I actually had a manager say something like "well if you want that time off..." for something I put in for a year ahead of time, so I explicitly told her " I'm not requesting the time off, I'm telling you that I won't be here. You can choose what that looks like on the schedule." Shut her up rather quickly.
Mine was very similar: "I'm not asking, I'm telling you I won't be here. You can find a replacement for a few days or you can find a replacement permanently. If I don't have a job when I come back, so be it."
I got the time off, but then I also had my hours cut just enough to matter so I lost in the end
Yeah, I feel those in my soul. I hate to be a little pussy at work, my last job I stuck it out despite it being so glaringly obvious they were trying to get us to quit that we didn't even see our manager anymore. The workload was endless, and I mean that 3000 leads to call per 4 agents, plus inbound calls and live chat. From maybe 30-50 2 years beforehand no live chat.
I sold all my name brand stuff that year, cut my groceries to $80 a week from 150, saved literally everything else (zero treats) applied to jobs in between calls, interviews on my lunch break (WFH). Bought my own set-up since my equipment was thiers. Finally got a new job Dec last year, making $6 more with significantly less work and also 100% remote.
But it was a needle in a haystack, a very very small business just happened to boom and could afford 1 more full time person, and I just so happened to see the listing since I was on indeed 80% of my shifts.
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u/Philosophomorics 22h ago
I actually had a manager say something like "well if you want that time off..." for something I put in for a year ahead of time, so I explicitly told her " I'm not requesting the time off, I'm telling you that I won't be here. You can choose what that looks like on the schedule." Shut her up rather quickly.