managers: Does it annoy you if people write a request for a day off on the calendar?
Obviously a person should personally ask the manager for the request. But in addition to that, what's wrong with the written reminder? Also, it severs another purpose. The rest of the crew can see that that day is already requested and maybe the shouldn't ask for it too.
-- Edited by Burgermeister on Monday 26th of November 2012 09:15:23 PM
Sticking notes on the Calender is cool i don't see nothing wrong with that but my way is usually to bring it up with my boss first and then point out which day si hope for and I always do it a few weeks in advance.
-- Edited by fdarn on Tuesday 27th of November 2012 09:41:43 PM
I have them write notes with requested days and hang it by the calendar. When I write the schedule I take requests into account. No one but me writes on the calendar
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I'm not a vegetarian, but have eaten many animals that were.
R policy is 2 weeks notice....but generally if they ask me personally I see what I can do....I ignore calendar request....u always have those ridiculous guys who cover the calendar w there name I hate that ****
i use to require a written notice for a couple reasons,,,one, is so I wouldnt forget, but the most important reason is id place the request next to the schedules, this has a powerful affect- because, say there are 5 adults with kids, and say one cutter or wrapper continuously asks for weekends off- this puts the pressure on the rest of the crew- this happened to me twice- the wrapper asked for every weekend off during her sons footbal season, well, 2 other full timers had kids in sports also, so it was fair to grant her all the weekends so , when I started to post the request next to the schedule,,, all the sudden it was a department fairness issue- and this helped alot to rotate the weekends the other cutters was asking the wrapper- hey ive got kids too-not fair for you to have all the weekends off and we have to work...
I hang a calendar and tell my team members that is how you request a day off First one is guaranteed that day off, second is a maybe, third is good luck, fourth is forget it I also black out days in advance on the calendar (Dec 20-Jan1) This method has worked for me for 15 years now
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Joe Parajecki
Operations Manager/ Partner
Kettle Range Meat Company, Milwaukee WI
Member Meat Cutter Hall of Fame and The Butcher's Guild
I hang a calendar and tell my team members that is how you request a day off First one is guaranteed that day off, second is a maybe, third is good luck, fourth is forget it I also black out days in advance on the calendar (Dec 20-Jan1) This method has worked for me for 15 years now
That's super cool! I like that. But of course the crew has to be reasonable in how many requests they write down.
I like the "whoever asks first" thing unless it gets out of hand. What I mean is, if I need a Saturday in June off to attend my sisters wedding, I might put in on the 2013 calendar now. But if I was manager or crew member, I wouldn't want a person marking 9 Saturdays (or 9 anything) right away. That's inconsiderate and unfair. For example, It would be unreasonable to mark all the days when post season football is played.
This part is common sense and goes without saying, but I'll say it anyway: As manager you have the right to give the request to the third person rather than the first if in your judgement he/she is more deserving. There are lots of things that can make a person more or less deserving. It's the managers call. His/her judgement/wisdom.
