mistake over booked holliday

brandydog

have just realised i have overbooked my holl and dont want to cancel i fly home on 31st july but should be back at work on monday 25 july a 4 days to mutch any good excuses
thanks all

McKneff

Ask you employer for another week's holiday.


You ask for excuses, you really mean any good lies I can tell.


Be up front and honest, its the best way....

fannyadams

just don't turn up.
they won't miss you for 4 days.
alternatively 'work from home' on those days...

jacques_chirac

Cancel holiday leave elsewhere in the year. Is that not obvious?

PeteDoff

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Bit smelly in the sitting room if they normally work on the Tesco fish counter.

Bella73

The only options I can see are

A) ask your employer if you can take four days from next years holiday allowance.

cancel four days holiday before the trip if you have other time booked

C) if no holiday entitlement left offer to take the four days unpaid

I knew someone who "accidentally" booked extra holiday as they thought it would be ok, when they didn't return on their return date they received their P45 as were absent without leave so basically sacked. Guess it depends if you think four days is worth losing your job over but also depends on what your employer is like.

There is no excuse for booking annual leave time when you don't have that time left, in our contract we have to check annual leave left BEFORE booking anything.

Archergirl

Yes, I always had to OK the dates before I could have the holiday, guess it depends where OP works.
I would expalin to my boss and as for 4 days unpaid or cut out other things. Don't lie, you will get caught out........

ferf1223

fannyadams wrote: »

alternatively 'work from home' on those days...

I've typed and deleted so many replies to this.

I've got no other advice than that given by the others in this thread.

Torry_Quine

Archergirl wrote: »

Yes, I always had to OK the dates before I could have the holiday, guess it depends where OP works.
I would expalin to my boss and as for 4 days unpaid or cut out other things. Don't lie, you will get caught out........

I was thinking that. Surely you ask for the time off and only when agreed do you book a holiday.

Pollycat

brandydog wrote: »

have just realised i have overbooked my holl and dont want to cancel i fly home on 31st july but should be back at work on monday 25 july a 4 days to mutch any good excuses
thanks all

It all depends how your employer views unauthorised absences.
It also may also depend on your previous employment record with them e.g. have you had any warning for misconduct etc?
Do you regularly lie to your employer about absences?

Actually, I think you must have date dyslexia, as not only have you booked the wrong return date, 25th July 2014 is not a Monday, it's a Friday!
25th July will not be on a Monday until 2016 and I doubt very much that you have booked a holiday that far in advance.

Maybe you should sit down and review what dates you have booked off from work, what date you fly back from your holiday and what date you are due back at work because this doesn't add up.

SaveTheEuro

brandydog wrote: »

a 4 days to mutch any good excuses

Put it like that in an email and I'm sure your employer will understand.