Oh well...

The US is wild.

You call yourselves the land of the free, but have to beg your boss to let you have time off that’s owed.

I still remember putting in vacation at my first job, three months in advance and they still said "well it's your job to make sure your shifts are covered". Fuck you, Karen, you make the damn schedule one month at a time, just don't put me on it that week.

I got fired from a job because I took my already approved time off and told them I literally couldn't come in when they called me the day my PTO started, because I was already out of state.

'oh, I'm sorry did you think that was a request?'

Exactly. It's not a request, it's information.

Well Shane, I wasn't asking, I was informing you of some time off.

Told them I would be in hospital, had it denied

Was in hospital anyway

In Japan, by law it is a declaration. You use paid leave, you do not ask to use it.

Been in this position before - fuck your job and live your life. If they were such dicks about it then do you REALLY wanna work there anyways?

You can't accept me using the time I've earned? Should I get approval for how I spend my paycheck too?

It wasn't a request, I was letting you know so you can plan. See you when I get back.

Funny story, my wife told her boss she needed time off for our honeymoon as we drove to our wedding. She got it, but they teased her about it for a month.

Back when I worked a shitty retail job we would usually hire a few people on fixed term/fixed hours over the Christmas/New Year peak (ie, you get minimum 20 hours a week for 16 weeks starting November 1st), first couple of weeks are mostly training, then peak, then cover into the new year while the full time people take some leave.

Had one guy who got to the end of his training then informed management that he would need leave approved starting now and right through peak because his family was going to an expensive ski resort but that he'd happily pick up some more hours when he got back. Got really salty when he was told that that wasn't going to happen, and he was welcome to go anyway but shouldn't expect a job when he got back.

United Healthcare workers:

US labor Laws suck shit compared to the 1st World.

I don't understand this.

I have Canada and USA coworkers and when they ask for time off approval, they usually get it according to a per team schedule.

We know what quarters are going to be the busiest before hand so everyone is encouraged to take time off when it is less demanding.

You can also take time off in busiest times.

In both cases, you are asked to request anyone from your team to backup you up (obviously available when you are not)

Beppo make Earth proud?

That's when sick days come in handy

Had a friend who pretty much did that, she came back to no job and went from making $65k+ with 4 weeks off a year to making minimum wage with 2 weeks off a year... She lost the means to travel in the future in order to travel one extra week that year...