I am currently interviewing for different jobs. However in the early part of October Im scheduled to take a cruise. Do you think it will be negative for me to ask my new employer if I can have 3-5 days off so I can take a cruise for my 30th b-day? I have been planning this trip for some time now and I have also been job searching. So I dont know what I should do if I do find a new job during the time of ny cruise. My parents are of the advice that many employers wont frown on the fact of giving you a few days off, especially if you inform them its for your 30th bday.
2006-08-21 14:23:49 · 23 answers · asked by bluenote12482 1 in Business & Finance ➔ Careers & Employment
Explain it to them in the interview.
They'll appreciate that you're up front with them.
If you wait until after you're hired that would have a tendency to torque them off at you.... not a good way to start off.
2006-08-21 14:30:24 · answer #1 · answered by J.D. 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
This is something you should have mentioned in the interview or when they made the offer. To spring it on them now would be looked upon very badly. Once one has started a job, they should take ANY time off for at least the first 90 days, a year if possible.
No employer cares about your personal life. They hired you to do a job for them and be a representative of the company. Trying to guilt them with your birthday will backfire. You say you've been planning a trip, but have you purchased it? If you have not purchased your tickets, it's better if you put off the celebration to some time "during" your 30th year. As I said, you should have brought up your plans much earlier.
Your chances of it "not working out" after your 90-day review will be quite high if you continue with your plans.
2006-08-21 14:40:22 · answer #2 · answered by misslabeled 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I think it makes sense that your parents have that concern. I think as an employer, it would be important to me to know about your availability. This is not something you would tell in the interview, however, but at the offer letter stage.
The offer letter stage is actually a period of negotiation. In a tight job market, you won't be negotiating much, perhaps, but you would then tell about that, and in fact, talk about wanting leave with out pay or whatever applies.
I myself had this exact experience and actually said I needed to turn down the job offer because I the vacation plans and the response was "Nonsense, we'll wait."
I think you would need to mention the trip during the actual interview IF the employer lets you know that they have a big project or plans specifically during the leadup time to your trip or during the scheduled trip time itself. Otherwise, it's not relevant until they make an offer. You don't want to give them any reason to exclude you. Once they've made an offer, they've excluded everyone else and want you.
Good luck and don't fall off the cruise ship.
2006-08-21 14:34:36 · answer #3 · answered by cassandra 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Inform them of your plans at your interview, NOT after you start the job. Some employers might go along, most will not. You're being hired for a specific job, so somebody else will have to pick up YOUR slack. So, don't be surprised if you don't get the job. PS: Happy birthday, and enjoy that cruise!!!
2006-08-21 14:34:19 · answer #4 · answered by Sean T 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
If you are up front about it and tell them you need this time off because you already have this trip all planned out, your new employer will understand. If you are the best person for the job, they aren't going to settle for the next best just because you need a few days off in a couple of months.
2006-08-21 14:31:57 · answer #5 · answered by cool_breeze_2444 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It's best at the time of the job offer to make your employer aware of the previously scheduled time off. Apologize for the inconvience, but explain you already spent money and extensive planning on this vacation/trip.
2006-08-21 14:35:31 · answer #6 · answered by Sal G 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well it certainly doesn't look good, but most employers will appreciate that you tell them about it ahead of time. They will tell you if that will be a problem and then you can decide if you are still going to take the cruise or not. You may just have to postpone your cruise plans.
2006-08-21 14:31:24 · answer #7 · answered by Idunno 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I had this same problem with a new job. I told them during the interveiw about my plans and it went ok. Dno't wait until they make an offer. It would be unfair but wait until you think they are interested in hiring you before you mention it. Go for the trip or you will regret it. Life is short !
2006-08-21 14:38:27 · answer #8 · answered by DW 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i would certainly tell them (when they offer you a job) about the time you need off. Most employers will be understanding about an already planned trip, especially for your b-day!
good luck on the job search
2006-08-21 14:32:59 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yes they would frown on it, most of them. What you need to do is when you are offered the job tell them , at that time, that you need the time off. Don't wait until you have been hired, that would really anger me. If I knew before I hored you then I would be ok with it.
2006-08-21 14:31:32 · answer #10 · answered by Flower Girl 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I wouldn't tell them what I wanted the time off for. Just inform them during the interview that you would like to let them know, just in case you do get the job, that you need such and such days off in October for a previously planned engagement. Granted you might not get paid for the time you take off but it would probably be worth it.
2006-08-21 14:31:04 · answer #11 · answered by mlc24_1980 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋