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charibdis

What I would have liked to do on my summer vacation

Aug 30, 2003 13:10

I was planning to take next week off. I was hoping to use that vacation to start learning how to drive. Yes, I know, what the hell am I doing not knowing how to drive. Well, it's just one of those things I missed out on in high school because of weirdness with moving over to this country into my Junior year. I certainly could have learned since ( Read more... )

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anonymous September 1 2003, 01:06:20 UTC

Yay!

Hi!

-Kyndra

charibdis September 3 2003, 19:24:42 UTC

Hi.

I wanted to provide links right on a sidebar somewhere, but couldn't figure out how to do that from LiveJournal with my free account. Maybe if I paid for it, but...

HR for cash in place of vacation? anonymous September 2 2003, 17:15:20 UTC

Hi,

Any chance HR will approve cash for the excess leave since you canned the vacation due to work? I've been with some companies that will do this...

What weeks are you in Germany?

What city will you be in/near?

We are less then 28 days left on this contract (in Kuwait), and still nothing in writing as to renewal or termination. I have some leads for work in Iraq, and two possible interviews in the US (1 Texas with a live anyplace @ 100% travel, and 1 in Scottsdale down the street from my old job). Just waiting to see what comes :).

EDZ

Re: HR for cash in place of vacation? charibdis September 3 2003, 19:28:48 UTC

Well, I may (or may not) be able to take the vacation later this year. If I can't there's an excellent chance I will be reimbursed for vacation days lost. The problem is more that I really needed that vacation. I was starting to feel a little burned out, and this doesn't help much.

I should be in Germany from (roughly) 9/30 through 10/7. I say roughly because it's not 100% final yet, but very probably either those dates or 1 or 2 days before or after. I'll be in Monchengladbach (a small town somewhat near Dusseldorf).

Good luck on the rest of the contract. I'm glad it's not a 4 year contract. It's too bad you can't find work someplace in, oh, say, Massachusetts. ;)

Outrageous! bobquasit September 3 2003, 17:43:51 UTC

This is unbelievable abusive. They're only doing this because the job market is so awful - if it weren't, I'd urge you to quit.

But since they're requiring you to not use your vacation, they should either make an exception allowing you to carry over ALL of your time, or pay you for the lost time. If they don't, I'd seriously recommend that you speak to a lawyer - BushCo have gutted labor laws pretty severely, but there might still be some option. If anything, it seems like it might be a violation of your employment contract.

I assume you're "exempt" like me, right?

About the choking: did you actually vomit in your sleep? Or was it more psychological? It could be stress-related. In either case you definitely should see your doctor about it.

Hey, I've been having fun with LiveJournal so far. Thanks!

Re: Outrageous! charibdis September 4 2003, 01:28:00 UTC

If the job market weren't so awful I might well look for another job, but things are as they are ( ... )

Re: Outrageous! cuteybutt September 6 2003, 22:19:30 UTC

*hug* Ouch.