Can’t take leave while another colleague is on leave
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Hi all. For context, I am planning to travel with my family during the first week of April. However, one of my colleague (A) is also on leave and is taking cruise.
We’re each other cover buddy so this means we have 1 day where we’re both on leave. My supervisor told me I can’t travel because I need to cover him. If I want to, I still need to work overseas and ensure all work is done.
But the thing I don’t understand is that we each have a third cover buddy, so why can’t I still travel lol.
Am I being unreasonable?
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Edit: My colleague, A and I both have our own 3rd cover buddy. I don’t mean 1 person do their own work and cover 2 people’s workload.
Netizens’ comments
- Leave is an entitlement what
- If u are the third buddy, u happy to cover 2 ppl workload on top of your own or not?
- Only your bosses opinion matters.
Honestly if it was me, I would still remain contactable by email and if need be do some light work when I am free for that 1-2 day when there is no cover - Sounds like a petty tyrant. How likely is it that you have anything that absolutely must be done on the day you’re both not around AND can’t be done ahead of time?
- If the company is having issues running with 2 less headcount… They have bigger issues to worry about.
- u should have submitted leave form earlier , already 10 days before April liao
- Depends on how long of a head’s up did you give him.
If he had reasonable time to plan a replacement, it should be fine. You shouldn’t have to work on your vacation day