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Black out days ---Ugh - nn


Posted: Jul 02, 2013

Tried to submit a PDO a month in advance and got the screen showing dates blacked out.  I know it is summer, but give it a break. 

I really, really need/want this day off.  Now do I try to negotiate with my manager or do I feel a fever coming on? 

Black out - December

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If you have a nice manager like mine, negotiate. If you have one that sucks, you are suddenly ill. Hate to be a bad employee, but I always put my family, my home life before work, because in the end work doesn't truly care about us.

Black out - texasgal

[ In Reply To ..]
The way they are getting with time off and controlling every move you make, (tracking every move you make), it is better not to even work at home.- they are ruining it.... You have more freedom working out of the house. I know, there are very few jobs for transcription out there, but this is getting to be a miserable job, even with being able to work at home. How do they know when you are typing and when you are not? Is that even legal when it's on your own computer?


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