Vacation Time: A City Employee Responds
Monday, August 29, 2005 - 01:37 PM
Remember last week's segment on vacation time, in which it was alleged that civil servants get more of it than the rest of us? [check out the segment]
Right after that, we got this note from an attorney who works for the city:
For those of you who think that government employees are living the good life in terms of free time, I am a City attorney who works more than private-firm-associate hours, for what private firm associates probably spend on drycleaning, out of misguided belief in what I do.
Here's a memo I received earlier this month telling me that it's my own fault for not better managing the leave time that I have accumulated, and at the same time telling me that if I'd asked for any more than the SIX days that I took off for the entire year last year, my request would have been denied.
NOTE: Out of concern for this individual's employment status, we took a picture of the memo off the blog. Trust us: it was gruesome. This attorney was told in no uncertain terms that they could not take the vacation they were entitled to under their contract.
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