If so, what is the best way to go about without pi55ing your employer off?
2007-01-15 05:47:06 · 5 answers · asked by Truman 3 in Business & Finance ➔ Careers & Employment
Make sure you have a really good reason for asking for the time off.
Make sure you repeatedly state that you intend to go back (a guy at my work took a sabbatical to go to Italy for three months to see if he liked it and wanted to move there - didn't go down too well).
Also, before you raise the subject, have a look in your Employee Handbook or whatever - larger organisations will often have a policy already in place about it as they will be used to people doing it all the time. Not-for-profit organisations are also usually quite good about it, I guess because no-one wants to work for them so they wouldn't be able to replace you.
To be honest, it depending on how you ask, I wouldn't think they'd get pissed off. They may say no - think in advance how you will react if they do - would you quit? But they needn't get pissed off if you ask in the appropriate manner.
2007-01-15 11:31:04 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
a sabbatical was offered to employees where i work, in our case there was an agreed time made by management for us to take.we could choose voluntary redundancy, a sabbatical or stay as we were and hope our jobs were safe. they explained that if a sabbatical was taken our contracts would not be broken so all entitlements (holiday pay, long service etc) would be the same and we could work else where until the agreed time to come back.
look further into it this was2004 i don't know if laws have changed.
try ACAS they will tell you where you stand or how to go about it or Citizens Advice for updates.
if your reason is good enough management might consider your application.
good luck to you
2007-01-15 14:15:23 · answer #2 · answered by nosy 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. It helps if you are so good at your job that your employer doesn't want to lose you, and you essentially don't give your employer any choice but to agree. But you must be fully prepared to be replaced because that is the risk you are going to take. I received a small grant to do some research and I told my employer that I was going to do this and, making sure I was being professional and diplomatic, letting him know that I was going to do this no matter what. I happened to be a really valuable employee and the company went along with it because they didn't want to lose me completely. They decided that my 3-month absence would be tolerable, but you must make sure they really value you very highly or you may be in for a rude awakening. Given the job market, you may be in for a rude awakening anyway. But I didn't lose my job and I would have kicked myself to kingdom come if I had let the opportunity pass by. Any decent employer would be reasonable about it if you have a good excuse.
2007-01-15 13:55:19 · answer #3 · answered by galacticsleigh 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
just ask. if you work for a large employer they will likely have some sort of unpaid leave policy. if not then they may say no due to needing you there.
2007-01-15 13:54:34 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
be nice for a few days to big boss That's what i done. then asked may i have a short time of work to visit my sis who lived in Holland at the time. said i will not want paid and if i may go it will be when they could spare me when the place was quiet. they let me go for 10 days.
2007-01-15 13:58:46 · answer #5 · answered by emerald h 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋