Work Situation - REALLY long

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Work Situation - REALLY long

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About a month and a half ago, I discussed taking off some days for the summer with my Supervisor - who also happens to be my coverage when I'm out.

He told me that if I wanted to take any days off the month of July, they would need to be on the first week. His wife is having a baby and she is due around the 2nd week and he will be out for 3.5 weeks after that.

So yesterday, I was talking to him and made mention that I wanted to take the 2 days after July 4th off. He out right tells me "No, I can't approve those days"

I thought he was joking around and laughed and he again said "No, I can't approve those days because there is a chance I won't be here - we discussed this". To which I answered "No, you said if I wanted ANY days off in the month of July they would have to be in the first week, otherwise, I would need to wait until August for any other approved days"

He got annoyed at my response and went on to ask if it was the Director denying my request, would I be sitting there questioning her answer? I responded with "Yes, given the fact that we had a conversation about it a month and half prior - I would be asking her why no"

He proceeded to go on about how when his staff is out, all the coverage and paper work that he needs to do in order to keep things up to date, how he comes in on days after vacations, stays late, comes in early blah blah blah. That I shouldn't be so surprised, since I was made aware of this awhile back.

I turned around and said "but that is part YOUR job responsibilites, what you need to when one of your staff takes off has NOTHING to do with my vacation day requests. Plus, you said the first week of July was an option, if it wasn't at some point then I should have been made aware of that!.

He then tells me "Not that it is ANY of your business but my wife has Gestianial Diabetes and could go into labor any day, so that is why I may not be here that week"

At this point I was truly offended that he made it out that I felt he owed me an explanation as to why his wife may give birth earlier. I just said forget it, I'll change my days and walked out.

He emailed me an hour later saying that his coverage would also cover me for those 2 days if he isn't here, so to go ahead and put in the request. I was annoyed at that, it feels like he is going out of his way to get her to cover me as well fot those 2 days.

I haven't sent the request in because I want to tell him that I am truly ticked off about how he acted. He was being a complete diick about it.

Would this bother you? I felt guilty at first that he came at me with "Not that it is any of your business..." like I forced him to tell me why, but I was annoyed that first he told me first week of July only and now he's telling me NO.

I feel like he could have at least told me sooner that there was a possibility that he would be out earlier rather then later in the month of July (without going into specific details). Instead, he shoots me down and expects me to be ok with "I won't be here"

Plus its TWO days where half the instituiton and other contacts across the country won't be in Chat Icon

Posted 6/5/12 10:32 AM