Well today is payday, which is normally a joyous occaision. Actually, that's not true. Payday is the day that we get bent over our desks and anally raped (figuratively, of course). But I digress.
I forgot to put in for vacation time for July 5th (our day off since July 4th was a Sunday). You see, my employer doesn't give me holiday pay, so I have to use vacation time if I want to get money for those holidays that I don't work.
As an aside, when I was in college, I worked part time for a grocery store as a bag boy, and I got paid for holidays. If I worked on that holiday, I'd usually make time and a half for the hours I worked that day. If I didn't work on that day, I'd get 4 hours of pay at the holiday time + 1/2 rate. Allow me to reiterate; this was a part time job. At a grocery store. I am now working full time for a technology company. I've been here for a year and a half. Supposedly I am a valued employee. Make of that what you will.
Luckily rent won't be due until after the next pay check, so I'm not as fucked economically as I could be.
Granted, it's my fault for forgetting to put in for my vacation pay. But most companies have the decency to give holiday pay to supposedly valued employees who've worked there for a year and a half, so it's not necessary to use vacation time when one was off on a holiday.
