I'm just been offered a new job with a bank, but need to ask for a week off in late april for a planned vacation that I have already paid for. Do you think that the employer will let me off this early ( I wouldn't be asking for paid time off)?
2007-03-22 12:24:57 · 8 answers · asked by germanyfan 1 in Business & Finance ➔ Careers & Employment
I did the same thing. I waited till after I got the job, (so that they dont deny you the postition before you get it based on your request off) and said , oh i had a prior engagement that i must keep, on these days......Before your vaca, comes be the best employee in the world so that they have no doubts in their decision to hire you.
2007-03-22 12:28:36 · answer #1 · answered by gsxr650 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bad idea to wait until after you accepted the job offer to announce you need a week off.
Why? Because once you have finalized the job offer, you are subject to their attendance policies and they most likely will not be able to honor this request, unless you have negotiated this time off in your job offer.
However, if you have not yet accepted the job offer, give them a counter-offer that requests that time off and see if they are willing to give you that time as paid time off.
The worst that will happen is that they will rescind the job offer.
If you wait until after you start and then say, "oh by the way, I need a full week off in just a few weeks" they most likely will consider you undependable and the working relations at best will start off on a bad foot. At the worst, you may not be allowed to return after your time off.
So, let them know NOW that you need the time off. If they really want you, they will work around this. A new employer expects that a new hire is going to make a dependable effort, and after you start, they are going to want to see what you can do for them. If you start off by asking for an entire week, what does that say for your dependability?
Bad idea to wait until after you start to ask for the time off.
2007-03-22 13:13:15 · answer #2 · answered by Searcher 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Usually when you get a new job, your new employer will ask you if you have anything like that coming up, like if you just quit at a job where you already had approved time off and -surprise!- are switching jobs. At least that's what's happened in my experience.
2007-03-22 12:33:02 · answer #3 · answered by Anniekd 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is always important to bring up stuff like that right from the beginning. The earlier you mention it, the higher the chances they will let you go. If you wait until the last minute, they will have a good excuse for canning your butt. At least this way they can make preparations for a temp for you or something.
2007-03-22 12:32:17 · answer #4 · answered by teena9 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I would strongly recommend against it. I've known HR managers who've told me that is one of their chief complaints. Jobs, very frequently, need to be filled immediately! They hired you because they thought they could depend on you - don't try to prove them wrong!
You've got your foot in the door, why pull it out before you're all the way in?
2007-03-22 12:41:09 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
i think that i would discuss it as soon as possible...don't hold off with it. Just tell them the truth that you had already had paid for it...i am sure they will understand
2007-03-22 12:33:33 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think that's a problem. Just be up front with them. They probably won't pay you for it, but most places aren't going to mind.
2007-03-22 12:32:39 · answer #7 · answered by Monica T 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
sure....you can always find another job. since this one isn't that important to you.....
2007-03-22 12:28:32 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋