A rare work rant from me.
I've been here for four months and successfully passed my probation period. Obviously.
And I've somehow acquired a largish work load. So much so that I'm already balancing multiple projects, one of which MUST be finished by the end of the month.
I had a couple of sick days in December. Genuine ones.
I was handed a letter today telling me that because my sick days occured within the probation period, they're not covered by the Sick Pay Scheme and I will be docked 2 days pay this month. That's quite a bit of cash. It would buy a Wii or an XBox 360.
I was then emailed and told that I had 2 holidays left and that I MUST take them before the end of January or I would lose them.
To recap
- 2 sick days that I must pay for
- 2 holidays that must be taken
- too much work to finish
I suggested that they just cancel each other out.
But no. It's not company policy.
So I will take Wednesday and Thursday off and, hopefully, I will not catch a tummy bug or develop a migraine coz that will ruin any hopes for this urgent project getting finished.
Once again the red tape brigade screwing up and causing upset.
ReplyDeleteAll you can do is take your hols and deliberatley not finish the project on time, a 2 day over-run due to holidays that you HAD to take may make a point. Let the sales team explain to the client about company policy and holidays.
I know you won't do it but just once it would be nice to make a company responsible for its own policies. Being given deadlines one minute and then an email saying how you have to take time-off before XXX the next is really annoying. What the hell to they expect, you'll finsih it in your own time whilst on holiday?