#Vacation Policy

[bitchesgetriches]

hi bitches,

my company has unlimited PTO, and up until recently it seemed to be truly unlimited. I was at 4.5 weeks and asked for another week at the holidays, and found an unwritten "4ish weeks" cap, told to me by my manager (who has to approve it). I was told that I could take the extra week, but I'd have to avoid taking time off early next year. any tips for how to negotiate this? and by negotiate I mostly mean deal with, as I don't have the power to change anything... mostly I'm feeling really annoyed about it and don't really feel like it's fair to call it unlimited and then limit it when I'm getting my work done...

You're right: it's NOT fair. Either PTO is unlimited or it's not. They should make the policy clear.

If you like this job and you want to keep it, then I suggest you give your manager the feedback that the policy is unclear, and it's not fair to enforce it arbitrarily without first making the rules clear.

If you don't care about this job and you're comfortable looking for another one, then I suggest you go slightly riskier and simply ignore your manager. Take the PTO you need and let them figure out how to change the policy if it affects them negatively.

You got this, pudding cup. Make them eat it.

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[xeniawarriorprincesa]

So im a born and raised Floridian and dont bat an eye at a majority of hurricanes or tropical storms but this one is actually looking to be a threat this time. Please think of your Floridians this week. We are about to get a direct hit and some models showing possibility for a Cat 4.

[ponderosapineneedles]

New job is good but EXTREMELY time consuming. Such is the nature of selling your labor under capitalism I guess, it demands as much of your time as you are able or willing to give

[steelhazes]

man. working on a day like this really kills the holiday spirit for me at least

[todaysromano]

10.02.2023

Today, Romano had to deal with all the paperwork he hadn't dealt with while on vacation.

[ame-to-ame]

public transit... *collapses to the floor*

[divinekangaroo]

hooray group work partner did something

[lesbiankoby]

guh. requesting a shit ton of time off.

[floraleevee]

The international carnivorous plant society is having their meeting in Austria this year and I want to go so bad 🥲 I’ve been wanting to do a solo euro trip for years and this would coincide with my main interest. It could also be a great way to network with botany/ecology professors in Europe since I’ve all but decided that, should I do a phd, it’ll be in a program abroad.

But on the other hand, I dislike a large portion of the carnivorous plant community that’s super active on social media. At least, those here in the u.s. I don’t want it to just be a bunch of assholes who promote unsustainable practices (if I read someone say “seed grown is ALWAYS better than tissue culture” one more time, the muscles holding my eyeballs in place might rip from how hard I’m rolling them) and have price gouged the market the past 4 years. I want it to be an academic conference, but I’m worried it won’t be that.

Also. Money. I’m hoping to move into a new position by then that’ll pay better, but spending that much money on a holiday seems so irresponsible.

[klickklackwack]

i feel like i’ve lost the plot for this january tbh

- been sick for over a ten days

- antibiotics for pneumonia scare and sinusitis

- urticaria and horrid muscle cramps because of the antibiotics

- four doctors in eleven days and more incoming because my back is also fucked now

- guilt for missing so much work

- 14 days until i’m flying to a vacation that i now feel like i do not deserve

yikes x 100

[hmsharmony]

I have a 3-day weekend getaway planned for this weekend but a rebuttal brief due the following Tuesday (only announced by the government last week 🫠). So now I’m trying to figure out how to tell the partner and reassure him I can drop everything and work while I’m away so he doesn’t tell me I have to cancel. I just want to go to the lake and play with my friends!!!

[anaalnathrakhs]

oh no oh no oh nooooo my aunt invited me to a waterpark this summer what do i do

[lt-sarai]

I watched one video of some youtuber spending hundreds of dollars on clothes at a ren faire and was immediately depressed, so I went and cleaned my bedroom (bc otherwise I would have spent literally the entire rest of the day sitting on the couch spiralling further into depression)

and then J comes home early, quite literally shaking with fever and unable to stand. It was like one of those fanfic moments where partner A is doing something mundane and partner B walks up to them with a grievous injury and A has to drop everything to take care of B.

Except this is the real world and I was sweaty and my feet hurt so as soon as I had him undressed, medicated, and in bed, I took a shower, heated a can of soup, and texted my friend to bring us a covid test and some alka seltzer.

Side note: Get you a friend who will bring you a covid test and some alka seltzer, but also 3 different vitamin gummies, 2 different kinds of cough drops, and - for no reason other than it was the largest measuring cup he'd ever seen and decided we needed to have it - a 1 quart glass measuring cup.

So anyway, J has Covid.

[daughters-of-liberty]

Going to a family-friendly water park this weekend gave me an appreciation for two things:

Waterparks that are adult only.

Those leash harness things for kids.

I thought both concepts were for people who hated kids, whether it be their own or other people's children.

Now I know it is for people who like calm, and order, respectively.

[thepoetrytheorist]

If you love Disney, its parks, its media, and its merch, listen up.

So I work for Disneyland, and we are talking about striking very soon. So soon, in fact, that we've been hosting rallies just outside of the parks. Yesterday was the 69th birthday of Disneyland Anaheim... it was also a monumental rally.

I haven't seen anyone on tumblr talking about the impending strikes against Disney. Not even going through the Disney tags or searching tumblr for "Disneyland Strike."

Let's talk about why we're striking:

Cost of living in the immediate SoCal region is nearly 2x as much as we are getting paid.

Cast members that have worked for the company for long periods of time are still paid as mucha s new hires.

Disney has showed up to union negotiations with insulting offers, including at 25 cent raise. Most cast members make $19.90

Disney rarely schedules you. In some areas and departments, you are fighting with your fellow cast members for hours. I have heard of cast members who are only scheduled for 1 4-hour shift per week. Many of those cast members have upwards of an hour commute to and from work.

Disney Admin has told attractions castmembers [so: rides, rollercoasters, and anything fun you get to do and see at the parks] that we are losing them money, which is why they refuse to schedule us and pay us. In the words of my partner, who also works at the parks, Disney without attractions is an over glorified mall and a food court. Disney needs us, and they know it, but they do not respect us.

Disney has an unfair attendance policy. It can be very difficult to get a needed day off, even when it has been requested weeks or months in advance. When you do take a day off [with-out accrued sick or vacation time] it counts against you. You can have 3 a month, 6 in 90 days, 9 in 180 days, or 12 in a year. How do you accrue sick/vacation? Hours worked, which can be impossible with the scheduling practices mentioned above. (Most cast members trade shifts among themselves to get around this.)

Cast members feel unsafe and unsupported in the parks. Many cast members have felt threatened by entitled guests upset that they are following policy. Disney Leads and Managers have to say yes to these guests and make things happen, though. [Which only makes this behavior worse and more dangerous for cast members who are only doing their job.]

Cast members also report feeling threatened, or even being literally threatened, by management in the parks. Especially cast members who have a second job. Especially cast members who know their rights.

Further, cast members work in hazardous conditions with pay that does not reflect that. Many cast members report losses of hearing, sore throats, and severe back and shoulder pain. Cast members are also exposed to infectious diseases at a much higher rate.

https://www.sfgate.com/disneyland/article/union-button-contract-dispute-19515296.php?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR2u5o_mvU3i6jpIyHxBUZpEzD2GRSKFf5Pem4uRXqa6vKWDgZuffvINd1g_aem_AA1L0fI1phugJIluYMcDSw

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