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>> all vacation must now be approved by a manager If you have to ask for permission to use it, then it's no longer a benefit.
by itronitron 4y ago
>> all vacation must now be approved by a manager
If you have to ask for permission to use it, then it's no longer a benefit.
- xyzelement 4y agoCoordinating time off with your manager has always been a thing. That's how you ensure there's adequate coverage instead of everyone being out at the same time.
- itronitron 4y agoCoordinating time off with your manager is a different thing than needing their approval in order to take vacation.
- astolarz 4y agoTo be fair, that's sorta wrong. Only >4 consecutive weeks of vacation need manager and GM approval. Less than that consecutively is still technically at the manager's discretion, but at least on my team the culture has been "you've earned it, and there's never a good time from the business standpoint to take it so you might as well take it when you feel like". Granted I get the feeling that my team/org is much better culturally than most of the rest of the company.
- itronitron 4y agoI can't think of a worse approach for dealing with paid time off than 'not keeping track of it.' Companies that take this approach are enabling the amplification of coercion and personal bias into people's work lives, and the worst part is that it impacts the time when employees can take a break from their work. Waste, fraud, and abuse, plain and simple.