What?? My boss's old job had a rule that you couldn't take a bunch of Fridays off. That seems so crazy! Have other people heard of such a thing?
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Jesse - Jun 07, 2012 5:02:48 am PDT #8679 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Matt the Bruins fan - Jun 07, 2012 5:20:00 am PDT #8680 of 30001
"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand
I suppose if there are tasks that tend to fall on Friday it could be problematic. A few years ago my bosses let me burn off a huge amount of comp time by not working Fridays in the summer unless something urgently needed to be done.
brenda m - Jun 07, 2012 5:24:18 am PDT #8681 of 30001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
I haven't seen a rule, but I've been places where it was discouraged to take your vacation time that way. I think it basically comes down to pettiness. Like you're getting away with something working four day weeks when everyone else has to work five! (And, you know, take two weeks off in the summer or whatever.)
Frankenbuddha - Jun 07, 2012 5:29:31 am PDT #8682 of 30001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I haven't seen a rule, but I've been places where it was discouraged to take your vacation time that way. I think it basically comes down to pettiness. Like you're getting away with something working four day weeks when everyone else has to work five! (And, you know, take two weeks off in the summer or whatever.)
*Boggles* Until the last few years, all I took was long weekends, plus the occasional Wednesday, with my paid time off. I don't know why a company would rather have somebody gone for an extended period one time a year than take intermittent days off.
Amy - Jun 07, 2012 5:31:46 am PDT #8683 of 30001
Because books.
My agent has only worked Monday through Thursday (year round) for probably fifteen years now. Seniority has its perks, I guess.
§ ita § - Jun 07, 2012 5:41:13 am PDT #8684 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Being senior for fifteen years is either cool as shit or kinda depressing.
Amy - Jun 07, 2012 5:43:13 am PDT #8685 of 30001
Because books.
I'm not sure she's ever worked anywhere else, honestly. She's been at the agency for probably thirty years now, and she's one of the VPs.
Jessica - Jun 07, 2012 5:44:59 am PDT #8686 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
We've got several people here who've been with the company long enough that they only way to use up their vacation time is to take 4-day weeks about half the year. (And if we're really busy and need all hands on deck, they'll come in anyway, so it's not like we're constantly short-staffed.)
Jesse - Jun 07, 2012 5:46:14 am PDT #8687 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I think it basically comes down to pettiness. Like you're getting away with something working four day weeks when everyone else has to work five! (And, you know, take two weeks off in the summer or whatever.)
Yeah, I think that's about it. Frankly, I think I would get out of doing more work if I took the full week.
I have no standing meetings on Fridays, and obviously would be flexible about it.
Connie Neil - Jun 07, 2012 6:09:13 am PDT #8688 of 30001
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I think part of the reasoning is that if you're taking off all the Fridays, other people don't get a shot at the Fridays.