Timeline for How to take vacation days within first year without looking like a slacker
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| Apr 14, 2022 at 13:45 | comment | added | DazManCat | Utter nonsense. It is important to take your leave. Old mentalities such as the one expressed here are thankfully dying off from what I know from my American colleagues. Thankfully here in the UK and Europe we adopt a better attitude to work/life balance. | |
| Dec 13, 2015 at 15:00 | comment | added | Ed Heal | Personally I would hate to work for a company that when you are sick you cannot take the day off. Is it a good idea that a person has (for example) a cold comes into work? (s)he spreads the illness around and infect others. At the same time being unproductive. Also vacation is a part of the package. Having a healthy work/life balance is good for both families and the mental/physical well-being of the employee. What is the point of being a father when not being able to have a holiday with your child? | |
| Dec 13, 2015 at 4:50 | comment | added | Anthony | See this article on why vacations actually help businesses. Healthy employees lead to lower healthcare costs, less turnover, and more productivity. A worker who is afraid to take vacation and suffers a mental stress breakdown will not do ANY good for the company and will instead become a liability. See article from a reputable source: shrm.org/hrdisciplines/employeerelations/articles/pages/… | |
| Dec 13, 2015 at 4:45 | comment | added | Anthony | Good employers DO care about the productivity of their workers. They know that burned out workers are more likely to leave and cause business disruption, not to mention the opportunity cost of having to hire a new replacement. You are going under the assumption that working your employees like slaves is somehow "GOOD" for the business. Here, you are just plain wrong. A business who punishes workers for taking vacation is most likely to realize that it will have difficulty hiring new employers. | |
| Dec 13, 2015 at 4:17 | comment | added | Zachary Burnham | And here's a mainstream-media article talking about misclassified workers being forced to file lawsuits to get paid appropriately under the law:usatoday30.usatoday.com/money/jobcenter/workplace/story/… | |
| Dec 13, 2015 at 4:05 | comment | added | Zachary Burnham | Some more information: businessnewsdaily.com/1880-afraid-vacation.html employeeatty.blogspot.com/2012/06/… businessinsider.com/… caffertyfile.blogs.cnn.com/2012/05/22/… I'm not making this up, those are all from the first page of a Google search on "punished for taking vacation". | |
| Dec 13, 2015 at 3:50 | comment | added | Zachary Burnham | Yes, of course they burn out and get less productive, I didn't say they wouldn't. You're proceeding from the assumption that your employer gives a hoot whether you're burned out or not. Being a "team player" for most workers means sacrificing your time and health for your employer's benefit. And if you're an "exempt" employee, your employer is not required to pay you for anything over 40 hours in a week, even if you work 90. | |
| Dec 13, 2015 at 3:47 | comment | added | Zachary Burnham | Anthony: No, I am an American Worker. Welcome to the real world. Logic not included. | |
| Dec 13, 2015 at 3:25 | comment | added | Anthony | You are the one who is truly delusional...a person who works in the manner you described would quickly burn out and be LESS productive. Being a team player does not mean you become a slave to your employer and working overtime for no extra pay is illegal for most but the smallest of employers. | |
| Dec 13, 2015 at 3:21 | comment | added | Anthony | If this is what you truly believe, you are truly unbelievalbe...Are you a troll? | |
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| Dec 13, 2015 at 1:13 | history | answered | Zachary Burnham | CC BY-SA 3.0 |