When management tightens the rules too far, employees might decide the easiest schedule to clear is their entire calendar.
Two unpaid days off every five months was already a tough sell. Telling employees they’d also have to work extra hours to compensate for using them made things worse. With no PTO, health insurance, or paid holidays to soften the deal, the dental hygienists made their own policy change: they signed resignation letters and left them together on the boss’s desk.
This type of decision that comes more from management is caused by how crazy the job market is at the moment. The same way that hiring managers take twice as long to give a response, leaving candidates waiting for weeks, managers can play around with PTO and lack of benefits since they know how hard it’s to find a new job.
It’s very sad, but it’s the reality. I don’t know what happened that changed the whole spectrum when it comes to work and looking for a job, so now we have managers who are extremely selfish and can even remove the normal amount of PTO, as if it’s a normal decision. But they not only left the employees with only two days off, but they also told them to make up for those missed appointments… meaning, work double.
But I’m glad to say that there’s light at the end of the tunnel because most of those employees quit on the spot. And that’s a great sign: they are letting management know that those rules are insane, and that no job market is as crazy as continuing to work in a place where rights are forgotten and people aren’t allowed to go on vacation. The story shared by u/pathces-rob is a great example of standing up for your rights and claiming what you deserve.
Author: Kayitsi.com
