Just been totally shafted by my boss...

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Just been totally shafted by my boss...

65 posts & 53 voices | Started 5 months ago by Helios | Latest reply from ditch_jockey

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Helios - Member

Doesn't matter how or why really, but I have bascially had 1.5 days of holiday taken off me (not because they expired or I forgot to take them before the end of the year etc). I want your opinions on my options:

a) Man up, accept that these things happen, and get on with work.
b) Pull 1.5 days of sicky
c) "Work From Home" for about 3 days, watching TV and only answering e-mails so she doesn't get suspicious, then produce work she doesn't know I've already done and pass it off as the product of 3 worthwhile days
d) Have a full-on kicking and screaming tantrum, head to HR and the top man, and try to get my sodding holiday back
e) Quit, because I'm sick of her bulls**t
f) Spend the rest of the working year doing as little as possible in revenge
g) Other...

edit: What is the point of a swear filter that doesn't filter?

Posted 5 months ago #
Steve-Austin - Member

...are you at work now?

Posted 5 months ago #
warton - Member

Doesn't matter how or why really

it does

Posted 5 months ago #
GW - Member

I predict the next person to post will be TJ

Posted 5 months ago #
TandemJeremy - Member

HR

Posted 5 months ago #
Rickos - Member

d

Posted 5 months ago #
ourmaninthenorth - Member

Have you asked her why?

Just ask HR for the payment in lieu of them (as they are a contractual entitlement - technically, this sounds like a breach of your employment contract).

Posted 5 months ago #
thomthumb - Member

how do you mean 'taken off you'

it must be a contractual thing, so ask for it in writing.

then d

Posted 5 months ago #
binners - Member

h)

Posted 5 months ago #
bigthunder - Member

Take 3 days at home and do nowt.

Posted 5 months ago #
wwaswas - Member

without knowing how they've been taken away it's difficult to say but if you think you have a strong case then d) to stop her doing the same again over somethign else.

Posted 5 months ago #
camo16 - Member

Jeez binners I reckon you could do some real damage with those...

I'm a wuss and I can't face up to conflict, so Option 3 for me:

c) "Work From Home" for about 3 days, watching TV and only answering e-mails so she doesn't get suspicious, then produce work she doesn't know I've already done and pass it off as the product of 3 worthwhile days

Posted 5 months ago #
prezet - Member

a) Don't just take it, as they'll know they can do it again on another occassion. More people need to stand up for themselves in the private and public sectors.
b) Will be put on file - might look bad when moving jobs
c) Doesn't prove anything - doesn't show you're upset, and they've done something wrong, see point a)
d) Almost there - see below
e) Silly move
f) Doesn't look too good - especially if redundancies ever come up

HR - But don't throw a tantrum. Just ask for a documented and valid reason on why this has happened.

Posted 5 months ago #
Kryton57 - Member

I had a more decent boss, who recognised I lost my days becuase of the effort I put in, then allowed me to be "off" for 1 day at a time without it going through our HR system (ie I just made sure he know which day I was having off, he agreed and I didnt turn up for work)until the bal;ance was readdressed.

If you've lost your entitlement due to your employer needing/pressuring you to work, that above is fair IMO -suggest it to her.

If you didn't bother to book it, thats your fault IMO (sorry to sound harsh). Most companies allow you to roll over a certain amount then the rest you lose.

Posted 5 months ago #
TandemJeremy - Member

When you go to HR just say you are confused about the holiday entitlement and are looking for clarification.

Waht reason did your boss give?

Posted 5 months ago #
Omar Little - Member

c) but that is what i sort of do anyway.

Posted 5 months ago #
iDave - Member

If you call losing 1.5 days 'totally shafted', you haven't been in business long....

Posted 5 months ago #
barnsleymitch - Member

"Just been totally shafted by my boss..."

Oddly enough, I watched a video on cliphunter this morning with just the same title.

Posted 5 months ago #
mastiles_fanylion - Member

I am curious too about the reasoning behind her decision to take 1.5 days from your entitlement - what explanation did she give?

Posted 5 months ago #
Drac - Moderator

Reason does matter as there may be justification of why it was done, if there's not then we can the pitchforks out.

Posted 5 months ago #
jota180 - Member

Shafted is being asked to save the company by working straight through from Friday evening until monday morning - taking the odd nap in the rest room - in order to get an order out that is vital

When you you've got it all done and really feeling quite warm and fuzzy about making it, an accountant from some solvency firm walks in and tells everyone to go home

no one ever saw the boss again

Posted 5 months ago #
almightydutch - Member

The IT dept have analyzed the total amount of time spent on Singletrackworld and have decided to take this off his holiday entitlement.

Posted 5 months ago #
mt - Member

join a union.

Posted 5 months ago #
footflaps - Member

If you call losing 1.5 days 'totally shafted', you haven't been in business long....

Yep - being fired with no explanation on Dec 24th whilst out the country on business, with no return ticket, is being 'totally shafted' - not getting paid for 1.5 days overtime = pretty normal in the modern world....

Posted 5 months ago #
sv - Member

Go on strike?

Posted 5 months ago #
bigyinn - Member

OP more info required before we can form an effective lynch mob with due reason.

Posted 5 months ago #
MD - Member

request a meeting with HR and get the company line on the matter.
They are legally bound to offer up either the holiday or the money.

Posted 5 months ago #
trail_rat - Member

half a story isnt it.

is it you are trying to book the day and a half now and there are no oppertunities that are convienant to them to take them ?

or is it you have had them booked and a projects come up and your hols are canceled ?

the latter is in my contract - but ill get them back at a later date and any expenses paid - its a last ditch if they are short of personel.

if its the first id have the shits for a couple of days

Posted 5 months ago #
Helios - Member

Alright alright... maybe "totally shafted" was a bit extreme...

This isn't about working overtime. Basically I was told that if I wanted to do a project I'd have to give up my own days off to do it because it had no funding. When I got funding for it after the work was complete (in my own time) the company took the money, and refused to give me back a couple of days of holiday. I think that's pretty rude.

Posted 5 months ago #
BenHouldsworth - Member

so basically you did originally give up your holidays because you wanted to do the project and then retrospectively found funding that the company kept.

What would have happened if you didn't do the project?

Why did you go to the effort of getting the funding? did you tell your boss your expectations when you were getting the funding?

Sounds like you need to MTFU and stop whining

Posted 5 months ago #
aracer - Member

Can I check I've got this right? You agreed to be shafted and now you're complaining because they shafted you?

Posted 5 months ago #
nmdbase - Member

3 sick days in order when they most need you there

Posted 5 months ago #
ourmaninthenorth - Member

In which case, you haven't been shafted.

You just been pwned by your employer. Nothing unusual there.

Posted 5 months ago #
BenHouldsworth - Member

Can I check I've got this right? You agreed to be shafted and now you're complaining because they shafted you?

That's what I was trying to say

Posted 5 months ago #
PJM1974 - Member

Shafted is being told that if you complete a project, you'll be in line for a nice bonus payment at the end of it.

And upon completion being told that you don't qualify for the bonus on a technicality.

Shafted is being asked to stay with a firm after handing in your notice and being offered a 40% pay increase, which suddenly becomes renegotiated two weeks after you withdraw your notice.

If it's a large firm, their personnel department will be able to shed light on this, if they're a small firm then they tend to play fast and loose. The best option here is to gen up on your rights, jump ship as quickly as possible and do the bare minimum to earn yourself a reference.

Posted 5 months ago #