Today, after realizing I had 130 unused vacation hours, I requested two weeks off. My vacation time was denied, but my boss still gave me the time off. So I don't have work for 2 weeks, all unpaid. FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
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, I asked my bosses for three weeks off in July to go on a much-needed vacation. Their response was to fire me on the spot. My bosses are my aunt and uncle. 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 found out the time I'd requested off for a trip in 2 months, that my boss said that I could go on, wasn't fully processed, just in case he decided I couldn't go. He told me the second part after I'd bought no refund tickets for shows for both me and my girlfriend. FML
Today, after working for over a decade at the same place, I was formally written up with two days of leave without pay for refusing to work extra overtime. I've been working over 80 hours a week for four months now and even cancelled some very important plans so I could work every day. 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 was enjoying my first vacation day in 2 years. My boss then called me to come in, saying it was an emergency. I got to work and got fired. Yes, my boss made me come in just to fire me. FML
Today, I got a call from my manager saying that I won't need to work this weekend. Too bad I already cancelled a family vacation because he threatened to fire me if I didn't work this weekend. FML
Today, I was informed that I was let go from my job for not showing up for a week. A week I'd scheduled off, that management had approved. FML
Today, I asked my boss if I could take a vacation day for my birthday on Monday. She called to tell me yes, and then told me I'm getting laid off. FML
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SaphireAvindar 10
Um...130 hours is over 3 weeks vacation. You don't work 24 hours a day..... Vacation is based on the hours you work a week. Usually 40. And OP file a complaint with HR. You are entitled to your paid vacation.
Trevor Bristle 23
*sings* HR, HR, take that shit to HR!!!!
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Comments (20)
BurnInDemonFire 39
How do you not know when you've accumulated 130 hours of vacation time? And how have you managed to get two weeks off, when 130 hours doesn't even make 5 1/2 days? Speak to your boss about your entitlement to paid vacation time.
SaphireAvindar 10
Um...130 hours is over 3 weeks vacation. You don't work 24 hours a day..... Vacation is based on the hours you work a week. Usually 40. And OP file a complaint with HR. You are entitled to your paid vacation.
PenguinPal3017 19
By not checking? My vacation hours are on a webpage, if I don't check it I wouldn't know. I check all the time though, I have over 150 hours, which is 4 weeks (7.5 hour long days). What is messed up here is they aren't letting him use his vacation time.
onceuponatime456 16
Seriously? There is only 8 hours in a work day!
chessu 21
Are you a troll? While I also don't understand how the OP is so unaware of their leave, you do have to check it online in most work places to see how much you've got. Most people track it a bit better, though. Secondly, you book of your paid hours!? Usually 40/37.5 x 5, so for two weeks the OP would need max of 80h. I work a shift pattern and could get two weeks off with 70h of leave. Thirdly, OP there is absolutely no way this is legal.
rcrumbak 9
what are you talking about? a normal work week is 40 hours... so this person has over 3 weeks of paid vacation available to them ... Math, it's just not for everyone.
shredshogun 4
8 hours count as 1 work day.
rjdr 7
Based on this comment, it is very obvious that you are 13 years old.
lastjedi 3
well for starters 130 hours figuring a standard 8 hr day is 16.25 days off. so for him to take off 2 weeks figuring a 5 day work week he'd only burn 80 of that 130 hrs. Math and payroll isn't your strong suit is it?
DraftHail614 17
Damn dude. Usually I like your comments, but now you're the idiot.
Trevor Bristle 23
*sings* HR, HR, take that shit to HR!!!!
RichardPencil 32
It’s cute you think that HR helps workers. That’s exactly what “they” want you to think.
Emma Marshall_738558922 12
HR 😂😂 about as useful as dogs piss
RichardPencil 32
I’m guessing you’re not the real Steve Jobs. He WAS the boss and if he wanted to do something, he’d goddam go and do it!
TumblrweedPasses 11
In that week off, send a report to hr and look for a new job so you can drop that place without warning if it comes to it
engineerosaurus 26
Go straight to a labor attorney. Employers have some latitude to deny vacation requests if, for example, it’s essential to have you working. However, they aren’t allowed to approve a leave and not pay you time you’ve earned.
rickAUS 22
Depending on company structure I feel this is mostly a YDI if you go through with it. They can't force you to take unpaid leave unless you're actually suspended from work duties... which you'd know.
GUYMAINE 16
CASH OUT
Doug Ggg 3
Why did you take the time off then? You could have asked for another time period. It seems like this was last minute, and maybe others had time booked off at the same time. It's not that hard.