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Pick the best time to ask your boss Broaching the subject at the right time is key, like after you've had a check-in where she praised your performance, or when she has some free time (perhaps on ...
You'll make your boss and colleagues even happier if you ask and prepare for your time off in a way that respects everyone's schedule. Here's how to ask for — and receive — vacation time.
Let’s face it: even though many of us are entitled to a certain amount of vacation time , we could get pushback from the boss, especially when there’ ...
The hardest part, however, is often asking your boss for time off. We asked a handful of HuffPost editors (aka bosses) how they prefer their direct reports ask for vacation time.
Not “asking” for time off doesn’t mean you shouldn’t communicate with your boss when you’ll be taking a vacation or heading out of the office, Carpineto said.
One woman’s boss never approved her time off requests, and as the years went by, the unused vacation time kept adding up. Keep reading to see how she really surprised her boss!
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Consider how much time off to request and when you’ll vote When you have this conversation with your boss, let them know how much time you think you need to go to the polling station, fill out your ...
Dear Eric: I was an employee at a small company in a small town and got laid off a few years ago. I had been there more than 10 years and had become friends with the owner, who was about my age.
Gap between PTO requests and PTO granted widens If your boss has denied your PTO request, you are not alone. It's harder than ever to get time off work, data shows.
By Hannah Erin Lang 'It's weird to ask to use something that's yours' Sherri Carpineto doesn't like it when her employees ask for time off. Well, it's more the asking part that bothers her. "It's ...