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The Velveteen Ocelot

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73. My former employer (a very large corporation)

Wed Dec 31, 2014, 05:23 PM

Dec 2014

once had a policy that you could carry over your vacation time from one year to the next. There was one guy who never took a vacation for something like 15-20 years; then when he retired they had to pay him for all of that accrued time. Later the policy changed so that you had to take your vacation every year or you'd lose it. This was not only because it's better for employee productivity, but because the company had to list unpaid accrued vacation time as a debt on its balance sheet. The accountants didn't like this.

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How infiltrated is the business world by family mf'ing values? [View all] RB TexLa Dec 2014 OP

Americans take fewer vacation days than the rest of the First World. NutmegYankee Dec 2014 #1

I was raised that you get up and go to work RB TexLa Dec 2014 #2

You never travel and visit anyplace? NutmegYankee Dec 2014 #5

Were you one of those kids that went to school sick Jamastiene Dec 2014 #27

Good question. BeanMusical Dec 2014 #32

You haven't started to think on your own yet? upaloopa Dec 2014 #54

I'm sure you were also raised that you don't deserve health care ProudToBeBlueInRhody Dec 2014 #82

People should take their vacation days. The Velveteen Ocelot Dec 2014 #3

Yep. hifiguy Dec 2014 #64

TF are you talking about "selfish"? Boreal Dec 2014 #4

Taking time for myself not selfish? RB TexLa Dec 2014 #6

If your employer has offered you vacation time and you take it, The Velveteen Ocelot Dec 2014 #8

Wow. Tsiyu Dec 2014 #39

That poster is the joke Union Scribe Dec 2014 #18

Lol! BeanMusical Dec 2014 #33

Interesting. smirkymonkey Dec 2014 #36

You left out the classic pintobean Dec 2014 #48

Oh wait, this is the "I don't drink with you" person! gollygee Dec 2014 #76

I haven't clicked on the links, but let me guess... DisgustipatedinCA Dec 2014 #53

Thank you. SammyWinstonJack Dec 2014 #70

I had to check to see if one of those was gollygee Dec 2014 #75

Employees that take vacations and time off are overall better. tammywammy Dec 2014 #7

You are one odd bird. name not needed Dec 2014 #9

I don't vacation with you. tammywammy Dec 2014 #10

Post removed Post removed Dec 2014 #13

Offended, not at all. tammywammy Dec 2014 #15

Post removed Post removed Dec 2014 #16

Let me repeat myself: tammywammy Dec 2014 #17

I just went and read that whole thread Union Scribe Dec 2014 #25

Isn't the poster ADORABLE? Tsiyu Dec 2014 #40

I just read it too B2G Dec 2014 #47

This thread is a rerun from 2 years ago pintobean Dec 2014 #50

Whoaaaaaa ...... nice find! marble falls Dec 2014 #52

This now explains a lot about that post. ProudToBeBlueInRhody Dec 2014 #83

See post #50 pintobean Dec 2014 #84

Ahhh, ok ProudToBeBlueInRhody Dec 2014 #85

There was no disobeying. Nuclear Unicorn Dec 2014 #45

Curse you! Hassin Bin Sober Dec 2014 #20

Someone gave me the link to that epic thread! BeanMusical Dec 2014 #34

"I don't vacation with you." Nuclear Unicorn Dec 2014 #44

It's a riff on one of this poster's most classic OPs. cherokeeprogressive Dec 2014 #59

After reading that thread along with several others posted here Nuclear Unicorn Dec 2014 #61

I certainly can't disagree with your last sentence. cherokeeprogressive Dec 2014 #62

So was it your hope that he wanted to talk about a promotion and all you got Rex Dec 2014 #11

No, I was told what it is going to be about RB TexLa Dec 2014 #12

Maybe they can compensate you for days you don't want to take for vacation Rex Dec 2014 #14

Wha? No way. vive la commune Dec 2014 #19

Good for you neverforget Dec 2014 #21

Maybe they want to audit your desk while you are away. Hassin Bin Sober Dec 2014 #22

Texas law states no employee can be forced to utilize a benefit they did not personally negotiate. RB TexLa Dec 2014 #23

Ok, Melvin Beli. But I'm pretty sure your employer can make you stay home while getting... Hassin Bin Sober Dec 2014 #24

Vacation time actually enhances worker productivity. WhiteAndNerdy Dec 2014 #26

I think some people just like to feel superior to their co-workers The Velveteen Ocelot Dec 2014 #28

I can see that. WhiteAndNerdy Dec 2014 #29

Wow, that's pathetic. The Velveteen Ocelot Dec 2014 #72

People like that are just deluded. tammywammy Dec 2014 #31

Any member of management who says this is providing proof of their incompetence Major Nikon Dec 2014 #37

Hear your boss out first. KMOD Dec 2014 #30

Your boss is such a fascist! BeanMusical Dec 2014 #35

It is a part of your compensation package. NCTraveler Dec 2014 #38

Some labor laws still protect us... Orsino Dec 2014 #41

Vacation is a cruel joke MindPilot Dec 2014 #42

My employees are to never give their cell phone #'s to clients. NCTraveler Dec 2014 #49

It's really lousy insurance jeff47 Dec 2014 #81

Do you have the option to cash in your hours for money? el_bryanto Dec 2014 #43

When did your boss become a member of Al Qaeda? chrisa Dec 2014 #46

I don't vacation with you. ret5hd Dec 2014 #51

Not sure family mf'ing values have anything to do with it PowerToThePeople Dec 2014 #55

Taking recreational time benefits you, your employer and your co-workers, having time with 'family' Bluenorthwest Dec 2014 #56

Anger has a way of making people blind 4Q2u2 Dec 2014 #57

It's the RB TexLa show!... SidDithers Dec 2014 #58

Yeah - I responded in this thread and shouldn't have. The Velveteen Ocelot Dec 2014 #69

perhaps your employer believes the company would benefit from you taking time off etherealtruth Dec 2014 #60

I was reminded a few months ago that I had to take some days off LiberalElite Dec 2014 #63

Hell of a thing to be offended by. (nt) Posteritatis Dec 2014 #65

Maybe the boss doesn't fully trust you. Sopkoviak Dec 2014 #66

You live to work. I work to live. SomethingFishy Dec 2014 #67

This message was self-deleted by its author GeorgeGist Dec 2014 #68

More to the point, accrued vacation days have accounting implications Recursion Dec 2014 #71

My former employer (a very large corporation) The Velveteen Ocelot Dec 2014 #73

are you saying taking vacation time is selfish? Ramses Dec 2014 #74

They want to make sure you aren't getting burned out by work gollygee Dec 2014 #77

I'm sure "not spending more time at the office" will be one of your life's greatest regrets tenderfoot Dec 2014 #78

RB TexLa is flagged for review gollygee Dec 2014 #79

I hope he sticks around just for the entertainment value. The Velveteen Ocelot Dec 2014 #80

So how did it go? DisgustipatedinCA Dec 2014 #86