I put in a time off request for the week of thanksgiving last month so I could visit family in another state, just to see that it was denied. Surprised and thinking it was an error of some sort. I give my district manager a call to see what’s up with my request being denied. Turns out, for the rest of this year. We aren’t allowed to take any more days off because of the “holiday demand”. I’ll mention now that I’m an Account Sales rep in the retail industry. And mind you, sales and revenue have actually been on the decline in the past month or two as rising inflation and stagnating wages are finally getting people to cut spending.
Another odd thing is, I was working as a cashier at a grocery store last year and had no issues getting time off. So I can’t even say this is a retail only problem. I wasn’t too upset at the fact that the request was denied since the trip ended up being canceled anyways for unrelated reasons. But the fact that they’re essentially forcing everyone to work for the rest of the year with no time off because of holiday demand, despite the fact that sales are declining and even worse, they’ve been secretly cutting hours. Anyone else ever have this happen to them?