PTO Request Sick vs. trip

[Anonymous]

My coworker requested PTO to attend a kid's school field trip on next month. She requested the day off on 10/9

I was not aware and schedule a medical procedure for the same day. I sent my PTO request on 10/17

Team manager approved both separately and now he says PTO is "first come first serve" and we should figure it out because we both cannot be out at the same time.

Is there any legality to this? There is nothing on the employee handbook regarding this.

[Anonymous]

Unless the medical procedure is time sensitive, you only scheduled it a week ago. Just reschedule. Your coworker can not change her date. If this is a life altering test or you are in great pain, I would stand firm.

[Anonymous]

The only person at fault is the manager. I wouldn't do anything honestly. Your PTO was approved. You've done all you needed to do. Her PTO was approved. She's done all she needed to do. If team manager makes a fuss I would kick it up a level higher. Their f*** up, their problem.

[Anonymous]

If your manager has said you can't both take it, and it's first come first serve, then you've got to reschedule. I think denying leave to have coverage is pretty standard.

[Anonymous]

Can you tell us more about what you do and how critical it is to have one of you available that day?

[Anonymous]

First come, first serve is the normal way to handle it. Just reschedule.

[Anonymous]

It’s not an emergency, so you should reschedule your leave. Should have checked before scheduling.

[Anonymous]

Team manager is there to figure this out, they messed up so let them clean up their mess.
I learn to not do other people job for them.

[Anonymous]

What’s your job? That affects my response.

[Anonymous]

What's the medical procedure?

[Anonymous]

You should have checked.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Unless the medical procedure is time sensitive, you only scheduled it a week ago. Just reschedule. Your coworker can not change her date. If this is a life altering test or you are in great pain, I would stand firm.

+1

Your post suggests the procedure is next month, which means at least 2 weeks from now. You can rightfully be a sourpuss about your management’s screw up, but when push comes to shove, you can reschedule your procedure, while your coworker cannot change the date of the field trip they’ve committed too. You become the a-hole if you push the claim that a scheduled medical procedure trumps your colleague’s PTO request.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:You should have checked.

She should have checked more than her manager whose job it was to approve it. Nope. She can put in any request she wants.

[Anonymous]

Manager is douche for not checking coverage and then approving. Most medical procedures these days need to scheduled months in advance, absent you getting a call about a last-minute cancelation.

Frankly, it's a one-day thing and not a multi-day overlapping absence. The manager should make it work by seeing if other people can swap shifts. Manager is being lazy and trying to cover-up their own screw-up.

-The Manager's Boss

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Unless the medical procedure is time sensitive, you only scheduled it a week ago. Just reschedule. Your coworker can not change her date. If this is a life altering test or you are in great pain, I would stand firm.

+1

Your post suggests the procedure is next month, which means at least 2 weeks from now. You can rightfully be a sourpuss about your management’s screw up, but when push comes to shove, you can reschedule your procedure, while your coworker cannot change the date of the field trip they’ve committed too. You become the a-hole if you push the claim that a scheduled medical procedure trumps your colleague’s PTO request.

Why does she need to be a sourpuss vs l. standing up for herself that once it was approved she made plans for a medical procedure and she needs to keep those plans? It never ceases to amaze me how so many people on DCUM tell women to disappear when most people here claim to be feminists desiring equality, but then so much of the advice translates to you're not equal, your needs and wants are less important than everyone else's as soon as they are the least bit inconvenient.