How does your boss react when you ask for vacation?

[Pirate]

As long as we schedule long enough in advance there is never any problem getting the days off. We supposedly have the same policy as Bamspeedy where we need to have a certain number of people in the office, but I'm not aware of a single occasion where someone was denied vacation days because of that. The only problem this year is that one client scheduled a huge deadline for the week that I had planned off for months. I tried to get as much design and production work done before I left but the team assigned to cover for me had a hell of a time getting it all finished. I can't stand vacations where you have to call the office every day (that week I called in twice - still 2 times too many for a vacation). I took my team out for drinks and hotwings to thank them for working overtime while I relaxed at a cabin on the lake.

 

[Qitai]

If my boss would refuse me my holidays, I would simply go anyway. Up to him to fire me, if he really thinks that's better!

You are the man

 

[Plexus]

Are you your own boss?

My own boss, unemployed... lets not agonize over semantics, eh?

 

[Scrimshaw]

My company shuts down for 2 weeks over the summer and 1 week around christmas. I generally cannot work during these periods.


The kicker is I only get 2 weeks vacation a year. That means 1 of these 3 weeks is "unpaid leave time"

I usually try to find a way to work at least 1 of these weeks so I don't lose a weeks pay and maybe have a week to do as I please

So to the point of the thread, I don't really ask for any time off. It's more like "You better fill out a vacation request form for the shutdown if you want to get paid for it"

 

[HighlandWarrior]

I just fill out my vacation request form months in advance and my boss approves it. Sadly i only get 2weeks vacation, of which a week is sucked away from me for shutdown during the summer.(or i can have it unpaid )