Driving experience days...need info

[Howard]

Sounds like the usual quality management at a certain supermarket where every little helps..!

If he is requesting days off and is being granted these days off then he has absolutely 100 per cent done nothing wrong and if I was him and I had found out that my colleagues were prying into my personal life and trying to "catch me out", I'd be extremely miffed.

It's his annual leave entitlement and he can do what he pleases, whether he goes on holiday, does a driving experience day, or sits at home eating newspaper.

Disciplinary? What? Either there's something you're not telling us or you and your colleagues need to get a grip.

 

[ianh]

What if there's a misunderstanding of the OP's use of the "booked" and he's being given these days off as a "gash" day off, i.e. not from his holiday entitlement, and that's what the problem is? [/devils advocate]

Still a bit strong anyway IMHO.

 

[tom_e]

What if there's a misunderstanding of the OP's use of the "booked" and he's being given these days off as a "gash" day off, i.e. not from his holiday entitlement, and that's what the problem is? [/devils advocate]

Still a bit strong anyway IMHO.

Then it's still the same answer if the management is not happy all they've got to do is say no more, it's still none of their business what he does with those days if they're happy to give them to him.

 

[robbiemc]

If you didn't want people to question your apparent lack of management skills, then why did you include of that information in your original post?

Anyway, why don't you take some initiative and simply call the driving experience provider posing as a customer and ask?

 

[Kenai]

So whoever writes the rota is at fault. He is entitled to request a Saturday off for any reason he choses - even if he wants to sit on his sofa and stare at the wall all day. It is then up to whoever writes the rota to decide whether to grant the request, surely?

I suppose the issue could be if he's 'forcing' them into giving the Saturday off by repeatedly saying 'I need Saturday off next week, I booked my track day and it will cost me £50 if you say no' only to turn up having not done it and then using the same excuse 2 weeks later in order to gain an unfair share of the Saturdays off the rota. Still not what you'd call a shining example of good management though if that is what's happening.

If an employee was doing that to me i'd just tell them straight up that they're daft booking something with a non-refundable deposit / cancellation fee and it's not my problem they did so before they got their time off confirmed.

 

[SuBo]

If an employee was doing that to me i'd just tell them straight up that they're daft booking something with a non-refundable deposit / cancellation fee and it's not my problem they did so before they got their time off confirmed.

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