Thanks, but early dismissal not appreciated (moving, how to, best, hours)

[veuvegirl]

Next time, just say "I appreciate you giving us some time off, but I would like to tie up my projects before the holiday". Everyone always thinks the managers are 'coasting by'. Until you are in their shoes, don't judge.

[manderly6]

Options:

1. Have some balls and tell them no thanks you have too much work to do.
2. Start a thread about it and hope everyone at your company reads it and figures things out.

[Bluesmama]

Is it policy for a manager to lock up? If so then that explains it.

Last time our department was sent home early for the holidays was in the earlier-90's, but it was a manager's decision and he was responsible for locking up. That meant everybody leaving.

[Koale]

Originally Posted by Perryview22

I know for sure this will get me scolded by the authoritarians and just about anyone who is not as grumpy as I am.

But the day before any major Holiday, we are told by a manager that we can leave early or, in the past, the HR mgr has dismissed us all early.

So today, we had the typical skeleton crew working. Of course, as usual, I am buried under work and have ten or more hot priorities in the "to do" pile. About an hour before my quitting time, manager on duty goes around telling us we can leave early if we want to.

I don't want to leave early. I am going to be off for four days (2 corp holidays and the weekend) and I have a ton of work to return to, and something comes up at the last minute that requires research. Leaving early before a holiday is never a nice little bonus for me. My manager doesn't know how hard I work and doesn't know how crushing my workload is. I think mostly all the managers in my area are coasting..they don't even comprehend how much work I and some other "production people" have.

So I am prepared to get out, (since I know that this suggestion to leave is more like a command), and I am lagging behind trying to organize things by priority for next week. The "MOD" (manager on duty) comes up behind me and asks if I am leaving. I say, sure, I'm out of here very soon. But I secretly resent being shooed out. I am thinking to myself...I have to face this workload next week, not you..what do you think I am trying to do? be a hero?...You told me I could leave early if I wanted to, so let me be a professional and manage my workload in the way I need to.

you should have told them 'NO' you had to much to do...
Koale

[BigDGeek]

I was the second-to-last person to leave the office today (at 4pm) and was on a teleconference for an hour and a half this evening to boot. So, you're not the only one.

[Perryview22]

Originally Posted by Three Wolves In Snow

Oh please, not even the same thing. God forbid someone might actually have a work ethic...seems some people these days can't understand what that means.

OP, you should have just told them, "No, I'm not leaving early. Since it's an option, I opt to stay."

Hope you're able to relax on your days off...you know what they say, "leave your work at work".

Thanks,
You spared me from having to respond.

[AnonChick]

To the OP - you say you're lagging behind in trying to prioritize work for next week. So that tells me, that you -do- prepare for one week, the week before.

That begs the question:

Why, if you KNOW you're going to need to opt to leave early today, did you wait til today to do all of next week's prep? If you had started it on Monday, you probably wouldn't need to scramble today, wouldn't feel so pressured, and would only have a little catch-up to do.

[xray731]

Glad someone else also has a good work ethic. Used to happen at my place all the time. Plus you had those who worked 9-5 instead of 8-4 and were always late, scoot out the door as soon as someone said we could leave early - sorry but that bugged me.

[detshen]

I understand needing to stay to finish up work that needs to be done so you can better enjoy your time off, but just because someone else chooses to leave early when given the option does not mean they have no work ethic. Those people may have worked very hard to finish up so they could take the option to leave early because they have holiday prep work to do, and need that time at home. People often make incorrect assumptions, and then become unfairly judgmental of others based on these assumptions.

[Momotaro]

Originally Posted by manderly6

Options:

1. Have some balls and tell them no thanks you have too much work to do.
2. Start a thread about it and hope everyone at your company reads it and figures things out.

Looking at a lot of threads on here, obviously the only choice is option 2!