When to bring up planned vacation?
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Anonymous
| I have an international trip booked from April 10-21. I told all 3 companies about it when they said I can expect an offer. None cared. |
Anonymous
I am a hiring manager. I would not be annoyed. You hire human beings, who are entitled to time off, not robots. I would appreciate you telling me as soon as you can though. |
Anonymous
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The one thing that might annoy your new boss is if there is some sort of planned work event that week (like a conference or trade show). It shouldn’t be a dealbreaker because they aren’t going to expect you to make a major contribution in the first month or so, but I would still flag it for your new boss.
“This slipped through the cracks, but I have a planned family vacation April 1-7. Does this conflict with major events?” But don’t get too worried about it. It’s really common for people to have vacations and other things on the books when they start a job, especially around holidays. And if there was something mission-critical that week, they likely would have flagged it in the interview (“our trade show is April 5-7; you would be expected to sing and dance in the opening event”). |
Anonymous
This. People are nuts. People always have vacations in the queue. I think a good time is when they call to firm up start dates and salary. Even so if after it is still fine - the issue comes in when your vacay would impact your start date. |
Anonymous
I hire tons of people and I fully expect they will have some leave already scheduled. Just tell them the first week you start. |
Anonymous
| Don’t offer to take it unpaid. I had a similar situation where my sister’s wedding was a month after starting a new job. HR told me they could advance me my leave. It should be a nonissue if upfront about situation. |
Anonymous
No one is saying that it’s “not done” but OP should have mentioned during the offer stage, not day 1 on the job. |
Anonymous
This |
Anonymous
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This is kind of company specific.
My prior company let you go up to 10 days negative on vacation and had no probation. My current company is strict with a 90 day probation and no unearned vacation can be used. But of course if you brought it up on offer letter phase all ok I say 95 percent of companies ok. But if you have probation etc make sure HR knows pre start date |
Anonymous
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This is OP. I emailed the recruiter and she said to bring it up to my boss when I start and all should be well.
Thank you! |
Anonymous
Good call. |