Seems my co workers are constantly requesting time off and it’s ALWAYS approved. To the point we are short handed several days a week . One employee has already taken off five days this month; a concert and then a wedding, and JUST put in for two weeks off in August. She is kind of a new hire, not even been with us a year. I like to save my time off for hunting and trapping season and I try not to take advantage as it has never been established how much time we are allotted.

What is your work policy? Just curious.

I don’t know how a business can be run this way.

My HR would dog cuss that sort of lazy no good employee. Probably fire his lazy arse to boot but there's only one of us here as it is so he'll just get a dog cussing.

Good answer!!

We have so many vacation days in our group that someone has to be off every day. With that being said the young guys take advantage of the fact that it is hard to get help, so they call in when ever they want.
It has gotten to the point that you just say you are sick and there is nothing that can be said about it.
Thanks to the Gov WALLS

Do you guys have a set amount of time? Are you or they taking more or less than that time? Was the time approved to be off? Not the workers fault if the manager said it was ok.

We have no set rule except that no one can be off at the same time as another employee. Vacations can’t overlap.
We have nothing that says “you can only request off x amount of days per calendar year”

Which is very nice but I like I said; how can you have a business like that…and furthermore how can these kids afford to take so much time off. Not just their missing wages but also the cost of their trips

What OhioBoy asked. In addition I believe employers today are forced to be more “flexible” in dealings with employees as replacements can be difficult to find. Employees market!

Yeah were kind of the same way but its up to the manager to manage it. I put in all of mine for the year when I get back from New Years. They have all year to plan for it.

Well then I have no choice but to take advantage too. It’s not in my nature but it is doing me no good to have a work ethic like I do. Nobody cares apparently

No one cares you think. It is always good to have good dependable work ethic. When it comes Layoff time you will still have a Job

I usually do not participate in these kinds of discussions but one question, are you and your coworkers hourly or salary?

Hourly

My last job at a major company, paid time off went by seniority. Something like 1 week at a year, 2 weeks at 2 years, 3 weeks at 5 years, 4 weeks at 10 years.

Unpaid time off was pretty much limitless as long as you requested it at least 2 weeks in advance. I'm sure there WAS a limit to unpaid time off but it was basically at the direct supervisor's discretion. There were enough employees that it was usually no big deal to schedule someone different. My department was a bit different as our employees were very limited, but still unpaid time off rarely was denied.

Call ins were a different matter altogether. A lot more strict.

Before I left the corporate world, I got 5 weeks vacation but I loved what I did and the people around me so much I only took time off when the wife made me. lol

I like how some of you call it calling in and others calling off!
Call offs at my job are looked down upon and for good reason but I see no difference. Either you wanna work or you don’t. To me, requesting 25 days off in 8 months is as bad as calling off

Are these paid time off or off without pay?

Without pay. We are a fairly new practice. We just now got five paid holidays a year. And I think a few paid sick days

There are a number of things in play when it comes to taking time off. I had a guy that came to work with a tooth ache. His dentist office was on the way to his job that day so he went by, remote punched out, had the tooth pulled, punched back in and continued on to the job simply because it was a big job and he didn’t want to burden the other guys by not being there. I don’t think there are too many individuals that care that much about their fellow employees out there these days. lol

You’re right about that Hobbes!!!
That dude went above and beyond. Tooth pain is no joke