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Timeless advice (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
submitted 10 months ago by to c/whitepeopletwitter@sh.itjust.works
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[–] 20 points 10 months ago (2 children)

It does depend on the size of the company. If it's a small business, it may have no leeway occasionally, and you may need to time your PTO.

That being said, the last time I worked for a small business and they contacted me during my vacation to beg me to work, I quit directly after the vacation ended.

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  • [–] 9 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    Our org has a response division with a couple of teams on rotation. So long as you give them notice, you can take whatever you like off whenever you like - as the meme says, it's an organisational problem to manage, not the employee. The only exception is Christmas where the period from say the 21st to the 3rd January, where it's always massively oversubscribed so any PTO requests get put into a hat and drawn in September.

    they contacted me during my vacation to beg me to work

    Whereas that is bollocks, I would absolutely negotiate terms and see what they'd offer first! Might be a nice little earner if you didn't have plans after all.

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  • [–] 1 point 10 months ago

    Might be a nice little earner if you didn’t have plans after all.

    People don't usually quit after one incident. That happened to be the last straw.

    For additional context, a couple of months later, they laid off their entire software engineering team, which was the section I was in.

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  • [–] -1 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    It does depend on the size of the company. If it’s a small business, it may have no leeway occasionally, and you may need to time your PTO.

    Really? Really though? Because unless I'm a part owner with a substantial stake, fuck all the way off with that boot licking nonsense. Capital is not your friend. They are not your family. A small business is at best like a cute little bear cub, that will maul you to death without a moment's remorse when it is bigger.

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  • [–] 9 points 10 months ago

    Jesus, you must be a JOY to work with.

    If there's a new product launch and you're part of the small team building it... Just don't schedule your PTO on launch week. Schedule it a week or 2 later when the biggest fires have been put out. Don't fuck off when your team needs you the most. Use any other time for your PTO.

    Now if there's always a fire burning and it never ends... That is an organizational failure and you should spend part of your PTO looking for a new job.

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