What do you do when an employee (including you) goes on vacation? Who fills in, or do you just close your practice? How do you compensate the vacation fill-in? Or explain to clients when you'll be away?
What do you do when an employee (including you) goes on vacation? Who fills in, or do you just close your practice? How do you compensate the vacation fill-in? Or explain to clients when you'll be away?
Everyone is cross-trained so there is someone to fill in for any vacation.Originally Posted by Karlen McLean
+1 Yes, we run on a tight staff of 6 with two doctors so we all have to be able to do anything/everything as needed. It makes us work outside our comfort zones at times but that is good all around in the long run/
I have seen some shops that will close for a week or two at certain times of the year for vacation. All staff is told that is the time to use it, or lose it.
Some are willing to use a temp, and I have offered this service as well.
Others just "get by." They book a bit lighter, and shuffle staff to make sure all bases are covered.
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We shuffle, at least those of us that actually dont get vacation.
I am by myself and have reliable help 2 days a week. What is this vacation thing you speak of?
We shuffle, we are cross trained, and sometimes several leave if the dr is out of the office. We do not close.
I've been an optician for thirteen years now and never once a vacation. No one gets vacation. This is not an issue.
Wow, I feel sorry for you . I worked over thirty years in this business and I always had paid vacation with every optical job I had.
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The owner never goes on vacation? The doc? No one? That's not good, everyone needs some downtime.
Back to the question at hand, most offices I have worked in just deal with vacations the same way they deal with someone off sick, work short-staffed and book lighter.
The main reason I work is for the reward of vacation/time off to spend w/my family. I expect my employees to have a similar mind-set.
We have floaters that cover for vacations. Some of my staff take more than 5 weeks off per year, but most, depending on time in service, are paid for 3 weeks or less.
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What's this work crud?
I have been on vacation since 2002. As you can see vacation is a lot of work; ya gotta clean em, fillet em and smoke em.
How sweet it is!
Nice!
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