Manager denies request for cash advance for 2 days? Second opinion or quit?

Question

My vehicle died in the retailer's parking lot where I work part-time. I have a day off and decided to see if I could get $100 or less to at least get vehicle towed while I have time. He denied, saying not with my hours. I work 24 a week, and paid bi-weekly. Why couldn't he just minus the $100 from my check? I may call back and see or talk to someone else. No, I don't like this manager before this incident. The whole point, of getting to work is having reliable transportation. This whole thing angers me, because it is not that I am requesting a billion dollars to play roulette. I may talk to someone else tomorrow and if I feel the same, may quit. Laid off from a full-time job, and fighting unemploy over a matter....so, I need to at least get vehicle fixed and find some decent income. What do ya think?

Answer 1

Pay need to go through regular payroll.  It is a matter of business accounting, as well as Internal Revenue requirements. The manager probably has no authority to give a cash advance. It fact, the manager could get in trouble for doing anything of that sort. It would probably require taking money form the cash register.  You can not put an I.O.U. in with the deposit to the bank, when the cash receipts are delivered.

It is unreasonable to expect that the employer lend you money, no matter what the reason.

Answer 2

I agree with everything Tim said. You need to grow up and face the music.

Answer 3

Your employer is not a lending company, why would you get mad if they refused to lend you money?

The way the working world works is that you do your time and get paid on the scheduled pay day. It is up to you to save for problems that come up, not to expect everyone to bow down to the princess.

I am sorry you are having problems. Contact your family to see if you can borrow the money.

Your attiutude is not going to get you very far.

Answer 4

I think it would be the nice thing for him to do to lend the money but you should always have at least a little money saved to handle expenses such as this. I think you should keep your job and manage your money a little differently to save a certain percentage for emergency expenses, for most people

$2000 is a good amount

Answer 5

yeah that is ridiculas. i mean, you do have a paycheck coming..so why not help out an employee?!

at my old job they borrowed me some $$ for a day and then just took it out of my check...(got pd cash) so i know its not a big deal.

if you need the job, just deal with the guy until you can find a new one.

sure hes not a $$ lender, but he is human and capable of doing favors....>to the guy above.<

Answer 6

Most managers in retail don't have the power to do an advance, so it's possible your manager really can't. If your job is at a large retail chain there are probably rules and procedures they are stuck with - such as only being able to arrange something like this for a full-time employee. If you can talk confidentially to another manager you might be able to find out if it is a company policy they can't work around or if they just don't want to consider helping. Talk to someone else first before you make your decision. I was a manager in an environment for years where I had very little power to do certain things, and I never would have had the means to give an employee an advance (or a raise above the company set amount, extra vacation, etc). Managers don't always have power.