Ended a ten year job ,Because of.Stevie...........
 

Today I just gave my boss my two weeks notice because of bickering for my vacation time for the end of August for the up coming tour of Stevie's doing.I handed the dates to him and try to work a deal out for geting four days off .I could not take off the whole week off because of the company rules goes as follows.I cant take a vacation between Aug 15 thru Dec 20 because of the holiday season.He gave me 3 days which would of been monday 29 Boston Show ,tuesday 30 SPAC show.I come to work wednesday the 31st.Take off sept 1st for the PNC Holmdel show .and come back to work friday sept 2 .He said .he cant give me friday,but agreed on me having those three days off.but work for two.So I said today I did not mind rushing home from Saratoga NY to come in on wednesday .I not going to have a problem on doing so.but I would be beat and tired all day to work safely..Last 9 years they know I go out on the road to see Stevie .I do understand the rules of the company because I got stuck alot of times shorthanded with help on the job.I did not have any conflicts with the vacation time scheduling.On last years mini-tour which was about the same dates.At that time he did groned about the three days that I taken off for the Turningstone and the Atlantic City show dates .He said go ahead .take them off. So at the end of todays talks the big bubble burst about the friday after the PNC show because I needed some R'n'R time after runing around.He said NO you got to come into work friday.OK by that time I said to him that will be it then.So today I'm stepping down from my 10 year job over for one day I could not take off .
Ok Sorry about the longwinded airing out my problems out here on the Ledge.

Yikes, that sux.
Stevie, the drug that's better than Charlie Sheen.

Not getting any sympathy out of me. I hope you're independently wealthy because, in today's economy, that has to be the dumbest move you could make.

I'll be fine.I do have a plan.They did offered me to come back in sept part time as I do some personal stuff plus going back to get some more schooling on computer science.

Man, I love Stevie, but I would never sacrifice a good job for her. The high I get from a concert is magnificent, but it won't pay the bills. I don't think Stevie would want people to bankrupt themselves "because of" her. In fact, I think she would probably be appalled at the idea.

But hey, it's your life.

I have to agree 100 percent with you .She would kick my a$$ all over town.

I am so happy for you. I've seen this so many times before..those in "authority" dictating what days people can and can't take& vacations etc.It's all about them feeling powerful about 'owning' someone's time.The best thing to do is remove that from them.
Most people are scared to make that move so good for you!

I hope you can get another job some where else soon, sorry to hear that you had to quite to get Stevie time from work I can understand that but I can't lose my job over her and I am a big fan like everyone else here but I have to pay my bills and eat and have shelter and Stevie ain't going to support me so you did what you had to do I hope you can find a job soon too because CT is not doing that well probably why she doesn't have a date here yet either who knows but I do see date or feel she would play here too. I am hoping a CT date if not will go to the Jones Beach show or Boston not sure but I am holding my breathe until a ct show comes I do feel there will be a date there is room for ct date I do see her performing at Mohegan Sun Arena though I am not ruling out Foxwoods, Comcast Thearte and Oakdale Thearte and Webster Bank Arena in Bridgeport. I am looking and there is dates open for her to play here.

I recently put my resignation in for a job that paid well and looks good on paper but when it comes to reality, it was a piece of crap company that was killing my spirit, making me sick daily, and overall just a lousy place to spend 10-12 hours a day. People don't always understand but sometimes you know when it's the right time to call it a day and move on. Now, I didn't quit over a concert...but I suspect you didn't either. Sounds like the time off to see Stevie was just the proverbial straw that broke the camel's back. As long as you have a plan (THIS is key) and aren't going to be out on the street, more power to you. You live once, make it count!

Wow...harsh, dude.

I can understand that stressful job and doing it for a long time and when you want to take a time off to relax and sometimes that how I do my time off too I will take a week off when Stevie or FM come around but I only go to one show usually when they play here in CT maybe hit Boston or NYC shows if I can swing it cause I am closer to NYC and boston is about a 2 hour drive for me where NYC is about 45 min. to an hour train ride.

money isnt everything...my hubby is a lawyer and he is constantly working and on call, we actually have a lot of money but he can never take off to do anything fun so what does it matter? I am hoping he will quit. He is feeling bad all the time too, and I can't find anything physically wrong with him except for stress. He would get the same story for trying to take off....clients need you blah blah blah. If he does quit, I can support the fam though so I really don't care if he does. My job is so the opposite. I am a doctor in a 2 doc practice and my partner and I swap when we want to be off, and most weeks I work 3 days. Just my 2 or 3 cents.

The whole deal was not about getting time off to go see Stevie.Other things like more pay.As we all are.Probably all of us probably did not receive cost of living raise in years.I've been stuck at $10.50 an hour for 5 years now for warehouse duties.My bosses as I said never gave me a runaround for taking time off to go see Stevie or visiting reletives until now.After the fire cools down they may bang their heads together and say to themselves we are gioing to loose an good employee that has a pefect attendence and self starter and a awesome worker.I have to agree this was the proverbial straw that broke the camel's back.I earned Two weeks vaca .I do deserve to get them when I want them.

BTW.According what I've read I think there wont be CT or AC shows on this tour.I hope I'm wrong..

Nowhere in his initial post did he say he was leaving for any other reason besides not getting the time off to go see Stevie. His company has a policy that employees can't take vacation time between August 15th and December 20th. Yet, his boss DID give him 3 days off during that period. Sounds like the boss bent the rules for him.

I have interviewed hundreds of applicants for jobs. Odds are if you left your last job of 10 years because your boss wouldn't give you one additional day during a period when by company policy you couldn't take any days off you wouldn't be getting the job you applied for. How would he truthfully answer the question "Why did you leave your last job?"

Sorry you were so offended Jamie :rolleyes: