Time off request rejected

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I also read anti work reddit and can't believe how some workers are treated. I hope there's a movement to fight back or quit these types of jobs. The lack of respect for being paid so little is infuriating.
And this is the primary reason why health insurance should be uncompleted from your employment.

+1 I'm shocked at how badly some people are treated at their jobs. I've worked for 25+ years and 1) never had a boss deny a time off request, whether that's vacation well in advance or a last-minute need or 2) denied time off to an employee. I've also never abused or had an employee abuse leave. When you treat people with respect they tend to give the same back. OP needs to look for a new job.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here with an update. I ended up sending a short email asking them to clarify the rejection and reconsider it. I have not heard back (I sent it two days ago). They also still haven't told me about my June time off request I submitted over two weeks ago (they are supposed to within 5 days). I am just beyond pissed and upset at this point. I have taken one sick day in almost two years of working there, and zero PTO this year. I am a good employee and always get good reviews. I applied to a few positions yesterday and the night before. If I don't get the June time off I will have to quit.

Good. Make it your full time job to fine a new job.

[Anonymous]

is this a white collar job? did they give you a reason?

[Anonymous]

This is ridiculous. I have never once rejected a vacation request! If there is some type of conflict, you talk and sort it out like adults. Talk to HR. Ask why this was decline. Update your resume, look on ask a manager and find a new role. Good luck to you and your kid!

[Anonymous]

I would reply to the rejection with a resignation. Same email thread.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Talk to your manager directly and tell him/her that you need this day off. Ask for clarification of why it was rejected. Is there a big meeting going on that day? Something that you absolutely need to be there for?

My job isn't like that. We do not have meetings on Fridays and the only work is the same work we always do. We don't have any special deadlines coming up. Many other people do what I do and extra hours are given if someone takes off, which is why I thought it was best to give some notice so someone else could take my hours. So no, it's just about the petty "two week notice" aspect. Now I can see if I were a frequent flyer at this but it is literally the very first time I ask for a personal day.

I’d talk to my boss. Make a note of the treatment. Next time call in sick and in the meantime look for another job.

[Anonymous]

Some people are just awful and miserable and want to make other people miserable as well. Sadly we have to live with these kind of people. Sorry OP.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I would reply to the rejection with a resignation. Same email thread.

NP of course you don't resign until you have a new job Keep the email and do as this poster says

[Anonymous]

Talk to your boss. Then if they still say no, pull up the policy on how to appeal the rejection. If they still say no, let them know you are looking for another job.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Talk to your boss. Then if they still say no, pull up the policy on how to appeal the rejection. If they still say no, let them know you are looking for another job.

They said no to the day off after I appealed. I ended up working. Then that day they only approved some of my vacation days, despite my saying I was going away. I have been looking for jobs since, but will not quit and they can let me go when I take sick days to cover the time they rejected ( I have enough) if they don’t like it…

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Team call in sick day before, day of, day after. Oops covid and a nasty gi thing. Bedridden the whole time.

This place deserves zero respect. And they won't fire you because they'd never find another person to walk all over like this.

This. Their two week rule is ridiculous. How do they handle it if you have a home emergency like a pipe leak and have to stay home to meet the plumber? Sorry, go without water for two weeks until you can take a day off?

Start looking for a new job. I've never worked anywhere with these kind of rules.

That’s what the wife does.

LOL these archaic industries seem to think so!

Time-off rejections are incredibly common in retail and healthcare. They are awful for workers. I was looking at the Antiwork Reddit and one person was denied their wedding day off, months in advance.

My 80yo MIL works at a department store solely to keep herself busy (doesn't need the money, doesn't get insurance or anything else out of it). They have a store-wide policy that no one can request time off during the Christmas season, but she told them when she started that she flies to us for 3 weeks every December. Every year she submits the request, it gets rejected and she gets threatened with firing (or she threatens to quit), and come every January she still has a job, because she's a good employee otherwise.

[Anonymous]

Sounds very toxic.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Talk to your boss. Then if they still say no, pull up the policy on how to appeal the rejection. If they still say no, let them know you are looking for another job.

They said no to the day off after I appealed. I ended up working. Then that day they only approved some of my vacation days, despite my saying I was going away. I have been looking for jobs since, but will not quit and they can let me go when I take sick days to cover the time they rejected ( I have enough) if they don’t like it…

How many vacation days did you ask for and how many did they give?

It must be so demoralizing to work for this employer. To the point that your productivity has probably decreased.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Talk to your boss. Then if they still say no, pull up the policy on how to appeal the rejection. If they still say no, let them know you are looking for another job.

They said no to the day off after I appealed. I ended up working. Then that day they only approved some of my vacation days, despite my saying I was going away. I have been looking for jobs since, but will not quit and they can let me go when I take sick days to cover the time they rejected ( I have enough) if they don’t like it…

How many vacation days did you ask for and how many did they give?

It must be so demoralizing to work for this employer. To the point that your productivity has probably decreased.

I asked for 6 and got 4. My productivity is fine, but I have felt distracted and depressed mentally. I am resentful of the fact I will have to lie about sick days while on vacation so I won’t be 100 percent relaxed as I really hate lying and dread it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Talk to your boss. Then if they still say no, pull up the policy on how to appeal the rejection. If they still say no, let them know you are looking for another job.

They said no to the day off after I appealed. I ended up working. Then that day they only approved some of my vacation days, despite my saying I was going away. I have been looking for jobs since, but will not quit and they can let me go when I take sick days to cover the time they rejected ( I have enough) if they don’t like it…

How many vacation days did you ask for and how many did they give?

It must be so demoralizing to work for this employer. To the point that your productivity has probably decreased.

I asked for 6 and got 4. My productivity is fine, but I have felt distracted and depressed mentally. I am resentful of the fact I will have to lie about sick days while on vacation so I won’t be 100 percent relaxed as I really hate lying and dread it.

What was their reason for denying 2 of the days?