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Employer replaces all vacation day benefits with a one-time pay increase of $0.80/hour: 'This is a "full staff quits on the spot" level of egregiousness'

Any work email that begins with a "starting in the new year…" statement immediately fills most employees with paralyzing dread. For starters, most folks just got back from a relaxing and well-deserved break, and receiving an email enforcing new mandates feels doubly punishing. It's difficult enough to get back into the swing of things; to have to add new rules and regulations to the mix makes the transition back to work even more of a crying shame than it already is!

Now, onto the topic of this toxic workplace's incredibly frustrating new mandate: employee benefits and vacation days. Let us not forget that the sick days employees are entitled to should never be confused or conflated with vacation days. In fact, sick days are beneficial for both the employee and all colleagues unless bosses actively want their places of work to become incubuses. As for vacation days, most employees already have to endure a limited number compared to folks on the corporate or tech side. Removing the few days of PTO these people have is an easy way to lose your staff!

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  • Here, we have an employee who discovered that at the start of the new year, she and her coworkers will receive a one-time pay increase of $0.80/hour (which, as her husband pointed out, ultimately amounts to just about $1,000 salary increase) as a replacement for all of their once-guaranteed vacation days. As many folks suggested in their reactions, this is absolute bogus!

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    Wife's work will no longer be giving vacation days, instead giving a one time raise
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    It's in California so legally they must retain 5 sick days, however the owner has decided they will no longer allow vacation days and will instead give a one time raise to compensate. This nets a
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    positive wage increase of about 1k dollars gross per year which is negligible, however the extra stress around trying to plan a vacation around no income for that time is nowhere close to worth it. I hate it here. Any thoughts? Anything that can be done?
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    January 2, 2025 .com Starting in 2025, ployees will receive an .80 cent increase in pay per hour to cover vacations for the year. Employees will be in charge of managing their own income to cover when they plan on taking a vacation. Employee Signature Date Date
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    MinimumBuy1... • 13h ago Your wife needs to update her resume right now. This company is either about to go under or they're about to lose come contracts. There is no way 80 cents an hour is going to compensate me for losing my time off. Take your unpaid time off in interviews looking for a new job.
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    EDIT: Are they going to compensate you lump sum for the vacation you didn't use? Probably not. My point stands.
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    RubbeSwe 13h ago. . Here in Sweden hourly contracts are compensated with +12,5% extra pay to cover vacation pay (for monthly pay you get 5 weeks minimum, usually more if you're a white collar worker).
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    I don't know how much 80 cents is percentage wise, but to be honest - USA doesn't have the best reputation worldwide for a work life balance? I would be looking for another job if you feel it's a bad exchange.
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  • Other folks in the online community chimed in with their reactions to this ridiculous unexpected change, providing suggestions for what this employee should do next.

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    Ceilibeag 13h ago • . ...then he reduces your 0.80 raise through manipulation of work hours and subsequent lower raises, and doesn't pay for leave at all. Time to leave this place in the dust; no notice.
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    • F 12h ago Edited 10h ago. DO NOT SIGN THAT!!!! It's actually saying she gets a raise of less than 1 cent per hour. The paper shows "will receive an .80 cent increase in pay per hour." That definitely was not vetted by the legal team.
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    The company can't unilaterally change the terms of employment; workers have to accept the new terms.
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    Figure out how much the original vacation time was worth & get at least that much of a raise. Plus, get looking for a new job. The company is in a bad way.
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    ETA 0.8 cents per hour X 40 hours per week X 52 weeks per year = $16.64 per year increase.
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    Infamous_Smil... 13h ago. Starting in 2025, the employees will hold a vote to unionize in response to the loss of paid vacation time.
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    We look forward to working with you in the future on this and other employee requirements.
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    zizijohn ⚫ 13h ago Gotta love the fact that this manager is so illiterate that they have, in fact, offered an hourly raise of four-fifths of a cent, at least according to this document.
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    PerceptionRou... 11h ago Cancelling vacation time completely is awful..... Meanwhile, in Australia......I get 6 weeks paid leave a year. While I'm on leave I get paid an extra 17.5% to make up for shift allowances.
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    Every year I get a couple of weeks paid sick leave. It accrues. Every 10 years I get a bonus 13 weeks of paid leave, just for hanging around.
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    We also get a few months of paid parental leave, maternity leave, there's defence reserve leave, conference leave, family leave, etc etc
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    Why? Because we have a heavily unionised workforce and we maintain solidarity. This all took decades to achieve and has to be constantly defended. *Good luck to OP and family.
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    miojo • 12h ago . Your wife needs a new job
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