I had a PTO request for this week approved months ago. Then about 3 weeks ago my manager told me that they need me to not take that PTO and it’s been un-approved. I told her that’s ridiculous because my plans are already set, and I’m going to be going on my vacation. They told me it’s officially unapproved, the PTO has been readded to my PTO pool, and that if I go on vacation I’ll receive disciplinary action.

So in about an hour when we all leave the office, I’m going to be leaving my printed out PTO approval on my desk, and go on my vacation worry free. Go ahead and try to fire me you clowns. If you fail, I got my vacation and apparently I also got my PTO back. If you do fire me, good luck beating my unemployment claim lol

i mean, you wanna see some deeply unproductive time? try the days between Xmas and NYE. lmao. if it's not logistics/transport, people are fuckin' phoning it in big time.

the phenomenon of people quietly blowing off holiday weeks when their employer only grants them the specific day is not new. bosses "work from home" and that filters down: among those forced to be in the office, long lunches are taken. bare minimums are met. there is a general discouraging of scheduling meetings among colleagues, usually by making the assumption that someone critical will be out for the week anyway, so "let's table this until after the holiday/short week." sounds like the most reasonable and professional way to say, "that week isn't real so who cares"

just because this country is a shithole without worker protections doesn't mean those of us recognizing the adversarial nature of the workplace don't resist at each moment we can.

the biggest obstacles are rise-and-grind morons who run around at a frenetic pace trying to demonstrate how committed they are. or axe-grinders who look for opportunities to expose others slacking off, believing it will elevate their career. and sometimes it does, but many times it only makes silent, patient enemies by the truckload.

At my job, new hires have to wait an entire year before they give them any vacation time.

My current employer has this dastardly move where if you call in sick a day before a paid holiday you have to provide a doctor's note or else both your fto request and paid holiday are denied.

jesus fucking christ this person got PAID to write this? why in the fuck did I choose STEM oh my god

I hate think-piece invented phrases like “quiet quitting” and now “quiet vacationing” with the fury of a thousand suns

Shout out to the kings and queens who didn't have PTO for friday. Your workplace is gonna be a ghost town.

Literally sitting in the park listening to a babbling brook while on the clock right now

death to america

Hell yeah I haven't done shit this week

me when i take a 3 hour nap after clocking in instead of doing any actual work

How about a quiet pay rise

I wish my co-workers practiced "quiet shitting" 💩

Actually jokerfying

Media heads have come up with a derogatory term for “knowledge workers” who do dare do their bs work that can be done anywhere with internet

“Remote work” doesn’t actually mean remote work. It means work where you live. Finish up early while not at home and do literally anything else? Fuck you, you’re quiet vacationing

Honestly, when do we [redact] these people parroting this nonsense