutely no reason, it sounds like a pretty crappy company and I'd definitely be looking to get a new one quickly. If I had the money to live on, I'd probably just go on vacation and get fired. If I didn't, I'd not take a vacation but find another company as soon as possible.
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thronedfire2 posted...

What kind of job is this where you can't request vacation time?

On a side note, I work in nursing homes and years ago the administrator of my building was on a cruise when the state came in for an inspection and the owner fired her when she got back because she didn't fly home early. She was old enough to retire anyway

That's fucking bullshit. Shes on a damn cruise. How you gonna make someone pay for a cruise and then pay for a plane ticket to miss the cruise to come back when the inspection will happen if she is there or not.
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"We'll see who has a job when I get back, bitch!" Then I jump over the sharks in the moat and cancel my Netflix subscription since I have no chill
/edgelord
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Yeah is this a "you can't take a vacation at all" or "you can't take a vacation on that specific date" issue?
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yanksfan4247 posted...

thronedfire2 posted...

What kind of job is this where you can't request vacation time?

On a side note, I work in nursing homes and years ago the administrator of my building was on a cruise when the state came in for an inspection and the owner fired her when she got back because she didn't fly home early. She was old enough to retire anyway

That's fucking bullshit. Shes on a damn cruise. How you gonna make someone pay for a cruise and then pay for a plane ticket to miss the cruise to come back when the inspection will happen if she is there or not.

it's in the contract. the whole building can get shut down if you fail that inspection so the person in charge has to be there
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If you follow proper protocol for requesting the days off, then I would go and worry about it later.
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I guess it depends on if I needed the job or the vacation more.

In real life, I have a vacation coming up in May. I casually brought it up to my manage a few weeks back and she mentioned that she hadn't made up the May schedule yet. So, they just marked on the calendar that I'd be away for those four days. Granted, two of those days are on a weekend, so they're really only losing me on a Friday and Monday.

thronedfire2 posted...

yanksfan4247 posted...

thronedfire2 posted...

What kind of job is this where you can't request vacation time?

On a side note, I work in nursing homes and years ago the administrator of my building was on a cruise when the state came in for an inspection and the owner fired her when she got back because she didn't fly home early. She was old enough to retire anyway

That's fucking bullshit. Shes on a damn cruise. How you gonna make someone pay for a cruise and then pay for a plane ticket to miss the cruise to come back when the inspection will happen if she is there or not.

it's in the contract. the whole building can get shut down if you fail that inspection so the person in charge has to be there

was it a planned or impromptu inspection?
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stoltenberg11 posted...

thronedfire2 posted...

yanksfan4247 posted...

thronedfire2 posted...

What kind of job is this where you can't request vacation time?

On a side note, I work in nursing homes and years ago the administrator of my building was on a cruise when the state came in for an inspection and the owner fired her when she got back because she didn't fly home early. She was old enough to retire anyway

That's fucking bullshit. Shes on a damn cruise. How you gonna make someone pay for a cruise and then pay for a plane ticket to miss the cruise to come back when the inspection will happen if she is there or not.

it's in the contract. the whole building can get shut down if you fail that inspection so the person in charge has to be there

was it a planned or impromptu inspection?

we kinda know ahead of time when they'll be coming but it can be anywhere in a 3-9 month period depending on how long they take with other buildings
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I always plan my trips around the vacation time i have.

like if i have 100 hours i dont plan 108 hours of vacation
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a week vacation? lmao millennials are so entitled
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CelestialVoices posted...

a week vacation? lmao millennials are so entitled

My mom is a baby boomer and got 8 weeks at her last job. Gets 5 at her current.
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Do what my mom did. She had a vacation planned and approved, and like a couple days before her vacation date they said she couldn't go after they found out what it was for (religious reasons). She let them know that she's going to take it anyway and if they didn't like it, that she was going to take it straight to HR. They let her take it and she still had her job when she came back.

So...if you're doing things right and they still won't let you take vacation even if you're well entitled to, just threaten them with HR or the BBB. They'll comply.
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