Timeline for Placed on work schedule despite approved time-off request. Is it unreasonable to push back on this?
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| Oct 13, 2016 at 12:05 | comment | added | Jørgen Fogh | @StephanBijzitter Being 17 doesn't mean the OP's interests are not important, perhaps the opposite. He should not sacrifice himself just to send a message. | |
| Oct 12, 2016 at 14:39 | comment | added | Bill Leeper | At 17, this is a life lesson. Use this as motivation to get a more skilled job. This doesn't have to be college, but something that not just anyone can do. College track this could be science, engineering, nursing, medical etc. Other tracks include trade skills that in demand, electricians, plumbing, welding, auto mechanics etc. There are reputable (not ITT) places to get these skills or even internships. They will very much appreciate your work ethic. | |
| Oct 11, 2016 at 15:11 | comment | added | supercat | ...the employee would need to be present at that time. Once the business has granted a time-off request, the business cannot reasonably punish an employee for taking that time off unless the employee has agreed to cancel it. | |
| Oct 11, 2016 at 15:09 | comment | added | supercat | Would it be reasonable for the OP to remind the manager, in no uncertain terms, that the OP has already informed the manager that the OP won't be there on that day, and placement on the schedule won't change that. Any remotely-reasonable business will need to accommodate employees who give sufficient notice that they will be absolutely positively unavailable on certain days, and in cases where a business would demand unusually long notice (e.g. because the business needed to book something a year in advance) the business should be able to give the employee that much notice that... | |
| Oct 11, 2016 at 11:56 | comment | added | Stephan Bijzitter | Since you're 17, you might as well fire the bullet and get her boss involved indeed. It might cost you your job, but you'd do good for the world. | |
| Oct 10, 2016 at 18:08 | history | answered | Dan Pichelman | CC BY-SA 3.0 |