"We underwent a merger and were taken over by another company, and had to follow their best practices and policies. I was less than one year away from getting an extra week of vacation, but the new policy maxed out vacation time at 20 years, so I didn't get grandfathered in for the extra week."
"The latest policy was that you could not take the same week of vacation two years in a row to make it 'fair' to other employees. Well, for the last 60 or so years, my family has rented cabins at a lake resort for the first full week after the 4th of July. You need to reserve the week a year in advance, so my already scheduled vacation was canceled."
"When I explained this scenario to my supervisor, then to human resources, and why I have taken this same week off (and need to) every year, the response I got was, 'Well, maybe somebody else wants this week off also, so it's not fair if you get it every year.'"
After 26 years with the same employer, an employee resigned following a company merger that implemented new policies perceived as unfair and restrictive. The changes included losing an earned extra vacation week due to new caps at 20 years of service, mandatory breakroom usage instead of taking breaks at workstations, conflicts with a new supervisor over operational procedures, and a policy preventing employees from taking the same vacation week consecutively. The final catalyst was the cancellation of the employee's already-scheduled vacation during the first week after July 4th, a week the family had reserved at a lake resort for 60 years. Despite explaining the situation to both the supervisor and HR, the company refused an exception, citing fairness to other employees. The employee, age 58 and financially secure, decided to resign with retirement planned within a few years.
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