Should you have to constantly justify your personal life to your boss? Asking for time off can be a personal thing. You don’t wanna have to constantly explain yourself to the people that you work with. You want to live your life in a way that your employer understands, but doesn’t have a part of. …
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Boss asks night-shift worker who works 70hrs/week to miss their son’s soccer game because they can’t find coverage
Where do you draw the line when it comes to work-life balance? «Work-life balance» is one of those phrases that we hear all the time, and probably don’t really understand what it means. because it’s different for everyone. Everyone in different eras of their life has different comfort levels with how they spend their time …
Seguir leyendo Boss asks night-shift worker who works 70hrs/week to miss their son’s soccer game because they can’t find coverage
Every time employee takes a PTO day they still end up 40 hours/week to cover it, nullifying the PTO: ‘I should’ve worked 24 hours but I worked double that’
When you take a day off… shouldn’t you have that day off? Sometimes life just isn’t logical. We’re asked to do things that don’t fully make sense to us, and we just have to be okay with living with that. But that doesn’t mean that we can’t stand up for what we think is right …
Seguir leyendo Every time employee takes a PTO day they still end up 40 hours/week to cover it, nullifying the PTO: ‘I should’ve worked 24 hours but I worked double that’
School superintendent docks teacher’s pay after she took 1 day off to get married before a 3 day weekend: ‘My principal didn’t care and approved my PTO’
She didn’t even have a whole honeymoon. She only took one extra day off! PTO can be such a contentious issue in already contentious workplaces. If your company is functioning well, an employee should be able to take off any days of the year they please with the paid time off they’ve earned. If they’ve …
Seguir leyendo School superintendent docks teacher’s pay after she took 1 day off to get married before a 3 day weekend: ‘My principal didn’t care and approved my PTO’
Chief operating officer calls employee «unprofessional» for not answering the phone during PTO days: ‘Is this old school thinking?’
PTO days are precious. We look over them and protect them like they are eggs and we are the mama bird, building a nest so they may be safe. We store them up and save them for a special occasion. The more we have, the more secure we feel. And when we’re using them, we’re …
Seguir leyendo Chief operating officer calls employee «unprofessional» for not answering the phone during PTO days: ‘Is this old school thinking?’
Boss approves PTO day and then rejects it the day before employee’s planned absence: ‘Nobody wanted to cover for me so I was expected to come in’
Paid time off is one of the great things about working a salaried job. You can take a vacation and not worry about money you might be losing out on. This is important for your mental health as a worker. They say that the days before your vacation (when you’re anticipating it) are even better …
Seguir leyendo Boss approves PTO day and then rejects it the day before employee’s planned absence: ‘Nobody wanted to cover for me so I was expected to come in’
‘Set boundaries quickly’: Boss continuously texts worker while they’re taking PTO despite worker leaving behind comprehensive documents
In the words of Rhett and Link, «Everything’s okay, ‘cause I’m on vacation.» Or so it should be. We all need time off every now and then so we don’t lose our minds. Rest is just as important, if not more important, than work. We need space and time to ourselves so we can feed …
Seguir leyendo ‘Set boundaries quickly’: Boss continuously texts worker while they’re taking PTO despite worker leaving behind comprehensive documents
School superintendent docks teacher’s pay after she took 1 day off to get married before a 3 day weekend: ‘My principal didn’t care and approved my PTO’
PTO can be such a contentious issue in already contentious workplaces. If your company is functioning well, an employee should be able to take off whatever days in the year that they please with the paid time off they’ve earned. If they’ve earned a 2-week vacation and take a 2-week vacation, the company should not …
Seguir leyendo School superintendent docks teacher’s pay after she took 1 day off to get married before a 3 day weekend: ‘My principal didn’t care and approved my PTO’
25+ Vacation Memes for Counting Down the Days Until Your Time Off
In the words of the inimitable Rhett and Link, «Everything’s okay, ‘cause I’m on vacation.» It’s a time for you to relax, unwind, and forget about those thousands of unread emails in your inbox. They’re not for right now. Right now is for a piña colada and a juicy novel. Or whatever your version of …
Seguir leyendo 25+ Vacation Memes for Counting Down the Days Until Your Time Off
Vice President of company denies longtime employees 2-week vacation request after taking 3 weeks of vacation for himself: ‘That’s what people who are quitting do’
Some employers will always find any time off requested by their employees suspicious. After all, if they really loved their job, why would they decide not to work for two weeks out of 52? Wouldn’t they want to let their time off expire at the end of the year so that they can get even …
Seguir leyendo Vice President of company denies longtime employees 2-week vacation request after taking 3 weeks of vacation for himself: ‘That’s what people who are quitting do’