Technically yes, in the system it submits to your manager for approval. But I've

Sep 12, 2019
12:54:29pm

fredgarvin All-American

never had it denied.

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POLL: Do you have have get approval for taking PTO or other vacation?

Grit for Brains I'm not crazy, you're crazy

9/12/19 12:44pm

if you can take off whenever you want and not tell anyone you are useless and

buckeyecougarguy

9/12/19 12:45pm

Or have earned trust

stoils

9/12/19 12:46pm

or in otherwords you are old and the company knows you are gone because you are

buckeyecougarguy

9/12/19 1:40pm

What do you do for a living?

stoils

9/12/19 2:46pm

lets just say i drive a dodge stratus. So not only am I rolling in that, i'm

buckeyecougarguy

9/12/19 3:20pm

I take off whenever I want and I don't tell anyone. My boss allows it for exactly the opposite reason.

kccougar

9/12/19 12:47pm

I think it depends on the type of work in addition to many other variables.

Grit for Brains

9/12/19 12:54pm

Unless you have a grown-up job.

cheezedawg

9/12/19 12:55pm

so your boss doesn't tell you what to work on or give you any work to do? Sounds

buckeyecougarguy

9/12/19 1:49pm

sounds like you have only had sucky jobs and/or are a sucky boss.

molodyets

9/12/19 2:45pm

Or you can have a really grown-up job and not even have a boss.

Byron McNertney

9/12/19 2:17pm

Yes but my boss always immediately approves it.

SandYFan

9/12/19 12:46pm

Approval? No. Do I have to let my boss (and relevant coworkers) know? Yes.

HuskerFan2

9/12/19 12:46pm

^ this

Texas Hammer

9/12/19 12:50pm

Even if you didn't have to ask, this seems like basic common sense/courtesy to

crack

9/12/19 12:56pm

I don't get PTO or vacation so I guess that is no I don't need approval

Mississippi

9/12/19 12:48pm

I only work part-time so I just tell them how much I am available to work.

crack

9/12/19 12:49pm

Technically yes, in the system it submits to your manager for approval. But I've

fredgarvin

9/12/19 12:54pm

Just need to coordinate meeting schedules/deadlines, not really "approval"

Sacto Cougar

9/12/19 12:55pm

I don't get PTO or vacation time. My employer chooses my vacation time.

Jeffacka

9/12/19 1:01pm

I don't know how you cannot tell anyone and any boss can deny it

Baron

9/12/19 1:04pm

It should be a conversation, not a foregone conclusion

Reedme

9/12/19 1:05pm

In my case there is an approval, but it really is just notification.

Florwood

9/12/19 1:09pm

No — 'cause I'm the boss.

lightmann

9/12/19 1:14pm

Woah. Heavy

TNT

9/12/19 1:34pm

I think I take my work freedom for granted at times. A couple weeks ago I told

Vincent's Picks

9/12/19 2:09pm

Our vacation is based on seniority. Where I work, the only requirement is that

CougBlu

9/12/19 3:19pm

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