This happened with my SO, an ALT at Heart corporation.
We (I and SO) are going to travel abroad this December. And we figured, about 2 months prior to the trip, that she would need to **take one day of paid leave just a day before her winter vacations starts**.
Then she personally tells to her coordinator about (a) that she will travel abroad; (b) the schedule for the trip; (c) her willingness to have the paid leave for that day. She communicates it about 2 months prior to the trip. The coordinator seemed to be fine about it.
Everything is fine, dandy, and prepared for the trip. Or so we thought.
Last week, **SO sends an e-mail, with the flight ticket attachment, to the coordinator officially requesting for the paid leave. The response?** ***“I am very angry”***. Just those words. No intro. Blunt and laconic as it can be.
Confusion would be an understatement for what we felt. For one thing, ***the coordinator went incommunicado for a whole friggin week***! The coordinator hasn’t sent any messages besides the “I am very angry”. SO tried to enter in contact with the coordinator, but no success so far.
Are we dealing with a kid trapped in the body of an adult with the title of “coordinator”? Have any of you had experiences like this?
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>This happened with my SO, an ALT at **Heart corporation.**
Well, this should be good… You picked the bottom of a very VERY deep barrel then kept digging…
*eats popcorn*
With every post like that I’m wondering why are there so many incapable managers in Japan…
So many questions.
Why would anybody ask you the schedule of your private trip, it’s not anybody’s business, simple as that. Even the fact that you travel abroad should not be anybody’s business.
Are there any managers above that person? Send them a note with your email dated two months ahead where you got the permission for the paid leave and leave. Escalate it. One “angry” person should not be interfering in the schedules agreed before.
Is this kindergarten or what? Deal with this idiot like you would deal in your country… it’s none of their fucking business
> Have any of you had experiences like this?
I have had loads of experiences with bad managers in Japan, but ***“I am very angry”*** is pretty ridiculous.
Notes for the future:
1) You don’t ask for paid leave. You inform the relevant people that you will be taking paid leave.
2) You don’t need to explain why you are taking a paid leave, nor show proof of anything. If they ask you why you want to take a paid leave, 私用の為 is all they need to hear.
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If I were your SO, I would just ignore their manager and take the day off.
This is Heart they are a dumpster fire of abuse and law breaking. They are not even at the bottom of the barrel they sit below it.
If the coordinator is Japanese you should regard them as an extension of the owner…you’re just not going to get anywhere with them.
On the other hand, if they’re a long-serving non-Japanese employee then sail straight over their head and don’t look back.
Picturing a pissed off fat majin buu with the steam
Why is it so often that I hear all the job related horror stories all came from two places – schools, and nurseries?
“I am very angry”.
“Hi, very angry, I am going on holiday”.