Originally Posted by
Jughead135
Thanks, Roadkill--this was exactly my question!
I'd also wondered about this--the "Thanksgiving Factor." The days I need are early in the month, and over the weekend. As the new guy, of course, weekends are typically tough to come by. I wonder if this will work in my favor in Nov & Dec (when I also need an early weekend off), when everyone else is trying to fill up early and have the Holidays off...?
Thanks also, Check Essential, for the pointers on Reserve vs Regular days off!
From my experience, trying to game the reserve system to fill up early is futile. They will keep you at the bitter end of a long leash, and give you a very dull knife with which to cut it. But also FWIW, I am junior in category, and have gotten a lot of Thanksgiving vacations. It seems to go pretty junior, especially if you bid it for your primary. I even forgot to bid one year and got it. I guess PBS doesn't know about turducken.