you know when you work for the government when . . .

[gsh]

You get chastised for not scheduling the sick leave you take in advance.

Comments

[petrona.livejournal.com]

Shame on you for not planning to be sick ahead of time. Have you no consideration for others?

Seriously though, someone said this out loud?

[blushing-grace.livejournal.com]

We get 1 pool of time off (vacation and sick leave) but they get testy if more than X amount of your time off is unplanned (which is probably sick leave!)

[ms-lemon.livejournal.com]

Barf on their shoes the next time. It's a very strong motivational tool to keep them from expressing such an extreme level of stupidity or at least I'd hope that it is.

[gsh]

I wasn't there, but I suspect its the lastest stupid thing being used as a club in the pissing match between our department and the comptroller.

The issue is that I'm not using the complicated web form to ask for leave (cause its windows only and I use linux) and my boss isn't using the complicated web form to approve leave (cause its windows only and he uses a mac), and the comptroller is trying to score points with the XO and the Captain by pointing out stupid rules we don't follow that she slavishly follows in her department.

[gsh]

Why people not my department head even CARE if I'm out for four hours later today for a doc appt is beyond me, as long as my timecard has the correct information.

[petrona.livejournal.com]

aka Office Politics. Bah.

[gsh]

Yea, I often say that if I had the comptroller in my line of command I'd quit.

[reedrover]

Wanna make it five hours and have lunch with me?

[gsh]

Danie is picking me up for lunch at 11:35. Sorry.

[reedrover]

You're obviously popular. ::grin::

[gsh]

Sucks to be me, eh?

[becalyn.livejournal.com]

Thank goodness my agency never says anything about scheduling sick leave. As long as you turn in a leave slip once you get back they're happy.