If it wasn't for the fact I'm just weary from all the mountains of shit these so-called journalists pour out of their mouths I'd be screaming like Matt Christman right now

  • Skeleton_Erisma [they/them, any]
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    4 months ago

    My current employer has this dastardly move where if you call in sick a day before a paid holiday you have to provide a doctor's note or else both your fto request and paid holiday are denied.

    • john_browns_beard [he/him, comrade/them]
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      4 months ago

      I'm guessing they also have a reputation for not approving vacation requests that bookend paid holidays? One of my previous employers utilized this big brain strategy as well.

      • Skeleton_Erisma [they/them, any]
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        4 months ago

        Yep, there are policies in place to restrict vacation requests near bookend holidays because "it's last minute and it messed with the payroll!! :("

    • Wolf314159@startrek.website
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      4 months ago

      Just hand them a piece of paper of blacked out redacted lines (because confidentiality) and an illegible signature.

      I had a district manager once demand I bring in a note after calling in sick. I just told them "No, you don't pay me enough to go to the doctor and I wouldn't share any of my medical information with you anyway, you can't make me." I never heard anything more about it.

      Lots of employers have "rules" on the books that are realistically unenforceable or out right illegal.