Thread: I don't understand the sacrifices by my bosses. Accounting help needed.

Originally Posted by carlmaloschneider

No, actually Tim, I was being serious. If they don't take the leave there's no leave bonus to pay.

BTW, it also depends a lot I think on if the vacant positions are 'backfilled'...

I am guessing that this was perfectly understood, but the laughter was due to the presumption that upper management would actually give up the benefit

I could be wrong?

As best as I understand it:

If I take vacation today, in two weeks I'll be back and you know what, I catch up on all the work I missed out on, or would have gotten the co. to delegate my responsibility's effectively well before I left. If vacation planning is taken seriously.

Hence, I may leave but they are still getting their moneys worth out of me.

If I don't take vacation, then after say three years when I quit, they have to not only pay me my $, but pay to train someone, and then pay to have someone do my work as they train.

Bean counters have figured this all out, and there might be some truth to it - but I would say if 3.5 Mil is on the table - you either work for a big co, or your executives get paid well and have a ton oh holidays.

The most important thing in my eyes about forcing people to take vacation once a year is then they aren't so immersed that they can then begin to steal. No joke!

When you are forced to leave once a year, then someone is forced to look at what you are up to. If I ever start another company, or am assigned a team, I'll never let my people not take vacation once a year. Besides, I think everyone should... but that's just me.

I have started and run several small companys over the yrs.It was mandatory to take two weeks vacation one a yr (my mandate).
You need some brain chill time away from the job to do your best.

Originally Posted by unit

I am guessing that this was perfectly understood, but the laughter was due to the presumption that upper management would actually give up the benefit

I could be wrong?

Oh, right, thank you...