Leave MY mother out of this

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Posted by Michael A. Dorosh from Canada on April 29, 2021 at 21:31:03:

In Reply to: Re: Your mother! posted by Greg on April 29, 2021 at 13:42:06:

The deal I usually worked with my employers was asking for the time off for courses, without taking civvie pay for any of the time off since the Army was paying me anyway. That's easy to do if you have a crappy low paying civvie job. Not so easy if you don't.

I don't know if I agree with you that reservists should forfeit a week of vacation time. Personally, I have no problem with it - I've gone two years at a time without taking a vacation. But if a person is devoting two or four weeks to serving their country by learning a trade or attending a militia concentration, why penalize them by also taking away vacation time? It hurts the employer, but if a troop can sacrifice for his country, so can the employer.

The real issue is that employers would be shy about hiring reservists, and what is sometimes seen as an asset on resumes would become a big liability. I believe this point has been raised elsewhere on this message board, and it is a good one to discuss.


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