So I’m frankly fuming for my best friend. We work in two completely different fields. She has normal person desk job and I’m a pilot. Requesting time off or calling off sick or being tired never has been an issue for me. I was actually a flight attendant before my aviation career and decided to go back to the same company because how much I loved the life style and how I was treated as a human.
So I tell the bestie let’s go to Hawaii. Yolo. But I looked up confirm seats and they were actually cheaper! So she tells her boss. A month in advance, saying hey I’m going to Hawaii on these dates. Which 3 were business days.
Her boss responds. “No, I’m taking half days so you need to be here”
My friend says well I wish you had communicated that to me you were taking half days in March but the ticket is confirmed. To which she responded you need to tell me ahead of time when you books flights. And then complains she has a wedding cake testing on the Monday she’s gone and she can’t miss it. Complete disregard for my friends time.
Because Sally’s half days are more important then my friends much needed off time. Mind you she’s never asked for Vacation.
With my line of work it BAMBOOZLES me people are like this. Mental health is so important and it’s a month advance. As soon as she brings it up her boss delegates her time as more important.
This is why us millennials seek other jobs. We want to be treated professionally with just a tad bit of human respect.
Every job should take mentality, and fatigue just as seriously as the government requires of a pilot.