Questions tagged [time-off]
Questions regarding holidays, sick time and other time away from work that may be paid or unpaid. This includeds questions about permission to be away from work for a time.
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Not getting my PTO paid even though I gave proper notice [closed]
Two days after I was approved for a weeks vacation I got a job offer, which I accepted. On the first day of my vacation I gave my boss my two weeks notice and emailed my resignation letter, because ...
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Shall I consider a text response to an email as official one for leave request?
I sent my boss an email regarding personal issues I was having inside and outside of work, and I stated I wanted to use personal time off I had accumulated.
Within the email, I also stated I would ...
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Manager did not give clear answer when I asked for a day off
I recently started a new job. I asked my manager if I could take a day off next week for a family obligation. He said I hadn't been with the company long enough to use my vacation time. I found this a ...
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In my department everyone CC's everyone else with the reason for their absence. How to avoid this?
I recently started a new job. I work in the IT department. There are no shared calendars and no ticket management system. It is very common for people to CC the entire department as opposed to sending ...
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Working for a US company from the UK - bank holidays and minimum PTO
I may be starting to work remotely soon from the UK for a US company. From what I understand, holiday requirements are very different there (in the UK there is a minimum of 28 days PTO including bank ...
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Negotiate for increased days off instead of salary
Short version :
How best to negotiate increased number of days off (or "equivalents" : working part time (80-90%), accumulating extra hours as days off) instead of higher salary?
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As a manager, would it be wrong to create secret PTO so that I can keep my star employees?
I work for a large corporation that has really inane rules about PTO (Paid Time Off). For example:
We don't get a ton to start with, and if you don't use all of it, at the end of the year it goes ...
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How should I request family leave when I will also need maternity leave later?
I started a new job a few months ago, 3 months after I had my first baby. My new team generously waited for me to finish maternity leave before my start date (as I had interviewed with them when I was ...
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Is it a red flag for a company to have "unlimited paid time off"? [closed]
Whenever I find out a company and job I’m interested in has unlimited PTO (Paid Time Off) I’m no longer interested.
As a software engineer I find there is always work that can be done. This makes me ...
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Company Retreat Forced PTO Usage
There's a multiple-night company retreat involving travel taking place that I have no interest in attending (for family reasons). It was stated that anyone who chooses not to attend must use PTO for ...
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HR asks employees to use 5 of their PTO days during Christmas closure - red flag?
During an HR interview for a software engineer role (first tier above new grad) with a prominent international software company with over 500 employees, I was told:
Our company offers new US ...
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Interviewer picking specific interview date. Is it a bad idea to ask to reschedule?
I've been offered a job interview which I'm really keen for, but they've set it to a specific time and date in 2 weeks time without any option to change it (at least none that they've mentioned anyway)...
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Asking a new employer for hours off in first week
I have an appointment which I can't schedule outside of working hours. It is my first week in the job and I wanted to ask my new employer if on a particular day during my first week, whether I can ...
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Fair to ask Employee to make up for missed days due to Broken Laptop?
I am a Manager and we are all working from home for over a year now, and we were all provided with a company laptop.
One of my engineer's laptop broke, and she was unable to work for a two days while ...
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Asking for a day off as a new employee
In September my family is going on a weekend trip. They will be leaving on Thursday but I am not able to leave with them then because I started a new job at the end of April.
There is one flight to ...
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extreme teeth and stomach pain with work in a few hours [closed]
I had an appointment for my braces today and I am now having extreme teeth pain (I have a new wire and chain bands, very painful). I took medicine and it has been a few hours since so they should have ...
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What are the various excuses which can be given to the manager while interviewing in office time?
I'm an experienced Software Engineer in India. My manager is a weird person and want all of his team to sit in front of PC all the time, despite having no work. He calls anyone anytime and if someone ...
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Are there any countries where a company can lawfully claim owning you 100% of the time, even outside proper working hours? [closed]
Recently it was reported IBM forced one of its employees to remove him or herself from the maintainers list of a open-source driver, with the following allegation:
"As an IBM employee, you are ...
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How long should I wait to request PTO after starting a new job?
I started a new job (my first job after graduate school) last week and I am really loving it. We have an “unlimited paid time off” policy and I am salaried. I would like to request two consecutive ...
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During job hunting process when/how to disclose that I may need timeoff to go to court to testify on a crime
My family and I were victims to a horrible, senseless crime in which a family member was murdered.
The courts have taken their sweet time with the case due to the pandemic and as bad luck would have ...
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How can I get better at negotiating getting time off approved?
I'm not asking about negotiating during the interview stage, I'm asking about how to get use of time off approved at work. I'm not interested in the answer "just get another job" because ...
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Telling my coworker who does the rostering that once again she has put me on a night I can't work
I work casual, and I also volunteer once a week on Tuesday nights. I have volunteered longer than I have worked in my current occupation, and everyone I work with knows that I volunteer.
I told my ...
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Should you let your manager know before taking vacation time?
Personally, I have always let my manager know when I plan to take vacation. Whether it's a single day off or a two week summer vacation, I have always run it by them before officially putting in my ...
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Why so little paid holiday in the US [closed]
Just read this question:
Is it reasonable for my employer to make me use unpaid time off to drive back after a work conference?
And the first thing that I thought was: why is there so little annual ...
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Is it reasonable for my employer to make me use unpaid time off to drive back after a work conference?
I was at a work conference last week that was supposed to go M-F. It ended a day early and I drove home Friday during the day instead of Saturday. When I got back in the office today, my manager told ...
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Asking for day off. How can I word the email so it does not sound rude nor meek? [duplicate]
Every time I want to take days off I wrestle with the manner in which I should ask for them. I have PTO days that reset annually.
I guess my battle is when I ask, it feels rude if I say "I'm taking ...
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Is it acceptable to ask for unpaid leave if you've used up your PTO days? [closed]
If an employee has already maxed-out on their allotted PTO days, do companies typically allow them to take off extra days as unpaid time off?
Here's the background:
I work as a developer in a USA ...
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How to handle an injury that happened outside the workplace?
I've had a relatively mild concussion (outside of work). Ideally, I'd like two or three days to recover before jumping back into work, but I've already burned most of my sick days and would like to ...
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Why are holidays stretched to the weekends?
Someone asked me why holidays are stretched into the weekends (like holiday on a thursday but you don't go friday) and I'm not too sure why they do it, since it would be non beneficial to the company, ...
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How could software developer spend free time while coding?
I'm a professional developer with about 20 hours of free time a week. I love coding, so I'd like to spend it on code, but I don't want to contribute to open source or find some spare money-job. Which ...
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May have to take one or two days off for medical appointments. Should I give details to management?
I started a new job recently. I may need to take a couple days off work for medical appointments. I feel like two days is rather strange. The details are there's a pain in my mouth and not sure if a ...
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Workplace is rescinding on a promise made upon hire
We are in California in case it helps when giving advice on her situation.
My wife was hired at her workplace back in February. Part of her negotiation at hire was that they would accommodate her ...
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New manager unapproved PTO my old manager approved, because of a conference at the same time that's now a "condition of my employment here"
I'm taking a vacation in mid-April of next year with some friends, we've all already gotten the time off approved from our various jobs and bought plane tickets. My previous manager said it was fine ...
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Getting time off for job interview
I've just read the following answer:
- How should I ask for time off to attend an interview?
But have posted a new question anyway as I believe my situation is a little different.
So I found out I ...
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How do I request a longer than normal leave of absence period for my wedding?
My wedding is coming up in October this year and I need 5 weeks (25 working days) of leave for completing all the wedding rituals, honeymoon, etc. My fiancé will be leaving abroad for work so I want ...
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Why cap paid time off rollover?
Every place I have worked has capped the amount of paid time off employees are allowed to roll over to a new calendar year. In many cases it's a "use it or lose it" scenario, where accrued time is ...
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I have been signed off sick but my boss doesnt recognise it , can they do that?
I was recently sexually assaulted at another job that I had to take. On top of suffering from depression and anxiety I have not taken a day off because I was recently off for a kidney infection. ...
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How to handle vacation being cut short?
A bit of context first. I report to the Owner and CEO (not actual titles, the structure is complicated but this is the simplest way to describe them) of the company but my schedule for my regular non-...
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Reasonable time to return to the office after time off for bereavement
Recently my mother entered her final stage of illness following cancer. After caring for her 30 days in her home she passed away on Friday the 5th of this month. Work had been great in allowing me to ...
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How to handle time-off /days-out from the office in Ireland?
I recently changed to a new job in Ireland. I have found something different in how to manage to do external/personal stuff, as most of the things are open only during working hours.
For example, ...
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How can I get an unreasonable manager to approve time off?
I need to go to the doctor sometime in the next two weeks for a somewhat urgent matter. The only specialist in my area is only available between 10-4 on weekdays, and I work 9-5 for a manager who ...
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I'm the"backup" for others (& have my own primary role) - how to handle time off when "covering" is always one way and not reciprocated
In my role I have particular tasks - a mixture of day-to-day and project tasks.. 40% day-to-day troubleshooting/maintenance etc and 60% project work at a best guess. Others in the company have a ...
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Notifying team members of missed work for bachelor party
I will be a groomsman in an upcoming wedding. The bachelor party was scheduled on a Thursday morning, and it's multiple hours away from where I live/work, so attending means missing all day Thursday.
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Am I ethically obligated to go into work on an off day if the reason is sudden?
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At my work, we have a schedule option where you get every other Friday off. It is the standard schedule all new hires are given. Today, my manager implied that I need to go into work this ...
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How to communicate to my manager that him being available while on vacation sets a bad precedent
I'm looking for a good way to approach my manager that I believe his availability while on vacation sets a bad precedent for the team.
Some background. My manager is a People Manager of myself and my ...
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My boss asked me to take a one-day class, then signs it up as a day off [closed]
A while back, I had asked for 3 day off from work, 2 days before my vacation, my boss asked me whether I was interested in a one-day class during my vacation (3 days off). I agreed because the class ...
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Physically attacked by a resident of a group home [closed]
I work in a group home in Virginia, USA. Yesterday, my coworker and I were both physically attacked by a resident, who is a minor. The attack lasted around 45 minutes until the police arrived, and it ...
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Does bereavement leave cover all family deaths? [closed]
Last Saturday, my grandmother passed away. It really makes me sad and I will not doing my best work when I return to work. I had to help with all the funeral arrangements, and it tires me. Also, I'm ...
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Working till 3AM for a deadline; I want to take next day off as leave, but manager insists I take sick day
I'm in the UK, I requested a day of annual leave for the day after a deadline (~3 weeks time) which will result in an estimated 4AM finish for me (could be earlier or later, so 2AM-5AM). I will be the ...
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Is it OK to take time-off during the first week of a new job?
Is it OK to take time-Off during the first week of new job?
I just landed in a new job and this is the first week for me. Because of an unexpected situation I have to take Off on Friday of this week. ...