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Question for PT Transcenders - sasha

Posted: Feb 27, 2011

Since PTers don't earn PTO, how do you handle taking days off? I'm considering a schedule that will involve most weekends (to supplement my FT job). While I don't need to work as much as they require (20 hours), I do need a little extra spending money. Will taking off a weekend day or 2 a month be a problem? Has anyone else had to deal with these circumstances? Just want to know what I'm getting into.

Time off for PTers - Relieved

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Consistently taking off on weekends could cause you problems. Though you don't get PTO, you must still request any normally scheduled day as a day off on their MLS web site.

You used a key word about 20 hours PT - "required". Even if you don't need 20 hours worth of income, you will get yourself negative attention come timesheet sign-off time if you don't log 20 hours, so you'd better be prepared to work the minimum or have an email in your inbox with words like "job abandonment" and possible "termination".

This is so true. Part-time is only advantageous when it suits them. - sm

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Transcend likes part-time status when they can threaten full-timers with it. Other than that, part-timers to Transcend are a nuisance. When we had our pre-MDI merge conference calls, full-time status was pushed and pushed hard. We were even told that when work volume is low, preference will be given to full-time employees over ICs (which they have stopped using) and part-time workers.

If you tell them you don't need 20 hours, they probably won't "need" you. As for taking off on weekends, that is extremely frowned upon. Very few accounts have rotating weekends, almost all are required to have at least one weekend day in their schedule.

P/T at Transcend - CardioMT

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Been there 3 years as P/T have had no problem... I fulfill the time I commit to my TL and if for some reason I have a problem being there when assigned I either request off on the MLS website or if there is an emergent situation, I notify her. Have never had a problem with either. That being said there are, I am sure, those who would just not show up etc... which probably would present a problem. FYI...

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