Vacation week change allowed?

[BLKUNIKORN]

I get 3 weeks of vacation according to the vacation bid sheet. At the time I filled the bid sheet(January)my family wasn't planning on going anywhere. But now things changed and the week they wanna travel isn't the week I bidded. Is it against company policy to change vacation week?

 

[BLKUNIKORN]

I get 3 weeks of vacation according to the vacation bid sheet. At the time I filled the bid sheet(January)my family wasn't planning on going anywhere. But now things changed and the week they wanna travel isn't the week I bidded. Is it against company policy to change vacation week?

Forgot to mention I'm on preload

 

[MyTripisCut]

what week did you want? Only a certain percentage are allowed off each week, if it’s taken by higher seniority employees you might be beat. Maybe ask your manager and if that doesn’t resolve it find out who’s on vacation a see if they will switch weeks with you, but do that on the down low.

 

[Maple Grove MN Driver]

Going to have to quit before the week you want.
Then hopefully get rehired.

 

[Netsua 3:16]

I get 3 weeks of vacation according to the vacation bid sheet. At the time I filled the bid sheet(January)my family wasn't planning on going anywhere. But now things changed and the week they wanna travel isn't the week I bidded. Is it against company policy to change vacation week?

I’ve had this work both ways. In preload, my FT was a dick. I called in one time in 14 months on preload and the one time he and I got into it pretty good, lol. He knew I was aiming to be a driver and it was getting close to bidding time and he basically threatened to take that away from me for missing one day. I filed a harassment grievance.
So when I asked him to switch a vacation week he basically told me to kick rocks and it wasn’t until I got a friend to give that week up for me and had to go to stew to get it done.
As a driver 2 summers ago I bought a house and asked to move up a vacation week from September for some extra time to get some sh** done. My center manager has no beef with me, I stay off of all of his lists. He said no problem and we talked fantasy football for a few minutes

 

[Brownslave688]

I get 3 weeks of vacation according to the vacation bid sheet. At the time I filled the bid sheet(January)my family wasn't planning on going anywhere. But now things changed and the week they wanna travel isn't the week I bidded. Is it against company policy to change vacation week?

Wife and I both get a lot of vacation. Her 8 weeks me 5 but people are always amazed that we have to pick in oct/nov for the entire next year.

 

[watdaflock?]

Wife and I both get a lot of vacation. Her 8 weeks me 5 but people are always amazed that we have to pick in oct/nov for the entire next year.

What the hell does this have to do with what OP is asking?

 

[iruhnman630]

What the hell does this have to do with what OP is asking?

Everything.

It points out the central flaw in the way we choose vacations.

I'd like to see us go back to the old way of picking Jan-Feb-Mar vacations in December then the rest of the year in March

 

[JustDeliverIt]

I get 3 weeks of vacation according to the vacation bid sheet. At the time I filled the bid sheet(January)my family wasn't planning on going anywhere. But now things changed and the week they wanna travel isn't the week I bidded. Is it against company policy to change vacation week?

Technically, they don't have to do anything. If the week you want isn't closed, it shouldn't be a big deal if your management team is ok and willing to work with you. If the week is closed, probably not going to happen. But ask and see what they say.

 

[Brownslave688]

What the hell does this have to do with what OP is asking?

The reason the op is having the issue is because while we get a good amount of vacation there’s little flexibility and it’s picked well in advance.

Thanks for stalking me though. It’s very flattering.

 

[NAHimGOOD]

And with the perfect stroke of the wrist...

We place a vacation....

Right...

Here...

 

[watdaflock?]

The reason the op is having the issue is because while we get a good amount of vacation there’s little flexibility and it’s picked well in advance.

Why didn't you post this in the first place, instead of useless rambling about you and your significant other?

 

[Brownslave688]

Why didn't you post this in the first place, instead of useless rambling about you and your significant other?

Why do you feel the need to cry like you’re being personally attacked somehow? We all have our ways.

 

[DumbTruckDriver]

Why didn't you post this in the first place, instead of useless rambling about you and your significant other?

Those of us with reading comprehension skills understood what he was talking about.

 

[DumbTruckDriver]

I get 3 weeks of vacation according to the vacation bid sheet. At the time I filled the bid sheet(January)my family wasn't planning on going anywhere. But now things changed and the week they wanna travel isn't the week I bidded. Is it against company policy to change vacation week?

Find out who has that week and ask if they would like to switch a week with you.

 

[IVE GOTTA PACKAGE 4U]

Find out who has that week and ask if they would like to switch a week with you.

They won't let us switch here

 

[DumbTruckDriver]

They won't let us switch here

It’s never been a problem here.

 

[IVE GOTTA PACKAGE 4U]

It’s never been a problem here.

Well people was abusing it. People with lots of seniority was picking vacations and then trade them with their buddies that didn't have a lot of seniority so they could get the weeks off that they wanted

 

[Brownslave688]

Well people was abusing it. People with lots of seniority was picking vacations and then trade them with their buddies that didn't have a lot of seniority so they could get the weeks off that they wanted

Yep. Basically the only way they let you switch here is if the guy right above you closed it out.

 

[IVE GOTTA PACKAGE 4U]

Yep. Basically the only way they let you switch here is if the guy right above you closed it out.

People abused it now they don't do it anymore