If you accepted a job offer at a new company and your preplanned PTO requests were turned down, what would you do if these trips were extremely important to you?

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September 21,2022 at 12:23PM UTC

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If you accepted a job offer at a new company and your preplanned PTO requests were turned down, what would you do if these trips were extremely important to you?

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AnonymousSeptember 21,2022 at 12:39PM UTC
Take them anyway. If there is someone you have to get permission from before you can take your PTO, then it’s that person’s job is to manage the workload and other employees in your absence, not yours.
Kimberly McSeptember 21,2022 at 12:42PM UTC
I'd go anyway. Did you tell the new company about your plans when you were in the interview process? If so, then I'd bring that up, that in the interview process you were assured this pre-planned leave would not be an issue, and that you still planned to take the leave as 1) it was pre-planned and 2) you probably can't get a refund even if you were willing to rearrange your plans. (Which you should not have to if you coordinated this during the interview process, or at least as you were accepting the position.) If you did not pre-coordinate, then that is a different situation.
AnonymousSeptember 21,2022 at 12:56PM UTC
Was this preplanned PTO worked through HR or the hiring manager before you started?
What is the reason for disapproving the PTO request?
Shelly EdwardsSeptember 21,2022 at 1:45PM UTC
Hopefully you discussed these plans before accepting the offer. Then I would go back to the person who you discussed them with and remind them that these were booked and approved before you started, therefore you are going to continue with you plans. They might just need a reminder.
AnonymousSeptember 21,2022 at 2:57PM UTC
Did they give a reason for turning down those PTO requests? It seems quite unlikely they'd rescind your offer if you insisted you needed to take that time off but I don't know if you gave them a heads up first or what other context there may be in this situation.
Jennifer FingerSeptember 21,2022 at 6:03PM UTC
I'd ask if I can schedule work for nights and weekends before and after the period when I was planning to be away, so that I can still take the time off but not lose pay.
If even that is denied, I'd rescind my acceptance and keep up my job search.