Originally Posted by
raehl311
You'd think this would be the kind of thing that could be accomplished without requiring people to be present at a particular time. I.e. ask people to select weeks of vacation and prioritize them, then have software that runs through those requests in priority order.
Can't imagine there isn't some service out there that exists to do this.
You'd be surprised what kind of procedures are in a lot of contracts.
While what you say makes sense, a union would not just agree to it without getting something in return. For example, if employees were given 10 minutes a quarter to bid on vacation, and you want to convert it to an online system that can be done from work or home, the union will fight for compensation for its members for the 40 minutes a year.
With 85,000 employees, assuming an average wage of $25/hour, the union will label this as a $1.4 million productivity savings on the backs of its members and will want something for it.