My work’s policy is “do not buy your plane tickets before getting your time off approved.. not only is it disrespectful but cannot guarantee it’ll always be approved.”
Like… if I have the time off available.. not my fault over the possibility of understaff. Where I work, we are divided into different departments per our job role and there are times when nobody is available in X apartment and the supervisor gotta suck it up. What if COVID or some other cold takes us all out?
The times my coworkers in my dept have been out, my supervisor asks what help other coworkers from other units could provide and then in the end it’s like “oh no they’re not trained for that…” when they are a bit trained.
Anyways Plane tickets are expensive af if you don’t buy then in advance. Hell, probably buy them couple months in advance if a trip is planned.
I have two trips I plan to take and I’m tracking the prices. If I get them now, it’s cheaper. I plan to get refundable ones though. Nobody will know I got my tickets unless I open my mouth to coworkers.