A question to all of you out there, I am a tenured associate who gets their 3 weeks of vacation I have put in 4 requests now all 30 days out and my store manager continues to deny every request. He will not tell me why and says vacation even though it’s given by the company is a privilege not a right. I spoke to the area HR (who is based in our store) and he agreed that if the SM determines you are needed vacation time does not have to be granted. Other people in the same positions get their time approved, as a matter of fact one got his approved for the same week I requested AFTER my store manager told me he was refusing mine he called and asked this other associate why he needed the time off and he granted him his. Now apparently our DM and district HR are on board with this. I really feel there is no recourse for me. I would have quit right then and there if I wasn’t the only person supporting a family and covering insurance. So basically this means I can be denied all vacation time? Is anyone else running into similar situations?
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It's one thing to OCCASIONALLY deny some vacation requests. But to have a pattern of denying ALL of them, that's an HR incident. I would reach out to Corporate HR and file a complaint. All while looking for another job, of course.
Vacation time is a benefit OF THE COMPANY. IT IS NOT A RIGHT! Do not confuse your rights to benefits. If the STATE you are in says that vacation or paid time off is compensable then your state most likely allows for to be cashed out at year end, rolled over at year end or cashed out at termination. If your state is a use it or loose it then it is considered noncompensable until it is used by that state. Lowe’s IS NOT required to give or grant vacation by law.........
WITH THAT SAID...... since lowe’s Does give this benefit of employment they should honor some sort of commitment to their employees and not granting it to one and not the other. You should complain above your Area HR. Your SM cant claim you’re needed but then allow others to go within your department. But.... then again.... Your SM just sounds like an a--hole and probably won’t listen. Sorry you have a bad leader that doesn’t know how to treat employees
I’m glad I got out. I get all Holidays paid and the weekend off. I usually get the Friday before and the Monday after. 3 weeks paid vacation, as long as the company owner isn’t on vacation I’m clear to go. Find a company with work life balance and flee.
lol...seasonal hiring in retail isnt so full timers can take time off....its because of the massive amount of business done that time of year for that business. they cant handle the workload with the regular staff...so they add temporary workers for the increased workload.
people take a lot of their vacation time in the winter at lowes because business slows way down...hours get cut etc. easier to run on a skeleton crew when business is slow. you need all your key positions filled and everyone there when customers are flooding through your doors. that said....even a "key person" should be able to take a day or two off over the course of the "100 days".
In my store it has been a standing rule that no member of management ASM, DS, or Sales Specialists are allowed to take any vacation or holiday time during the 100 days it’s totally blocked off, we also are not allowed to combine days off on rotations with vacation pay, we must take a Saturday to Friday. SM told us that corporate gives them leeway to run the store like it was their own business.
To me the whole idea behind seasonal hiring is so you can give the full timers some time off and still have seasonal backup. Instead, everyone takes vacation in the winter when there is no backup and there is no one in the store. Makes zero sense to run it that way.
If your store manager cant do without you for a week it means he doesn't know how to run his store
My Store Manager denied 2 of my requests and I am a Department Supervisor, he said that being a DS my schedule is based on “the needs of the business.” I’ve been with the company 10 years and he said he has to deny me while giving other cause that are all new hires and he “can’t be without my Lowe’s knowledge during the 100 days” I usually see my schedule changed 2-3 times a week one of those is usually the day of a shift. I was scheduled as a mid last week but we got a surprise district visit and I got a phone call at 5:10AM telling me to get up and come in immediately. I useually at the end of the year loose 8-9 vacation days and holiday since it isn’t paid out anymore. It’s just easier to not bother asking for time off I know I will never get.
Simply put. Your manager is a d--k. Go to area HR.
It’s not a privilege. It’s earned income and as long as you aren’t overlapping or trying to take in a blackout period you should be granted your time. I’d go to corporate and file a complaint.
are we surprised??? after all it is a 2nd rate company
A friend of mine who is a head cashier had to go to Corp to get his vacay approved.
That behavior is just wrong on so many levels. Not sure if EEOC can help but definitely some kind of discrimination taking place even if just because he doesn't like you for whatever reason. Personally I feel the SM and HR should be fired for singling out someone and doing that.
wherein a business could deny you on an occasional basis based on reasons they should have no problem telling you...to deny you for the sake of denying you and never letting you take any earned time off would most likely be a violation of the terms for which you were hired by. theres no laws that employers have to offer benefits...but once they do they actually have to abide by the terms of those agreements. to NEVER let you take vacation days would be a violation of agreed upon terms and should be found in written corporate policies.
my guess is theyre trying to upset you and get you to quit.