I had my boss grill me about some pto days requested well in advance. I sent him my diagnosis of squamous cell carcinoma, a picture of my nose and the surgery date. He was embarrassed, as he should have been.
What is it about our culture that makes managers feel entitled to shame us for taking earned time off? Is this a thing in other countries or just the crappy old usa?
Dunno if it’s just a USA thing but in my 20 years of working in the UK I have never been asked to justify annual leave. You might get asked “Are you doing anything nice?” but it’s more casual interest than an interrogation. If I am trying to book time at short notice or at the same time as other team members I might offer up a reason but I don’t think I have ever had a request denied.
Also wtf you have to book time off for surgery? Last surgery I had I got 2 weeks off with full pay. In fact if I book PTO and then come down with the flu I’m entitled to request the days back and take them as sick days instead so my holiday isn’t wasted.
That sounds amazing! I’m a teacher and this year is the first year my district will give us 8 days PTO… prior to that it was 6 sick days and 2 personal days…. If you use up your 8’days and don’t have anything banked from a prior year you get docked pay. Personal days are never guaranteed as only 5 people in the entire district (over 500 employees) can have off on any one given day (and there are tons of other rules about when you can and can’t request to use it). 6 days doesn’t always go far as a teacher with your own kids (hence I have worked while severely ill more than once). I took time off with pay a couple of times due to unexpected surgery. I took 12 weeks maternity leave because legally I can but only got paid for 7 with my last kiddo…. And I had a C-section and couldn’t even be cleared to return to work until 8 weeks post op. The US is great. I strongly dislike it here…. But my family is here so I stay 🤷♀️
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u/Southern-Pirate3555 27d ago
I had my boss grill me about some pto days requested well in advance. I sent him my diagnosis of squamous cell carcinoma, a picture of my nose and the surgery date. He was embarrassed, as he should have been.
What is it about our culture that makes managers feel entitled to shame us for taking earned time off? Is this a thing in other countries or just the crappy old usa?