Today, my time-off request was denied because I'd said on my application that I have “open availability.” This is normally true, except my mother passed away and I need to travel to go to her funeral. I attempted to appeal, but ended up fired for “misleading” the company by “lying on a job application.” FML
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Questions about your love life, a burnt turkey and the cousin who knows everything: Thanksgiving, a contact sport.
Today, after I let my job know I needed time off for a friend's funeral a week ahead of time and they declined to approve it, telling me to call in sick, the day of the funeral arrived and I called in sick, only to come back to a write-up and threats of being fired for not getting it approved in advance. FML
Today, I got written up and may be placed under suspension due to my recent five consecutive day unscheduled absence. When I told them I was on bereavement leave, they still wouldn't accept my excuse, because it's still considered as "unscheduled." FML
Today, I lost my job for taking an unauthorized vacation. I just got married and requested time off for the wedding and honeymoon months ago; it was approved then. They forgot, and then got angry because I didn't remind them. I did remind them, the day before I left. FML
Today, I submitted a vacation request to my manager and it was approved. I came back from lunch and was informed that I have been let go. FML
Today, my boss called me a liar and untrustworthy. Why? Yesterday I went home to grieve, after finding out my father figure is in hospice, but because he's just in hospice and not actually dead yet, that somehow means I lied about his death to get a day off work. What? FML
Today, my boss claimed that I've been lying to get days off because apparently nobody can be so unlucky as to have three family members die within a month. I'm just that unlucky, and suspended. FML
Today, it’s the middle of my vacation and I just got a notification saying my time off request was denied. A month earlier, I got the notice saying it was approved. I’m literally 4 states over. I’m not going to have a job when I get back. FML
Today, I lost my job because my mom and stepdad forced me to go on our family vacation, even though my time off got rejected. FML
Today, while on vacation, I got fired for not working a shift I wasn't scheduled for. Even after texting my boss a copy of my vacation approval letter, she still fired me. FML
Today, my sister called me at work and told me our elderly mom had passed away. I dropped everything and rushed home, to find out she was fine, and that my sister was just pranking me. When I explained this to my boss, he accused me of lying to get out of work, and I was fired. FML
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MidnaLink 35
There's a clear difference between "being available to come in every damn day" and "I need a little time off to MOURN MY MOTHERS DEATH".
Crowned Sataness 12
sorry for your loss. I'd fight them tooth and nail and apply for unemployment. time off requests are still valid with open availability and they cannot deny emergency leave
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poopface82 25
Sorry for both your loss as a son and their loss of anything resembling sanity.
Crowned Sataness 12
sorry for your loss. I'd fight them tooth and nail and apply for unemployment. time off requests are still valid with open availability and they cannot deny emergency leave
MidnaLink 35
There's a clear difference between "being available to come in every damn day" and "I need a little time off to MOURN MY MOTHERS DEATH".
SirEnigM0nk 22
My condolences for your loss. That's one of the most asinine corporate shenanigans I've read about. Most companies provide some sort of bereavement leave policy. I'd advise to talk with an employment attorney about possible wrongful termination.
Blobby McGee 5
You are better off not working for people like that.
RichardPencil 32
I always have trouble with that question on the job application: My mom is: mortal ___ immortal ___ I always check "mortal" to be safe, but I hope I'm wrong.
J_Free_Woods 29
So sorry for your loss. I would apply for unemployment. If the unemployment office asks why you were terminated you can say I had to go to my mothers funeral.
timinator5000 28
If you were super new and hadn't earned any time off I can Sort of see that. But as much as it sucks, you definitely are better off not there. You truly learn how good a company is in how it treats its employees with time off. Mine lumps sick time and vacation together and if you don't have the time, gives you points each day you are sick. Only a certain amount of people can be "out" so even if you have the time, you can still get a point bc someone else already took the day off. Oh and they use those same points for behavior. 15 and you are fired no question. I'm currently looking for a different job that has a better time off policy seeing as I'm at 14 and one more sick day is the end for me. Or one more behavior issue. and the only way to get Rid of the points is to have perfect attendance for a month. So I have to do that 14 months to get back to 0....yeah...some companies suck with how they handle that.