Timeline for Placed on work schedule despite approved time-off request. Is it unreasonable to push back on this?
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| Oct 11, 2016 at 13:22 | history | edited | Rocky Raccoon | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
Clarified to advise for "references" in addition to "letters of recommendation".
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| Oct 11, 2016 at 7:14 | comment | added | Astor Florida | The last paragraph, fantastic. | |
| Oct 10, 2016 at 21:09 | comment | added | CWilson | @Joshua be careful suggesting unemployment office. Even when someone has full rights to unemployment, has done all the paperwork, and the previous employer doesn't fight it, there are many situations (like this one) where the paycheck itself is not worth the work. For example, in at least one jurisdiction, the paycheck would take the income from march-june (current and most recent quarter always ignored), divide it by 104 (number of weeks in 2 years), and that would be the maximum allowable weekly check. And some jurisdictions won't allow you to claim on a part time job, either. | |
| Oct 10, 2016 at 20:52 | comment | added | Rocky Raccoon | @Joshua In principle, I agree with you. However, this job may provide critical income to the OP, or it's otherwise impractical to draw the line in the sand. This is precisely why I'm suggesting to the OP to learn from this experience and always have a resume and references ready for a job change - a resume is always a work in progress and reference contact information must be kept current. Knowing you're prepared can reduce the stress of a bad environment. If the OP has already spent any money on this trip, he may have more leverage, but even more reason to count on a paycheck when he returns. | |
| Oct 10, 2016 at 20:35 | comment | added | Joshua | Probably better to go on said vacation, and see if they stupid enough to fire him. He'll win that one at the unemployment office and his next job interview will understand. "Fired for taking approved vacation" does not look good for the previous employer, not for the employee. | |
| Oct 10, 2016 at 20:30 | history | answered | Rocky Raccoon | CC BY-SA 3.0 |