Today, despite having my 5-day-leave approved 2 months ago, my boss demanded I return to work in the middle of it. Why? She wants to go on a vacation and no one else is available at such short notice. FML
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Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, my boss took back my week off because he wants to take a spontaneous Caribbean vacation with his wife, which is "clearly more important" than what I was going to do. I needed that time off so I could be with my Dad in hospice. FML
Today, I talked to my boss about scheduling my urgently needed surgery. She asked me to wait until after Christmas, and told me that I should use vacation time instead of sick leave. She's also not going to give me the total paid time off my contract specifies, because it's "inconvenient." FML
Today, my boss continued to orchestrate behind the scenes with my colleagues to make me look bad for her lack of organization. Then she showed up 10 minutes late to a meeting, shared that she needed a vacation, and realized that she needed to micromanage less. I've been asking her to make that change for months. FML
Today, my colleague came back from vacation so I no longer have to do her job on top of mine. My bosses saw this as the perfect occasion to barge into my office every five minutes to hand me tasks. When I asked for a ten-minute break to do a task that needed concentration, they barged in again after five minutes. FML
Today, my boss tried to cancel my leave because he’s “taking a mental health break next week and really needs me in the office.” I’m getting married next week and going on a two-week, non-refundable honeymoon, but he needs a mental health break. I had to get HR involved. Snowflake lazy prick. 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, despite having a stomach bug, I went into work, as my boss is overseas and had warned me not to take any sick leave until she returned. After 4 hours and vomiting twice, I left. She found out and sent me an email bitching me out for coming in sick. FML
Today, one of my best friends went into labor 14 days early. I'd told my boss previously about this and that I need to be there for my friend as she doesn't really have any family. My boss will not let me leave work to be there. Why? I didn't give enough notice. FML
Today, my boss joined me on my vacation, to "make sure I actually went". FML
Today, my time off request was rejected, and my boss promptly took the day off himself, claiming he has people coming to work on his house. We work from home. The day in question is my 5-year wedding anniversary. FML
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ndnpride88 25
Is she the boss or just the manager? If just manager take it up to higher power.
xJonellos 23
I hate it when people misuse their power like that..
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xJonellos 23
I hate it when people misuse their power like that..
cebsvt 14
Yeah, what an asshole
interesting33 37
i dont think she HAS that power. I believe OP could say no, as they have a right to paid leave and it was approved.
Mpii 11
Yes go to HR whenever possible. Since it was approved 2 months ago you should be fine.
ndnpride88 25
Is she the boss or just the manager? If just manager take it up to higher power.
hellnosucka 27
what if it's the boss?
ninjahesten 18
#10 have fun at work or gl finding new work
everton99 16
If the manager/boss approved the leave, there's nothing they can do to force you to come back to work. On top of that, if they start treating you bad afterwards you can sue them for retaliation in the workplace. Either way, I would have, in kinder terms, told my boss to go **** his or herself.
RinoaHeartilly 36
Don't go.
americanafrican 32
let her suffer, she gets no special treatment like that just because she is the boss
allieski 7
She can't ask you to do that and if she threatens to fire you because of it you can sue the company on wrongful termination
thisisthestupid 18
Legally you're allowed to have her **** off My boss does this to me all the time I took it higher up and they defended me You'll be ok op
Adree 15
go over her head to HR
Marynfrankie 19
I wouldn't go back... You planned that 2 months in advance.. She had plenty of time to find someone to cover for you!
tomvertigo 17
If you answered a work call mid vacation then I feel no pity. Never answer work calls while on vacation!
MDoremis 38
Some people don't have the luxury of ignoring work calls, particularly those in the military or working with the government, even while on vacation.
lavapants 15
What if it was a real emergency?
gracehi 33
If OP were military, this wouldn't have happened. Higher ranking individuals need to make a leave request at least 2 weeks prior to the desired start date like everybody else. The only reason OP would get called in would be a true emergency. That's how it is in the US military, anyway. I imagine it would be the same in Australia.
MDoremis 38
Au contraire, 37. My husband is part of the US military and every single leave he's booked (no matter what command!) he's either been called back in to help fix something, or called to ask how to do/fix something. So yes, that is how the military works.
Xamry14 10
No it's not. They can get in trouble for that. He should go to high command. My husband was also in. They have to have their leave approved like everyone else.
gracehi 33
But he wasn't called in because someone else wanted to take leave, was he, 41? That was my point.
MDoremis 38
I made no mention of cancelled leave. You are correct in saying the military can't make you come back early because someone wants to take their vacation instead, but that's not what I was talking about. (Though if you want to get technical, leave CAN be cancelled with a congressional order, but that's typically only in war time.) I said they don't have the luxury of ignoring their command while on vacation, because if the military needs to get ahold of you and you refuse to answer the phone they will send someone to your freaking house to get what they need from you.
gracehi 33
Yes, I know 53. The command certainly can cancel your leave and call you back. I never said that wasn't true. But they will never EVER cancel leave so someone else can take leave, therefore OP is not in the military, therefore that is not the reason she may have she accepted a call from work while on vacation. That is what I was saying. I don't understand why you're arguing with me on this.
squinch 16
I think, she's arguing in context of the response to the FML rather than the FML itself. If you take it in that context, you saying "If OP was military this wouldn't happen," is saying that the OP wouldn't be getting work calls at all while on leave; which would be erroneous even in assumption. However, if you put it in context of the FML then her original statement is correct, and you saying military wouldn't be called back for someone else to take their leave is also correct and there was no further point of arguing.
WriterB 3
Yeah screw that. By law she can't legally make you come back to work after approved time off just like your boss can't make you come in on a day you aren't scheduled.