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I'm a supervisor in a service environment, and I have a guy who like his Mondays off as well. If his request is denied, then he calls in sick. Not much I can do with that one as he's union and has the time. I can refuse a request if I think it will put our service team in a bad spot trying to cover his load. When he calls in, his coworkers get upset far more than I do; they now have to pull his share in addition to their own, and having to work late on a Monday night sucks when it happens often.
A day here or there isn't bad, and we all have had times when we want a three day weekend. But taking it off all time is noticed by both management and coworkers, and it can lead to serious problems down the road. When my boss asks who's reliable and ready to move into a larger role in the company, the guy who can't seem to find his way to work on Monday isn't typically going to be at the top of the list.
my issue was i been doing this every September since 2014 so why all of a sudden there was a problem? Especially since I'm always on time, never call out sick, and do my job effectively.
Maybe in the future I will spread it out a bit and do every other monday in the same month instead of back to back
my issue was i been doing this every september since 2014 so why all of a sudden there was a problem? Especially since i'm always on time, never call out sick, and do my job effectively.
Maybe in the future i will spread it out a bit and do every other monday in the same month instead of back to back
my issue was i been doing this every September since 2014 so why all of a sudden there was a problem? Especially since I'm always on time, never call out sick, and do my job effectively.
Maybe in the future I will spread it out a bit and do every other monday in the same month instead of back to back
Maybe someone wrote a CD post about a co-worker always taking Mondays off and the responses inspired them to complain to the boss.
I also had a job or two where they would watch for "patterns" with people taking off Mondays/Fridays. At my job now, anyone can have their requests denied, doesn't matter if they have the time or not. It's not USUAL for the request to be denied, but it could be.
If you've been taking Mondays like this for the entire three years you've been with the company, then this boss must have had some crazy reason for bringing it up. That's not your issue it's his, but I also would be curious as to why now?
However I must say asking for a day two weeks ahead is not exactly the most notice I've ever heard of. I think it's actually kind of last minute. Schedules where I work are posted three weeks ahead. Asking for time after that is for emergencies only.
I will say that If someone else wants a day I've already asked for, that's not my problem.
IF it happens that more people want a given day off than can be allowed off, well then, let's put rules in place that everyone knows what the rules and policies are.
At some places, such as where I work, we may have CTO and personal days -- but the only time you are GUARANTEED to get approved and that bosses HAVE to give -- is vacation time. Personal and CTO day requests CAN be denied. (Boss can say I can't let you have hat day.) For a while under a previous manager that attitude forced a lot of people not to even ask, they just called out sick. And we all said, Oh well. We tried to work with the boss by asking so he'd have notice and would be able to schedule and plan. But if we're going to get denied, we'll just call out sick -- and he won't have ANY notice, and it will scr ew co-workers who are stuck at work and can't leave, because their relief called out. Sometimes we'd let each other know -- "heads up, I WILL be calling out sick for tomorrow." And if the co-worker would give attitude -- fine next time I just call out and won't even give you the courtesy tell you…so you'll find out about after you're already at work and didn't plan to stay…. (This boss had said no days off for even kids weddings and college graduations.)
Because of vacation selection by seniority, one person had wot swap shifts to get time off for HIS OWN wedding. Now THAT is crazy.
If you use vacation, it shouldn't matter what day it is unless there is a real strong reason to refuse- like a big deadline or something. Two weeks (or whatever vacation you have) is two weeks. It's called a BENEFIT.
If you use vacation, it shouldn't matter what day it is unless there is a real strong reason to refuse- like a big deadline or something. Two weeks (or whatever vacation you have) is two weeks. It's called a BENEFIT.
Generally I agree with this, but I don't think requesting the same day off for no real reason every other week is a good idea. The OP is probably going through his pto as fast as he earns it. That doesn't look good to the boss, and isn't smart, either.
I understand taking an occasional day off just because, but this pattern tells his boss and coworkers that he can't handle a 5 day work week.
Pattern should only be a issue with calling out sick
But it's not...
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