Originally Posted by Rednroll

1st, I get paid more than $200 a day. 2nd I'm a project manager where I work on very time sensitive projects where every day counts to meet those project deadlines. I manage a team, without me giving direction to the team means not only one person missed a day of work, it means the team missed a day of work without being provided team guidance to complete tasks that need to be done to meet those project deadlines. Missing a project deadline has consequences for each day it's late on the order of millions of dollars for each day, as well as losing considerations for the next multi million dollar awarded project for not meeting those customer deadlines. During those project crunch times which can easily last 4-6 months, missing a day for taking your Jeep into the dealer for something that is not critical is impractical. Outside of those crunch times, I can come and go as I choose. I get paid the same, if I'm there or not I'm a salary employee. Vacation outside of those times is not a problem. What my performance is graded on, is completing my assigned project on time and meeting the customer expectations so we will maintain to be considered for the next project. I'm not a 9-5 employee who does the same task everyday where that same task will be waiting for me the next day if I miss a day. I manage a $200 million/year account. I jeopardize that account due to missing customer project deadlines, it puts that account at risk of losing it, which will not only impact myself, it will impact the jobs of the team that also relies on that account. I guess, I'm not old enough or responsible enough to take my Jeep into the dealer during Chrysler's window because I prioritize the livelihood of the team that works with me and relies on me as well as a customer that relies on me to make sure their expected deliverables are met. I jeopardize that, I not only jeopardize my job but I jeopardize the jobs of my team and the customers I'm working with as well, which provides us all an income which allows all of us to comfortably afford to purchase items we enjoy such as a Jeep Wrangler. Wow....I feel so irresponsible. Thanks for pointing these things out to me. I'm glad you know me so well.

Here I was just looking to see if I had any options, because I was pretty busy during my inspection window time frame and now I have some time to take my Jeep to the dealer but instead I got some lessons in life from someone who knows nothing about my job responsibilities or the potential impact of me taking a day off during certain times which can have a significant impact on myself and others that I work with. Yes, I do have a supervisor who could have filled in for me in my absence but since he's not directly involved in the project I'm responsible for managing there would be some impact and I'm pretty certain he would definitely understand my prioritization decision making for me needing to take the day off so I can take my Jeep into the dealer for an "inspection" just so I can make sure I maintain my warranty just in case something does happen.

Thank you for your insight. I'll be sure to make sure I take more time off to stop and smell the roses and enjoy the finer things in life like they say, or in this case bring my Jeep into the dealer for an inspection within Chrysler's defined window.

There's another thing they say as well, and that is if your house is burning then that is not the time to focus on other things, because your family is in that house and is relying on you with their livelihood. You make sure your family is out of harm's way, put the fire out, and then move on to the other things in your leisure. Maybe I'm wrong in following that code of ethics and reasoning.

Originally Posted by Rednroll

1st, I get paid more than $200 a day. 2nd I'm a project manager where I work on very time sensitive projects where every day counts to meet those project deadlines. I manage a team, without me giving direction to the team means not only one person missed a day of work, it means the team missed a day of work without being provided team guidance to complete tasks that need to be done to meet those project deadlines. Missing a project deadline has consequences for each day it's late on the order of millions of dollars for each day, as well as losing considerations for the next multi million dollar awarded project for not meeting those customer deadlines. During those project crunch times which can easily last 4-6 months, missing a day for taking your Jeep into the dealer for something that is not critical is impractical. Outside of those crunch times, I can come and go as I choose. I get paid the same, if I'm there or not I'm a salary employee. Vacation outside of those times is not a problem. What my performance is graded on, is completing my assigned project on time and meeting the customer expectations so we will maintain to be considered for the next project. I'm not a 9-5 employee who does the same task everyday where that same task will be waiting for me the next day if I miss a day. I manage a $200 million/year account. I jeopardize that account due to missing customer project deadlines, it puts that account at risk of losing it, which will not only impact myself, it will impact the jobs of the team that also relies on that account. I guess, I'm not old enough or responsible enough to take my Jeep into the dealer during Chrysler's window because I prioritize the livelihood of the team that works with me and relies on me as well as a customer that relies on me to make sure their expected deliverables are met. I jeopardize that, I not only jeopardize my job but I jeopardize the jobs of my team and the customers I'm working with as well, which provides us all an income which allows all of us to comfortably afford to purchase items we enjoy such as a Jeep Wrangler. Wow....I feel so irresponsible. Thanks for pointing these things out to me. I'm glad you know me so well. Here I was just looking to see if I had any options, because I was pretty busy during my inspection window time frame and now I have some time to take my Jeep to the dealer but instead I got some lessons in life from someone who knows nothing about my job responsibilities or the potential impact of me taking a day off during certain times which can have a significant impact on myself and others that I work with. Yes, I do have a supervisor who could have filled in for me in my absence but since he's not directly involved in the project I'm responsible for managing there would be some impact and I'm pretty certain he would definitely understand my prioritization decision making for me needing to take the day off so I can take my Jeep into the dealer for an "inspection" just so I can make sure I maintain my warranty just in case something does happen. Thank you for your insight. I'll be sure to make sure I take more time off to stop and smell the roses and enjoy the finer things in life like they say, or in this case bring my Jeep into the dealer for an inspection within Chrysler's defined window. There's another thing they say as well, and that is if your house is burning then that is not the time to focus on other things, because your family is in that house and is relying on you with their livelihood. You make sure your family is out of harm's way, put the fire out, and then move on to the other things in your leisure. Maybe I'm wrong in following that code of ethics and reasoning.