time off for the holidays
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- ukit
How much time do you think is considered OK to ask for the holidays at a job you started a few months ago? My minimum is a week for Christmas, but is two weeks pushing it or just normal?
- brandelec0
pushing it, then again i'm working christmas eve
happens when you work the jews
- Llyod0
jews can be real bastards
- ********0
pushing it. you havn't technically earned any time off in a few months so they don't owe you anything. even a week is pushing it at a new job.
- e-pill0
^^ hahahahahahaha ^^
- Llyod0
1 week
- Llyod0
1 week
- e-pill0
you should go to the new job saying you had purchased the tickets since a few months back, take the time off and still get paid...this is done during the hiring stage...
but now you either take un-paid time off or beg...
- BattleAxe0
52 weeks
- ********0
oh fuck it, you're new they won't care... take 3
- ukit0
Well I've had jobs advance me the vacation hours before. Last job I think I was running several hundred hours deficit for quite a while haha
- metal_leg_will0
Set the standard early. Tell them you'll be in and out of the office until mid January.
- sfeske0
2 wks might be pushing it...go for 1.5 wks
- Renegade0
4 weeks minimum
- canuck0
How long have you been working there (exactly)? What is your vacation entitlement?
- ********0
damn, i can't imagine taking 2 weeks off.
last year i took one day off... and so far this year i've taken 3 days off.
- nocomply0
I once started a new job Nov. 1.
I told them in my interview that I would be out of town from around Dec. 20-Jan 5 or so. It was partially true, but really I was just sick of work and wanted some time to chill.
I got the time off (unpaid of course) with no problem.
Whoever said that you're new and they won't care... that was certainly the case for me. I think it depends on the work place though.
- section_0140
2 weeks is beyond pushing it.
- ********0
so we're all in agreement then. it's too much. okay.
- livelikebruce0
1 week
- bulletfactory0
i think we get about 2 weeks this year - Dec. 24th - Jan. 5th. We don't have to take it off - it's just how long the office is closed. New Year's Day being on Thursday helped.