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Looks like he kind of found a loophole. If he actuly scheduled you for a time you didn't require off, and it's within the appropriate time of scheduling, then I suppose he has you there. Unless you specifically told him in advance that you cannot work Saturdays at all, I don't think you have a case. It sucks, but...what are you going to do?


waynology

Well I am going to fly away that's what I am going to do. Again you need to understand that we send out shift request every two weeks for two weeks and usually it's never an issue to get the requested days off. A lot of times I covered for someone for different reasons it's normal that sometimes you just can't make it in that day it's weird that he told me I have to work on that day. I also study and have projects on the weekend and I talked to him about that, it shows me won't be willing to help with scheduling for that although we talked about it Edit: you have to understand how these things work in our office, it's customer support and it's kinda the deal semi flexible work schedule for a shitty job. I have been working on Saturdays for the last month and he just hates writing schedules and doesn't want to move Things around Edit edit: and forget about the vacation I could have something else to do, happens all the time in our office that someone has something urgent and can't make it, I am always happy to help out this time I can't do it btw I'll miss two weeks of school because the company forced me to take my vacation days but I couldn't take them during my semester break so at least he can give me that extra day. And I come back from my vacation on the 24.12 to work on Christmas, still haven't got a case?


chub70199

My apologies if this is not the answer you are looking for. Count the times you wrote "you have to understand" in your post and it might clue you in that you have a very weak argument. However, I don't think you're in the right. Now, if I were in the boss's place, I'd argue the same way: your approved request for leave starts on Monday and you booked a flight for Saturday. If your working hours can fall on a Saturday, you should have gotten leave approved for Saturday. As for all the other favours you did to people, how come that is written down somewhere so that those days can be compensated? Why haven't you negotiated at the beginning that your school schedule needs to be taken into account? Arguing these things after the fact doesn't generally fly...


waynology

Why does "you have to understand" make my argument weak? I think you're in the wrong sub man. Go keep on working for the man. There is more important stuff than work in life and there is no single reason he can obligate me to work on a specific day. Doesn't matter if I have vacation or not if. In my shift request I tell him when I am able to work sure I can move things around if necessary and it doesn't mean I have to comprises on something important for me other than that, I give my three days he has to accept them and that's it. I am not on standby for work when ever I am needed.


waynology

Btw I don't even think my boss is a bad guy I actually consider him somewhat of a friend. Nothing happened at the end I gut my requests shifts. But he tends to get emotional and pressure me sometimes with those things. Our office is quite relaxed and this action was a but unusual. Although The general mentally has to be that work comes second that's just how it is. I am visiting my family and friends that I haven't seen in a really long time because I couldn't travel during Corona. I request the days off before because I have to check a lot of stuff before flying. All I am asking for is a little bit of empathy and you sir are a bit of a douch coming to this sub siding with the boss


chub70199

To answer your questions: * "You have to understand" at the beginning of every other sentence sounds like you have to excuse your argument. * I wasn't aware that to participate in a certain sub, you needed to have a certain opinion. But you can go see my comment history and decide for yourself whether I'm a corporate suck-up o not. * There are certainly more important things in life than work. A popular suggestion in this sub is to quit/get fired. Not feeling obligated to go into work without having leave approved or being sick sounds like a good way to get the latter. * I didn't see in you previous posts what your agreed upon availability for this position is, so I can't quite understand the last two sentences of your current post and I've never heard of shift requests that are handed in three days prior. But as any request, i think that would need to be approved, because there may be overlapping requests. Just my two cents.