'Leave shaming' employees needs to stop
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When he got back from this vacation he got publicly chewed out for having very bad numbers. Apparently he was expected to continue working during his vacation/funeral.
Last job? Don't even use the V word. NOBODY is allowed time off. 1 guy his wife was american and he look the entire year off for paternity. Legally allowed to do this. The owner/boss went around talking about how he should fire him.
Another guy needed emergency surgery and was even briefly put in coma because he had bad blood sugar and couldnt do the surgery. He was actually fired for taking time off.
A coworker took 3 weeks off in November to return to her home country for her sisters wedding. The new manager on our team was questioning how she could do that (we have an unlimited PTO policy, and the coworker had not taken much PTO in the past).
It’s a lot more common than you would imagine.
The first two times I acquiesced, but the last time was a drip to Disney with my family. I told the company it was not possible to reschedule. In retrospect, I should have told them it was not possible the first time.