would this be enough to leave a company?

[psurocks]

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So i work for a chain, and recently i got shafted in 2 ways:

1)now that my state required intern hours are done, they have cut my intern hours from 12.5 hours i work to 4 hours per week...wat happened is tat the stored hired a 5th tech tat was supposed to be part time, but now she wants full time so they are trying to get her as many hours possible to make her full time, and my hrs got cut

2) ive been with the comp for 2 yrs, and i had 7 vacation days build up, i thought they rolled over, no they expire at the end of this year (workin 14 hrs a week, i really dont need to use vacation days)....but i could cash them out, however, to cash them out, they give u the hour avg worked for last 52 week * hour salary (i didnt work earlier in the yr cuz i was in school, so my 52 week avg hour number was low), so basically i got paid for 9 hours (which accumulates to 7 banked vacation days)...i feel really slighted, i wouldve been ok if i was able to cash them out at my 6 hour avg (which is my hour avg for last 12 weeks) * hr salary for 7 days. that was not possible. fair enough. I then asked that when i start as a pharmacist, just start me with that extra week of vacation time. Again i was told no. To me its more of a principle thing than anything else

with tat said, i have other chain offering me the 3 week startin vacation, + sign on...........considering these 4 factors, anyone think it is compelling to leave the company? or am i just being too picky?

 

[ItsOverZyvox]

Dude, don't take that kind of crap!

 

[Old Timer]

Run as fast as you can......

 

[blueclassring]

Most chains will treat you like this; I didn't say all. This is a corporation, and people do not matter. Remember that, and you'll do fine. Do what is best for you. Until the corporate landscape changes some, that is my advise.

 

[psurocks]

^^yea im ok with the hours cut, cuz they did let me finish them, which was the goal

but im mad ticked bout losing 7 vacation days

 

[Old Timer]

What state do you work in?

 

[psurocks]

PA, but i'll be moving to Ohio to work once i graduate as a pharmacist....there are grocery store chains offering me 20 sign on, 3 week paid vacation of the bat...and after these 2 things, that seems really sweet at the moment to me

 

[Old Timer]

Please post the official vacation policy. This appears to be a violation of the Pennsylvania Wage Payment and Collection Act.

 

[psurocks]

Please post the official vacation policy. This appears to be a violation of the Pennsylvania Wage Payment and Collection Act.

i think its legit, wat they do is use your 52 week avg hours worked per week number, and multiply that by your hour wage to give you the "cash out" of those vacation days....so in my case, my 52 wk avg was 5.5 hrs worked per week....so 5.5 * 14, and tats how much i got for those 7 vacation days i had

again, its not the money part for me, as much as its the principle...ive been with them for 2 yrs and now they basically took a wk vacation from me, whereas other companies are offering me starting 3 wk vacation time....tats irony to me

*sorry, i dont think my first post was as clear as it shouldve been, my bad

 

[Old Timer]

Vacation is an earned benefit in PA. If you would have had more time if you took the vacation before than they can't reduce it now. That may be company policy but company policy may be in violation of the Pennsylvania Wage Payment and Collection Act.

 

[psurocks]

^^^ok, so what am i supposed to do? read up on that law? get a lawyer? 🙂

or just leave the company?

btw, i left one part out, before my hours were cut for bout 3 months, but then they got increased after a tech got sick...so in essence this is the 2nd time around my hours get cut, i just dont like being the fringe guy, especially when other companies are offering me 20K sign on, 3 wks vacation starting off , etc

 

[Old Timer]

Post the office vacation policy.....

 

[ItsOverZyvox]

Hell... I left a job for a lesser offense... one of the VPs disagreed with my clinical decision...so I left and found a better job!!!

 

[psurocks]

Post the office vacation policy.....

here u go, here is the part of it tat applies to me, would you like me to post all of it? I just posted what i thought pertained to me:

If your initial vacation entitlement is one week, it goes up to two weeks for the calendar year in which you achieve two years of service with _____.

Starting with the calendar year in which you achieve two years of service, your vacation is earned and measured based on the calendar year. For each full month worked during the calendar year, you earn 1/12th of your annual vacation for that year. Your annual vacation will continue to be the number of weeks described above until you have worked for ____ for five years. Your annual vacation will increase for the years in which you achieve 5, 15, and 25 years of service with _____, as follows:
Plan Feature Vacation Allotment
5 years 3 Weeks
15 years 4 Weeks
25 years 5 Weeks

You must work at least one day of the calendar year in order to be entitled to any vacation for that year.

If you are a salaried employee, your vacation pay is calculated using your regular pay period salary. If you are an hourly employee, your vacation pay is calculated using your 52-week average hours worked per week.

 

[Old Timer]

You earn it each month. They can't reduce it. It either is based on the previous 52 weeks to that month or the previous year. Once you earn January's vacation time they can't reduce it later based on you working less in April. My close friend is a labor lawyer and I'll ask him to look at it.

 

[WVUPharm2007]

I'm working in PA and I started out with 25 vacation days/year. I started in July and I already have like 80 hours off. The good bennies are at small hospitals...

 

[psurocks]

You earn it each month. They can't reduce it. It either is based on the previous 52 weeks to that month or the previous year. Once you earn January's vacation time they can't reduce it later based on you working less in April. My close friend is a labor lawyer and I'll ask him to look at it.

thanks i appreciate it
🙂
it might be a mute point as Im 99% sure im leavin the company