Originally Posted by Thrush
Hard one - but if you haven't told headoffice yet, sit down with the bloke and explain CALMLY the ins and outs of it...
If YOU still think it's doable to let him have the time off, as you think you can cope with the workload, but don't want a bollocking from headoffice about letting him have it off, maybe suggest he takes a few sick days? Sure the company won't let more than 2 peeps have the same holiday days, but they can't do fuck all about someone being out sick
but i have already told them
he wanted me to look and see if he could have the time off and i said that because 2 people were already off he couldn't, but i'd see what i could do
the message came back from head office that he couldn't take the time off as there were the maximum amount of people off throughout the country so that other depots can't cover our workload
i also offered him the choice of swapping with me, as i'm off either side of his week off, but he wants extra days
the pulling a sickie would have worked but he's too nice a guy to do that, and, to be honest, i think he's looking for a way out
all week he's been ever so quite, he's normally a happy camper but he's not said a word to anyone over the last few days, other than a quiet hello in the morning