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Feb. 9th, 2006 11:08 pmSo I've found something not to like about the new job. No, it's not the tiny cubicles, or the fact that they have thirty-minute lunches. These are annoyances, for sure, but not enough to raise more than a small bit of ire and something to get used to. No, the anger comes at the heinous way they go about scheduling vacation days.
I'll admit that I was spoiled at my last job. I was in control of the calendar, so I got whatever days I wanted. I knew I'd have to make some concessions at the new place - one of those concessions was that I'd bee only getting two weeks of vacation this year, as opposed to the four I used to get. I was fine with this as I rarely took all four anyway.
Still, the problem is this. They have a really nifty system to request time off. Not only can you see the people who've asked for time off through all of 2007, you can also see if a date is available or not. As many of you know, business needs take precedent, and you need minimal staffing for everything to work, so at times you need to limit how many people can get a particular date. I was wanting to request March 24th, the Friday for TBRU.
Well, there's five people who are off on March 24th, so the date was blocked. The problem is, that's five people out of a sample of sixty or so. That's less than ten percent of the staff. I'm used to something more like a 20% ratio, but apparently business is so critically staffed, or they expect several sick calls, that they must limit it to five.
I asked my boss if I could have the date, or at least be put on a waiting list should one of the other people give up the date or die or something, but she said they really only make exceptions if there is a medical or family emergency. This didn't make me happy, as i'd rather be with my "family" than at work on that day, but it now looks unlikely.
So i thought I need to look at some other dates, to see if I could get those...Bear Pride and Memorial Day weekend? Taken. Thanksgiving or Christmas? Taken for 2006 and 2007. The Thursday and Friday for Fiesta de los Osos 2007? Gone. Just about any Monday or Friday in the next year? All gone.
I guess that you need to work here for a couple of years and wait for the next calendar year to come out, then quickly speculate on dates you might need and just sit on them. For now, vacation may be given as a benefit, but the privilege of actually taking it is just a theory, or at least only available on random Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays.
I guess any chance of doing a full bear run is ruined for a bit, and I was hoping to go to Wrigley to see the Cubs (and cubs) for Bear Pride. I'll just have to hope that I can be the first click on those dates in 2008. I'll also have to re-think going to Baltimore to see my sister again.
For now, i'll be slaving away in my tiny cube, day in, day out.
I'll admit that I was spoiled at my last job. I was in control of the calendar, so I got whatever days I wanted. I knew I'd have to make some concessions at the new place - one of those concessions was that I'd bee only getting two weeks of vacation this year, as opposed to the four I used to get. I was fine with this as I rarely took all four anyway.
Still, the problem is this. They have a really nifty system to request time off. Not only can you see the people who've asked for time off through all of 2007, you can also see if a date is available or not. As many of you know, business needs take precedent, and you need minimal staffing for everything to work, so at times you need to limit how many people can get a particular date. I was wanting to request March 24th, the Friday for TBRU.
Well, there's five people who are off on March 24th, so the date was blocked. The problem is, that's five people out of a sample of sixty or so. That's less than ten percent of the staff. I'm used to something more like a 20% ratio, but apparently business is so critically staffed, or they expect several sick calls, that they must limit it to five.
I asked my boss if I could have the date, or at least be put on a waiting list should one of the other people give up the date or die or something, but she said they really only make exceptions if there is a medical or family emergency. This didn't make me happy, as i'd rather be with my "family" than at work on that day, but it now looks unlikely.
So i thought I need to look at some other dates, to see if I could get those...Bear Pride and Memorial Day weekend? Taken. Thanksgiving or Christmas? Taken for 2006 and 2007. The Thursday and Friday for Fiesta de los Osos 2007? Gone. Just about any Monday or Friday in the next year? All gone.
I guess that you need to work here for a couple of years and wait for the next calendar year to come out, then quickly speculate on dates you might need and just sit on them. For now, vacation may be given as a benefit, but the privilege of actually taking it is just a theory, or at least only available on random Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays.
I guess any chance of doing a full bear run is ruined for a bit, and I was hoping to go to Wrigley to see the Cubs (and cubs) for Bear Pride. I'll just have to hope that I can be the first click on those dates in 2008. I'll also have to re-think going to Baltimore to see my sister again.
For now, i'll be slaving away in my tiny cube, day in, day out.
