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post 1683385183 05-25-2023, 12:33 PM
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Originally Posted By northernlights7⏩
Voluntarily becoming jobless and proceeding to drop $16k you don't really have to blow anymore right away? Plus no backup plan in place at all, either? Yeah, sounds like great plan, bro.
I'm not scared of finding another job, would probably take me a month to find another one. I'm fking brilliant mane.
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post 1683385413 05-25-2023, 12:36 PM
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Originally Posted By northernlights7⏩
yeah but there are better ways to handle a situation like that than just up and quitting before spending your life savings on a vacation trip with no backup plan lined up.

I don't know. Maybe I'm crazy, but I have literally never been in a position to prioritize vacation trips to the point where I could afford to just quit my job if they didn't like it.

Not to sound rude either OP, but you might wanna consider asking further in advance. 6 months might sound pretty far out, but there are jobs that take vacation requests up to an entire damn year out. Food for thought.
In no way is 16k my life savings. I'll be fine when I come back and could hold out for a while. It's the benefits/paid vacation/benefits aspects of it. I'm still employed at my casual job.
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post 1683385733 05-25-2023, 12:41 PM
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Never put in a "vacation request". Put in a vacation notice.

You: "I will not be at work from x to x, for vacation."

Employer: "You can't."

You: "I won't be in either way."

Don't quit. Call in sick every single day on your vacation and let them fire you when you return if they want to.
post 1683386083 05-25-2023, 12:45 PM
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Originally Posted By DomMJr⏩
I also doubt he has his priorities really sorted if 16k in Vegas is the best idea for a vacation he has.
Dude I'm going to Vegas staying at Bally's then main street then road tripping to Anaheim to go to Disneyland/Universal.

- I'm going to degenmaxxx
-gamble
-staying at 3 different hotels
-eat alot

16k sounds reasonable to me.
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post 1683386273 05-25-2023, 12:48 PM
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Originally Posted By taskmob⏩
Dude I'm going to Vegas staying at Bally's then main street then road tripping to Anaheim to go to Disneyland/Universal.

- I'm going to degenmaxxx
-gamble
-staying at 3 different hotels
-eat alot

16k sounds reasonable to me.
How much do you save a year?

Spending a years savings on a vacation at the same time as quitting. You are not gonna make it OP.

There is such a thing as positive drift with risk taking. But it probably is less reliable for people who burn their time and money lmao!
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post 1683386323 05-25-2023, 12:49 PM
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Originally Posted By Vhagar⏩
Makes 60k/year but spending 16k in Vegas

Lmao
I make 80k a year between this job and my casual job fk you
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post 1683386923 05-25-2023, 01:02 PM
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Originally Posted By Visel⏩
NGL at age 28 and making only $60k/yr, I'd just start looking for another job that pays more. Keep working in the meantime so you can use your current pay as leverage for negotiating salary. In some areas that's poverty level. In other areas, it's not as solid as it used to be. Make it a goal to find one before September, and see if you can get a couple weeks off between jobs after you put in the 2 weeks notice, so you can still have your vacation.

Your OP says vague things, but if you think $16k is enough of an emergency fund to go jobless and hope for the best, I'd say you've either got high confidence in a quick turn-around for finding something else, or you haven't truly thought this through.

EDIT:

Meant to add that I wanted off for a week or 2 in June, but too many people on my team are already taking off, plus some layoffs happened short notice - I'd almost feel guilty about doing it in general at this point. Aiming for maybe late July or early August at this point, for such a thing.
^^^
You have time to find another job.
Originally Posted By Hartley110⏩
Never put in a "vacation request". Put in a vacation notice.

You: "I will not be at work from x to x, for vacation."

Employer: "You can't."

You: "I won't be in either way."

Don't quit. Call in sick every single day on your vacation and let them fire you when you return if they want to.
I wonder if that would work?


FWIW OP I know a guy who did leave a job over a denied vacation. Older guy who had a corporate career in the past and was working part time at Lowe's. He and his wife had made plans to visit their daughter who lives in Germany for about 2 weeks. He put in his request through their system and got denied. Tried to appeal it and denied. So he quit.

True story: I started a job at a mall department store less than a month prior to my planned wedding day [first husband]. No big honeymoon planned, but did expect a couple of days off.

About 2 weeks before my wedding day the store announces that the day of my wedding was going to be the day of their inventory and all staff must work, no exceptions, or be fired. Talked to my department supervisor who said talk to the store manager. Talked to the store manager who said "too bad, work or your fired". So, yeah, I wasn't there for inventory and assumed I no longer had a job there. Went to pick up my check and the department supervisor was all like "where have you been? why haven't you been coming in to work?" Um, because y'all said I was fired and I thought you meant it?
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post 1683394203 05-25-2023, 03:16 PM
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Originally Posted By taskmob⏩
I'm fking brilliant mane.
Brilliant



Makes 60k a year in 2023



Pick one
post 1683395183 05-25-2023, 03:33 PM
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Originally Posted By taskmob⏩
Dude I'm going to Vegas staying at Bally's then main street then road tripping to Anaheim to go to Disneyland/Universal.

- I'm going to degenmaxxx
-gamble
-staying at 3 different hotels
-eat alot

16k sounds reasonable to me.
So, the Horseshoe? The rooms are cheap as ****. Can probably book for $100/night. You can definitely blow $16k if you wanted to, but certainly over doing it on a $60k salary.
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post 1683395553 05-25-2023, 03:39 PM
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Originally Posted By taskmob⏩
Dude I'm going to Vegas staying at Bally's then main street then road tripping to Anaheim to go to Disneyland/Universal.

- I'm going to degenmaxxx
-gamble
-staying at 3 different hotels
-eat alot

16k sounds reasonable to me.
How many days are you going for?
10 or less?

Gambling/bottle service/whoremaxxing is the only thing that will get you anywhere close to that budget.
post 1683395833 05-25-2023, 03:45 PM
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Originally Posted By litljay⏩
So, the Horseshoe? The rooms are cheap as ****. Can probably book for $100/night. You can definitely blow $16k if you wanted to, but certainly over doing it on a $60k salary.
Dude price breakdown:

-Vegas Hotels: $800
-anahein Hotels: $800
-Flights roundtrip (For 2 going with GF): $700
- Rental car: 1.3k
-Disneyland for 2 days x2 w/ genie plus: $580
- Universal 1day x2 w/ express pass+ Nintendo world early access: $440

$4620 already with those booked.

-Also booked topgoldf
-Multiple Vegas shows
-Strat and Linq
- so much more this is just off the top of my head.
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post 1683396643 05-25-2023, 03:56 PM
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Negged for being a moron

Makes 60k a year and plans on spending 16k in vegas. Your company should fire you immediately and have the entire HR department that hired you fired as well.
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I will always tell people to not quit their job until they have another one lined up unless they have 6-10 months of bills in their savings.

It's not a terribly high paying job so it shouldn't be too hard to replace or even improve on as far as pay goes.
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post 1683396873 05-25-2023, 04:01 PM
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Dumbass morons in this thread thinking I only have one source of income I said it was a 60k a year job I didn't say it was my only source of income you f****** morons.
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