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I was not allowed to take off for this weekend. - Watched my family leave.

Posted: May 25, 2013

As I watched my family leave and our dog to head to our relatives cabin in the next neighboring state last night, I cleaned the house and did some laundry and worked my last hour typing. This morning I am ready to work my 8 hours and what happens??? NO WORK. You think I would be used to this by now after all these years, but now I am really ANGRY! I have done this when it is Easter, Thanksgiving, Fourth of July, etc.

That is it. No more will I tolerate this. I am not asking to take off during the holidays like this ever again and instead, I am just leaving. These holidays and family life memories only come once around in your life and I am not ever going to give up those precious moments for this sorry sad company. Makes me very irritated to know Princess Amy is with her family and little one while getting paid for this holiday. I have already missed out quite a few of these holidays with family and now my son and 2 daughters are already growing up too fast and I have missed out making precious memories with them.

I know I am in the medical field and I know it has to have coverage 24/7, but nurses and doctors get paid by the hour when there are no patients. WE GET NOTHING!!!!

OUT OF HERE!

When you are sadly on your deathbed, what do you want to remember - MT

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That one day you sat around waiting for no work, or that memory you made with your family. I am not saying to make a habit of no show, but I am agreeing with you that you need not be victim of oppression in this way. LIVE! Life is to be lived! Life is not to be shelved away in a drawer...

Get in your car now! - Trampled underfoot

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Go! Get out of here. If they question later why you went AWOL tell them there was no work. Period. So what if you don't come up til Monday night. If I were you, I'd probably e-mail my CCM and tell her I'm going, but I wouldn't be asking; I'd simply be stating a fact.

This was for the OP - NM - Trampled underfoot

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NM

I say call in very sick! - dnr

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If you go AWOL, you can easily be fired.

I can't wait until I finish school in January!

And I would ask - the question

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How many of the higher ups at this company are in the office or at their desks this weekend? Can probably count on one hand.

They're probably all there - since

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it's not a holiday in India.

Work or no work - Family comes first

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If you haven't made a habit of the now-show thing, I would get in the car right now and go meet up with them, or take a bus, or something. The weekend is still young! OR, if it's not too many hours of a drive, have your husband come get you.

I just know the - Princess

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is frolicking at her beach house with the husband, dog and baby! *blech*

Something that could be helpful to the rest of us drones is to put program on a laptop so your work can be somewhat portable as long as you have internet available. I actually prefer doing the VR mess on my laptop in a more comfy setting than chained to my desk.

Here we go again, attacking "the princess", - none

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why not try to focus on someone else. I say that because when you keep bringing up "the princess" over and over, all you do is make her more important, keeping her name out there. Just my opinion. Oh, and I can hear it now. No, I am not a suit and I don't care about her one way or another.

Princess Amy has the power to improve the situation for us at MM. - dnr

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And yes, I have the power to change my own life. Amy has the power to do the right thing for us.

BTW, I will be out of here in January. Yipee!

It's called the ivory tower - she is clueless

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she's so high up there she doesn't have a clue what the problem is.

Amy is not real in the literal sense. - sm

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It's all PR, PU and BS. Don't believe anything this company tells you. Do work, if you have any, don't complain, try to deal with it, but nothing is going to change.

One more thing, have a backup plan.

bye family - no $

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Words of wisdom - Never put a job before your family - period. The company couldn't give a rat's a** about you or your family. The only time I ever asked for a weekend off (the only time ever) they never responded. I took the time off, mind you, it amounted to only 1 work day. I got written up for it. I told her I never heard back from her so assumed it was ok. Still written up. I told her "whatever floats your boat. My family is more important any day of the week than this job". Still there.

If they are requiring that you be there, then you clock - in and stay clocked in, regardless of NJA or not

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This happened to me a couple years ago when I last worked for MQ sm - broke

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It was 4th of July and my family and friends were going out on a boat for the day. I requested the day off and was denied. Sat here all day and night with no work, did not earn 1 single cent, and I missed out on a great day with my family...the real people who matter. That was when I gave my 2 weeks notice but unfortunately a couple years later they bought me back. Again, scratching my head wondering how this company gets away with what it does. Sorry this happened to you, it shouldn't have.

I would suggest always having plan B at the ready. - sm

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If you don't have work and have waited your 15 minutes then go where your family is and enjoy the day(s) with them. Don't wait around all day waiting for work to trickle in. You're just wasting time you could spend with your family. You're only required to wait 15 minutes and then you can be released from the rest of your workday without pay. This is the way this job works so I would suggest you try and make it work for you as best you can. That's what I would do.

Sadly, not everyone, in MT or other professions, can take - holidays off. Many would SM

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have their holiday celebration on alternative day. Had plenty of Monday holidays there were celebrated on Sunday before.

IMO, best family times have been on just any ole day. Spontaneous picnics and outings. Lets face it, holidays benefit really Hallmark, et al. You shouldnt wait for a certain of the year to enjoy your friends and families.

Did you read the original post?! - Trampled underfoot

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This isn't about the usual "medical professions can't take the holidays off", this is about someone who was turned down for PTO only to sit at home with no work! And that 15 minutes of pay they're required to pay us is nothing! Obviously they didn't need all the staffing that they thought they would and they should be paying us whether there is work there or not. The way it is, of course they overstaff! It costs them nothing to have us hang around at home waiting for work to dribble in.

Yea, read post. Why cant MT take OOW and leave - to join her family? Knowing this SM

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would be possibility, backup plan would have been a good idea. ANd yes, you shouldnt have to have a backup plan, but shoulda, woulda, coulda.

This falls under category of making MT work for you in its new incarnation.

Well, the companies new incarnation for MTs - SUCK BIG TIME!

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Almost EVERY COMPANY is paying their employees a holiday WITH PAY.

This company only pays if you work, that is if you HAVE WORK.

I doubt any MTSO is paying holiday pay to everyone, - even if they dont work today. nm

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I did not say MTSO companies, they suck. - All other companies do.

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Workers such as ones who stock the wines and beer in the grocery stores get holiday pay for not working.

Many more companies offer holiday pay if you do not work.

I will be done soon with college and I will be done with this sweat job.

I have never had holiday pay if I didnt work holiday at any co. - I worked for!. Not MTSO, any company Sm

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My hubby doesnt get holiday pay if he doesnt work holiday and he works for big national company. Your bitterness is clouding your (?) good sense.

Wow! National company and no holiday pay? - I work PT at a clinic.

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I get holiday pay today even if I work part time and I make more than double working for the clinic than this pathetic company.

My husband gets holiday pay today AND he even gets the day after Thanksgiving and the day before or after July 4th. Just an added benefit of holiday pay.

Wow, that's too bad. - anon

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I've worked for three MT companies in 25+ years. Up until this year when I ended up at M*Modal, I had paid holidays off with the other two MTSOs. I had no idea these national MTSOs demand every employee work every holiday. Hospitals do not need a full staff on a holiday, which is why of course many are NJA today.

My husband also gets paid holidays off and always has, and when I worked as an MA at a hospital, and as an MT in-house, I also had paid holidays off. Many people do.

How sad! You and your husband need to get - with the times.

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Most companies pay for holidays, when you are not working.

I assume she could have...for that day! - Trampled underfoot

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Sure, she could have taken OOW and headed out, but I believe in MModal's world, that would only have covered that one day. So the next scheduled day of work, being either Sunday or Monday,she would have had to been back at work staring at the NJA screen until she could be released again. Not very practical when you're talking about heading out of state for the holiday.

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