• @[email protected]
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    823 months ago

    Do people usually stay home for their birthday? I didn’t know of any companies that specifically give you off, so I’d think you’d use PTO.

    • @[email protected]
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      303 months ago

      My workplace gives you a free day within a month of your birthday. Most people take the closest Monday or Friday to get a three day weekend, but some people are lucky and get to bump a three to a four.

    • TheFlopster
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      223 months ago

      I’ve never heard of a company giving you your birthday off either. But it’s the only day every year that I feel special, so I always use vacation time to have that day off. And usually a couple of days surrounding it too.

      • @[email protected]
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        73 months ago

        My company originally said you got two free days off per year, outside the accrued PTO: one for your birthday, and one for parity because office #2 got a state holiday that #1 didn’t.

        Now they moved to the “unlimited PTO” gimmick which has no right answer for how much time you can take off, so I follow the old PTO accrual schedule for my seniority as a guide.

    • @[email protected]
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      73 months ago

      What’s wrong with taking off? I do it every chance I get. Screw em, they take enough of my time, and I refuse to go a year where I leave any time unused.

      • @[email protected]
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        53 months ago

        Yeah that’s fine, I try to use all my paid time off to, I just usually take it in larger chunks with family.

    • @[email protected]
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      33 months ago

      I know several (small) companies that give you 8 hours PTO on your birthday. You can use it immediately or save it for later.

  • @[email protected]
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    783 months ago

    Coming in on his birthday

    Wait, you have jobs where you don’t have to show up if it’s your birthday?

    • @[email protected]
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      193 months ago

      I’ve never had that … But for the past seventeen years I’ve used PTO if my birthday wasn’t on the weekend and I haven’t been denied yet, so there’s that?

    • @[email protected]
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      103 months ago

      We get birthdays off, not counting towards the 30 days paid holidays, which is completely separate from unlimited paid sick days. Oh, and also since last Wednesday, the entire company is on holidays, we’re back 2nd week of January. Doesn’t count towards the 30 days, of course 👍

      • lad
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        63 months ago

        Sounds nice, it’s good to see some people receive better conditions

    • @[email protected]
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      33 months ago

      There are also some places that might just do a nice, if not grandiose, gesture for someone on their birthday.

      Previous place I worked it was pretty routine for a manager to grab one of those containers of store made cupcakes if it was someone’s birthday and they knew they didn’t mind, make sure they got one and leave the rest in the break room.
      Never anything more or less than just a nice gesture.

      I’m guessing someone tried a nice gesture and it came out looking sad, so they posed for a picture for a chuckle and moved in. I don’t know anyone who would be really upset by being given a pizza bagel on their birthday.

      • Flax
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        13 months ago

        Tbf it looks nicer than anything I would bring to work for lunch. I just bring in pasta from the night before and give it a ding 🤣

    • udon
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      33 months ago

      It says “shift leader”. Shift work jobs have some flexibility for days off anyway, and if the management is nice they schedule the week so your birthday is free.

    • TheEmpireStrikesDak
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      23 months ago

      I used to in a previous job. They brought in a thing where if your birthday fell on your usual shift day, you got it off at full pay.

    • Anti-Face Weapon
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      13 months ago

      I always tell the months in advance that I’m going to take that day off. I haven’t been denied, and if they did I would just take the day off anyway.

    • Pika
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      3 months ago

      I had a strict I don’t answer the phone when not working policy. They could attempt to call me in but it wouldn’t be recieved. If they asked me while I was at work I usually said yes, but I’m not about to come in on an hours notice for the same rate of pay, if you want on call, pay for on call.

        • @[email protected]
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          43 months ago

          What’s even more depressing is they come in packs of 2 and he’s only been given one of them.

          • lad
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            33 months ago

            The second is given to the team to split onto everyone and celebrate, too

          • Flax
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            13 months ago

            Advertising looks better than the pizza. But jokes aside, this is the type of rubbish that would hit the spot on a break at work after working on a cold winter’s day

          • @[email protected]
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            13 months ago

            Crusts go rock hard and the rest is too piping hot to eat out of the microwave. There’s a significant proportion of British people of a certain ages who’s formative impression of American pizza is this.

            • @[email protected]
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              13 months ago

              omfg that’s right, this is microwaved… The FAQ page is like: “Why do your Deep Dish pizzas not include the foil discs anymore?” and “My Deep Dish didn’t cook right in the microwave, am I doing something wrong?” I mean you might as well get a stack of cardboard and soak it in tomato sauce, at that point.

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    153 months ago

    I got called in for an inventory audit on my birthday and ended up working from 8am to 2am the following morning.

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    3 months ago

    Most commenters here don’t appreciate how sad the image really is: the headset is playing some corporate prefabricated Happy Birthday message, starting and ending with “Loving your work.” company motto accompanied with nothingmusic in background.

    • Flax
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      153 months ago

      This is Tesco. I heavily doubt they do that. The pizza is probably just something a colleague came up with than an actual policy thing.